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Luzerne County Correctional Facility Information

Address

Luzerne County Correctional Facility
99 Water Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Phone Number

Phone: (570) 825-1599

The Luzerne County Correctional Facility is located at 99 Water Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Luzerne County Correctional Facility Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and need to find them? Do you know somebody who has been arrested and you need to locate them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Luzerne County Correctional Facility Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Luzerne County Correctional Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Luzerne County Correctional Facility Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (570) 825-1599 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
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	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Luzerne County Correctional Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Luzerne County Correctional Facility is:

Luzerne County Correctional Facility
99 Water Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Luzerne County Correctional Facility
99 Water Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

The Luzerne County Correctional Facility mail policy can change, so you should check the site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. 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 Luzerne County Correctional Facility 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Luzerne County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility might change, so we suggest that you visit the Luzerne County Correctional Facility website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Luzerne County Correctional Facility

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 Luzerne County Correctional Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (570) 825-1599 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 inmateâ€™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 Luzerne County Correctional Facility store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (570) 825-1599

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Luzerne County Correctional Facility. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Luzerne County Correctional Facility, click the link below.

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