Angelina County Jail, TX

Visitation at Angelina County Jail runs on a gender-specific schedule—check the posted times at the front of the jail for updates and exceptions. Sign-up is first-come, first-served: you can add your name starting 30 minutes before a session begins, but you must be signed up at least 30 minutes before it ends. Visits last 20 minutes, and inmates can receive up to three visits per week. Current COVID-19 protocols generally limit each person to one visit per day. Contact visits aren't allowed. Only two visitors can be in the visitation room at once, though the inmate can rotate visitors during the 20-minute window as long as the two-person limit is followed. All visitors are logged. If you're 17 or older, bring a state-issued DPS ID—other forms aren't accepted. Leave purses, handbags, and cameras in your vehicle. Attempting to bring unauthorized items can result in permanent denial of visitation or criminal prosecution. Attorneys and ministers may visit any time with proper ID. Routine non-attorney visits may be monitored or recorded.

Address your envelope with the inmate's full name and the facility address, and include your full name and return address on the outside. Mail without a return address gets sent back to the post office. If you tuck cash into a letter, staff will remove it and deposit it into the inmate's commissary account. Across Texas, personal mail is often routed through a central digital processor—accepted pages are scanned and delivered electronically to inmates on secure tablets. Legal or privileged mail typically goes through a separate process, inspected for contraband rather than scanned. Before mailing anything, double-check the inmate's name (and ID if you have it), your complete return address, and that you're using approved paper sizes and contents.

Family and friends must use Vend Engine to add commissary funds—mail-in money orders aren't accepted. If staff find cash inside letters or other mail, they'll remove it and deposit it into the inmate's commissary account. Watch the weekly cutoff: deposits must hit the account before 8:00 AM on Tuesday. Inmates place commissary orders by phone and must enter them before 10:00 AM Tuesday. Orders are passed out on Wednesday. For indigent commissary, the inmate needs to submit an Inmate Request Form labeled with their name, S.O. #, and "indigent" by the prior Friday at 8:00 AM and meet eligibility requirements.

A few contact rules can save you time before your trip to Angelina County Jail. If you're 17 or older, bring a state-issued DPS ID—other forms of identification aren't accepted anymore. The jail doesn't allow contact visits, and visiting is suspended during meal hours. For inmate mail, clearly list your full name and return address, plus the inmate's full name and the facility address. Letters without a return address that can't be delivered go back to the post office. For general questions or detainee lookups, start with the county or sheriff's facility contact page and have the detainee's full name and date of birth ready. Use official web forms or non-urgent channels for routine requests, and avoid sending sensitive personal information over unsecured email.