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Howard County Detention Center ON-SITE (at the jail) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE
3611 W. Hwy 80
Big Spring, TX 79720
432-264-2244

Schedule Video Visits online with NCIC

• On-site Visits are free.
• Visits are 20-30 minutes.
• Visitation schedule subject to change.
• Inmates are allowed two visits per week
• A maximum of 2 guests are allowed per an On-site video session. A 3rd guest is allowed if it is a child and no more than 6 years old.
• All visits must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

Howard County Detention Center REMOTE (at home) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

• All visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance.
• Visitation Schedule subject to change.

How to Send a Secure Email Message to an Inmate in Howard County

To send a secure email message to an inmate in Howard County Detention Center follow these steps:

Howard County Detention Center uses the services of NCIC for you to deposit funds into your {Howard County inmate’s account so that you and they can purchase secure email messaging services from this jail’s e-messaging service.

You can deposit money three different ways:
•    Deposit online at NCIC.com
•    Deposit at the kiosk in the Howard County Detention Center lobby, if available.
•    Deposit over the phone 24/7 at 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069 (Note: if you deposit money using a live agent the fee is $5.95).
Email – [email protected]

For all information on how to Text/Email an Inmate in Howard County Detention Center check out our Secure Messaging Guide for Howard County.

How to Rent a Tablet for an Inmate at the Howard County Detention Center

Howard County Detention Center offers NCIC tablets to rent to inmates that they can use for video visitation and calls, phone calls, instant messaging, education and entertainment.

They can also be used for commissary ordering.

To find out more bout how much tablets cost to rent, and what programs, entertainment, education and other things it can be used for, check out our Tablet Page.

How Do Visit an Inmate in Howard County Detention Center?

To visit an inmate in Howard County you need to do the following:

Howard County Detention Center uses the services of NCIC for remote video visitation. In other words, you can visit your inmate in jail by using your home computer, as long as it is equipped with a microphone and camera that supports video.

When available, the jail also provides use of ‘video visit kiosks’ in the Howard County Detention Center lobby if you do not have a computer at home. These ’on-site’ video visits are FREE.

Costs
NCIC Video Visitation fees are subject to change, but the cost to you is roughly $7.50 ($0.25 per minute) for a 30-minute visit + an additional fee of $2.00 for the connection.
On-site (at the jail) video visits are FREE.

How to set up your Video Visit

• Register here.  
• Select Howard County Detention Center
• Select your inmate.
• Choose your date and time.

Your inmate will be notified by the Howard County Detention Center staff of the date and time for the visit. Be sure to be in front of your computer and connected to NCIC at least 15 minutes before the start of the visit.

NCIC Customer Service
Phone - 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069
Email – [email protected]

For all the information you need to know, whether it be 'in person' at-the-jail visitation or remote video visitation with your Howard County inmate, go to our Visit Inmate Page.

How Does an Inmate Make Phone Calls in Howard County Detention Center?

To receive phone calls from an inmate in Howard County follow these instructions:

Howard County Detention Center uses the services of NCIC for inmate phone calling. It is called a ‘friends & family account”.

In order to receive phone calls from your inmate, you need to do the following:

• Register here, or by phone 800-943-2189
• Choose Texas.
• Choose Howard County Detention Center
• Select your Inmate.
• Enter the phone number your Inmate will be calling.
• Fund your Account. ($10-$100 at a time)

NOTE:
1.   You cannot receive any calls to your phone number from your inmate until both you and your phone number are registered.
2.  When you do receive a call, the number you will view on your phone from the incoming call is: 800-943-2189.
3.  When allowed by Howard County Detention Center, families can also leave secure voicemails for inmates to listen to.

Fees

• Adding funds to your account - $3.00 
• Cost of phone call of a Prepaid Collect Account - $0.21 per minute
• Cost of an interstate (ex. Texas to a different state) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost of an intrastate (ex. Texas to Texas) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost if you set up your account (or fund it) by phone using a live agent, you will be charged a one-time fee of $5.95.

NCIC Customer Service
Phone - 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069
Email – [email protected]
Full list of participating jails.

For all the information regarding phone calls with Howard County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, fees, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.