Address:
1657 Jonesville Highway
Union City, SC 29379
Phone:
864-429-2818
Inmates at the Union County Detention Center, now that the COVID pandemic is waning, once again allows inmates to get visits from friends and loved ones. Visits are either on-site (no contact) at the facility, and/or using the video services of the third party company outlined below.
Call 864-429-2818 for inmate communication updates as schedules can change without much advance notice.
Union County Detention Center inmates are allowed one to two visits of 30 minutes each at the facility, and potentially no limit on the number of visits when using the home based video visitation service.
Rules, guidelines and schedules are listed on this page. Failure to adhere to them will result in your inmate and you losing your visitation privileges.
Register for a Visit with CIDNET
| DAY | TIME |
| SUNDAY | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| MONDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| TUESDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| WEDNESDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| THURSDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| FRIDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| SATURDAY | 10:00PM - 1:00PM |
| DAY | TIME |
| SUNDAY | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| MONDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| TUESDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| WEDNESDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| THURSDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| FRIDAY | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| SATURDAY | 10:00PM - 1:00PM |
Union County Detention Center uses CIDNET for Remote Video Visitation between inmates and their friends and family.
Register here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instructions on How to Use CIDNET
CIDNET Instrucciones
Contact Customer Support
Visiting Hours in Union County Detention Center
The actual visiting hours vary depending on the following factors:
Union County Detention Center Visitation Application Process
Union County Detention Center may require visitors to fill out an application prior to your visiting an inmate.
Carefully fill out the application. Incomplete paperwork is cause for denial.
Honesty, especially regarding past criminal convictions, probation etc., is important. These things will most likely show up on the background check – which if lied about on the application, will cause visits to be denied.
Call 864-429-2818 to ask specific questions about the application.
'At Home' Video Visitation
Many jails are implementing video visits. These visits are conducted via the Internet on computers, IPADS and Smart phones.
This has increased exponentially with the chaos surrounding the pandemic.
Video visits allow the visit to take place in the privacy of your own home.
Some family members 'take their inmate with them' to church, the park, the doctor or anywhere else simply by signing in and bringing the device along.
Video visits save you from having to get your children ready, drive to the jail, wait in long lines and go through security checkpoints just to see the inmate.
Video visitation is slowly gaining favor with all jails in America as jail management realizes the financial savings and reduced security risks involved with remote visitation.
Call Union County Detention Center and see if this an option for you, and if not, request that they consider enrolling.
Who Can Visit an Inmate in Union County Detention Center
Anyone over the age of 18, who isn't on felony probation and can produce a valid government-issued photo ID can be approved to visit an inmate in this jail.
Visitation applicants in Union County must sometimes submit to a background check. Those with warrants are denied visitation or if allowed to visit, will be arrested at the jail.
Jails limit the number of people that can visit an inmate to two adults each visit.
Children under age 18 must be accompanied by the parent or legal guardian.
Call 864-429-2818 to ask specific questions about this policy or click here for any updates to this policy.
It is likely that the Union County Detention Center will deny visitation to anyone with a past felony conviction regardless of probation/parole status.
Call 864-429-2818 prior to arriving for the specific jail guideline regarding your legal status.
If you are a co-defendant with the inmate in a pending case, your visit will be denied.
If you and the inmate are under a court order to have no contact with each other, your visit will be denied.
The Union County Detention Center reserves the right to deny any person the right to enter the jail it chooses and for any reason.
Union County Detention Center Visitation Dress Code
The Union County Detention Center staff reserves the right to turn anyone away who is not dressed appropriately for a visit.
The best way to be sure the visit takes place is to dress as if you are meeting someone's grandmother for the first time.
The following types of clothing are also prohibited:
Call 864-429-2818 to ask specific questions about the Union County Detention Center Visitation Dress Code guidelines.
Union County Detention Center Visitation Tips, Rules and Guidelines
Jail visits are conducted in person behind plexi-glass or on a televised screen from another location.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and guardians must provide proof of their guardianship.
Leave all personal belongings, except for your state ID in your vehicle or in a locker (if one is provided).
Children must be monitored at all times or jail staff will end the visit early.
To send and receive secure texts or emails from an inmate housed in Union County follow these instructions:
For all the information you need to know, including instructions, policies, tips and solutions to possible issues with Texting and Emailing an inmate in Union County, visit our full page guide.
To register and sign up for a visitation account with CIDNET Video Visitation Service, follow the instructions below:
For all the information you need to know, including instructions, special links, policies, rules, tips and solutions to possible issues regarding regular visitation and remote video visits with an inmate in Union County, visit our full page guide.
NOTE: All visits are recorded. Whatever you talk about, can and will be used against your inmate in court. Never discuss their pending criminal case!
Also, be warned that CIDNET may be collecting voice prints for a database which they may be sharing with law enforcement agencies.
To register and sign up for a phone account with CIDNET Inmate Phone Service, follow the instructions below:
For all the information you need to know, including instructions, policies, tips and solutions to possible issues regarding making phone calls with an inmate in Union County, visit our full page guide.
NOTE: All phone conversations are recorded. Whatever you talk about, can and will be used against your inmate in court. Never discuss their pending criminal case!
Also, be warned that some phone providers are collecting voice prints for a database which law enforcement agencies are building.
Union County Detention Center uses McDaniel Supply Company for their inmate commissary.
McDaniel Supply operates the JailPackStore website so you can order online using a credit or debit card. They will send the money to your inmate at Union County Detention Center.
JailPackStore has a very cumbersome website that requires you to:
1. register,
2. add a credit or debit card, and then
3. locate your inmate, before you can even deposit funds.
Maximum Deposit - $300
Fee to Deposit Money using a credit or debit card -
Any money that you deposit and don't immediately send will be held as a credit on your account for future disbursement or spend.
For full instructions on how to deposit money to your inmate online, what the fees are, and how to save money doing it this way, check out our inmate money page.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Union County Detention Center follow these steps:
NOTE: There will also be a limit on how much product you can send your inmate in Union County at any one time.
For all information, tips and a list and photos of available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Union County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Union County.
