Lackawanna County Prison

---

The Lackawanna County Prison is located at 1371 North Washington Avenue in Scranton, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Lackawanna County Prison, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Lackawanna County Prison, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lackawanna County court records, and much much more.

Top 10 Searches for Lackawanna County Prison

1. Lackawanna County Prison Information
2. Lackawanna County Prison Inmate Search
3. Lackawanna County Inmate Search in Scranton, PA
4. Lackawanna County Prison Visitation Rules
5. Lackawanna County Prison Visitation Hours
6. Discount Lackawanna County Prison Inmate Calls
7. Lackawanna County Prison Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Lackawanna County Prison
10. How to Search Lackawanna County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others would be appreciated.

Lackawanna County Prison Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Lackawanna County Prison Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information on anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Lackawanna County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Lackawanna County Prison is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Lackawanna County Prison Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Lackawanna County Prison in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Lackawanna County Prison are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at (570) 963-6639 before you try to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lackawanna County Prison you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Lackawanna County Prison, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lackawanna County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lackawanna County Prison is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lackawanna County Prison. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Lackawanna County Prison to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Lackawanna County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Lackawanna County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Lackawanna County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison could change, so be sure to visit the Lackawanna County Prison site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lackawanna County Prison

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Lackawanna County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (570) 963-6639 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Lackawanna County Prison store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lackawanna County Prison are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (570) 963-6639

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Lackawanna County Prison. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lackawanna County Prison, click the link below.

Return To Main Menu

1710