Anderson County Texas

To find out if someone is currently booked into our jail, please call the jail desk at (903) 731-8229.

For Open Records Requests, please submit your request to the Records Department on the Sheriff's Office Main Page.

To visit an inmate, you must already be on the visitation list filled out by the inmate, you must know the inmates cell #, and their visitation time (see schedule below).  Then you simply arrive at the jail AT LEAST 20 minutes before visitation time and check in.

Please see the Visitation Schedule to determine when visitation will be for the inmate you would like to visit.

Rules for visitors:
1. Each inmate is authorized (2) 
20-minute non-contact visits each week.
2. Visitors must be in the lobby at least 20-minutes prior to visitation time to
sign in for visitation.
3. Visitors must be on inmates approved visitation list.  The inmate must list up to
5 visitors on the visitation form provided
by the jail to the inmate.
4. Visitors are subject to being searched.
5. The following items are not allowed to be brought into the visitation room.  Weapons (including knives, firearms & ammunition) hats, coats, purses,
cameras, cell phones or any other loose items.
6. Visitors must wear footwear, bottoms
and a top that meets these requirements:
A. All tops MUST have sleeves
B. No shorts or skirts may be above
the knee
C. No hats or caps
D. No coats, hoodies, doo-rags, or
see-through shirts
E. No excessively tight clothing
(such as spandex)

These rules are for visitors only and does not apply to people who are only in the public waiting area.

Bail Bondsmen in Palestine Search - Please call to verify your bondsman is on the approved list at (903) 731-8229.

Once the bond is competed, the inmate will receive a free phone call to arrange for transportation.

The Inmate Trust Fund allows you to put money on an inmate's account so they can purchase items from the commissary.

All commissary money must be received by noon on Tuesday of each week.  Money received after will be used the following week.  No exceptions.

Payment must be a money order or cashier's check made out in the following way:
1. PAY TO or PAYABLE TO "ITF [Inmate Name]"
2. FROM or PURCHASER "Your Name"
3. ADDRESS "Your Address"
See images below

To put money on an inmate's account, you can bring payment by the commissary desk drop-off box located in the Sheriff's Office or you can mail it to:
Anderson County Sheriff Office
Inmate Commissary
1200 E. Lacy St.
Palestine, TX 75801

For inquiries please contact Jail Administrative Assistant Lauren York
(903) 731-8246

Money Order Examples

To setup a phone account for an inmate please click on this link and follow the instructions.  You must know the inmate's first a last name and have a credit card to process your request.

County Inmate Phone System

To send books or other reading material to inmates please make sure that it meets the following criteria:
1. Material has to be mailed in from a publisher, bookstore, or web store
(such as Amazon.com)
2. All material must be paperback.
3. Material must not contain
inflammatory or hyper-sexual
subject matter or images.

To send letters or correspondence to inmates:
1. Mail must have sender's full
name and address on the envelope
2. Each letter must be from one person
and cannot contain pens, envelopes,
extra blank paper, stamps, etc. (Some
of these items can be purchased
by the inmate in commissary)
3. You may only send letters in
standard letter envelopes.  Mail may
not contain packages, newspapers,
books, or magazines.

Mailing Address:
Anderson County Jail
C/O Inmate [Inmate full name]
1200 E. Lacy St.
Palestine, TX 75801