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Northumberland County Jail Overview

Northumberland County Jail is the primary local detention facility for the county. It holds pretrial detainees, people serving county sentences, court transports, and people waiting on release paperwork or transfer. The official county page lists Brian Wheary as Warden and Eric Bradley as Deputy Warden. It is a county jail, not a state prison, and it should be searched differently from State Correctional Institution Coal Township.

PA DOC OCIS 2024 county prison data listed Northumberland County Jail as a 5th class county jail with 284 beds. The workbook listed 178 hard-cell beds, 106 dorm or day-room beds, no separate work-release or community-corrections beds, 171 average in-house daily population, and 7 average housed elsewhere daily population. Those numbers are jail figures and should not be combined with the SCI Coal Township state-prison population.

The county jail source screenshot shows the official jail page used for contact, family guide, visitation, mail, money, release, commissary, and PREA information.

Because that official page does not publish a public roster, the lookup process below uses phone, notification, court, and records-request channels.

Northumberland County Jail Population

The 2024 county jail population was below rated capacity in the PA DOC OCIS data. In-house ADP was 171 against 284 beds, about 60.2 percent of rated capacity. The Jan. 31, 2025 demographic snapshot listed 168 total inmates. The same workbook listed 1,295 admissions and 1,270 discharges during 2024.

Look Up Northumberland County Jail Inmates

Northumberland County Jail inmate lookup starts with the jail and PA SAVIN because no official public roster was found. The jail can answer immediate custody and release-paperwork questions when staff can disclose the information. PA SAVIN/VINELink can provide release, transfer, or escape notifications. UJS Case Search can show the court case that follows an arrest, but it does not prove where a person is housed.

1. Call Northumberland County Jail at 570-509-2701 with full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency.
2. Search PA SAVIN/VINELink with full last name plus first initial, inmate ID, and optional date of birth or age range.
3. Check UJS Case Search for docket number, charges, bail entries, hearing dates, and sentencing events.
4. Use a county Right-to-Know request for non-online booking records or jail records when a public record is needed.
5. Use the PA DOC locator if the person has moved from county custody into state prison or parole supervision.

Northumberland County Jail Address

The jail is in Coal Township near other county public-safety properties on Northumberland County Drive. The county page also lists separate fax numbers for records and receiving and discharge. For jail records, live custody, release, and transport questions, call before traveling because release depends on judge-signed paperwork and jail records contact.

Northumberland County Jail Visits

Northumberland County Jail visitation is video-only. Onsite visitor registration is mandatory and free through ICSolutions. Onsite visits take place in the video visitation lobby in the NCJ administration building. Offsite video visitation is fee-based and available by Windows computer or Android device using the ICS Mobile visitor app. Visits are 25 minutes and are monitored and recorded except registered attorney visits.

Northumberland County Jail Mail Money

Mail must use the U.S. Mail and the jail address. Incoming mail is opened, checked for contraband, and logged. The jail guide restricts stickers, labels, stamps, envelopes, greeting cards sent in, lipstick, perfume, internet printouts, Polaroids, revealing photos, greeting or holiday cards, non-white paper or envelopes, and pornographic materials. Publications must come directly from the publisher.

Northumberland County Jail Intake

After a county arrest, a person may be transported to Northumberland County Jail for booking and housing. The jail guide confirms that medical, mental-health, dental, and pharmacy services begin with intake screening. It also states that the jail provides only medically necessary care to maintain good health and that staff follow HIPAA rules on patient confidentiality.

The court side starts with a criminal complaint filed with the MDJ, followed by a summons or arrest warrant depending on the case. If the person is arrested, preliminary arraignment provides the complaint, rights advisement, and preliminary hearing date. Bail and release are controlled by court paperwork, not by a public web roster.

Northumberland County Jail Programs

PA DOC OCIS 2024 data reported that Northumberland County Jail had drug and alcohol programs, education programs, social services, counseling, and reentry programs. The workbook also listed people in alternatives such as Mental Health Court, Drug Court, Veterans Court, electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, house arrest, and work release on the Jan. 31, 2025 alternatives snapshot.

Safety and conditions questions use jail administration channels. The PREA compliance contact is Lt. S. Clements at 570-509-2718 or 570-509-2719, 720 Northumberland County Drive, Coal Township, PA 17866. The jail guide says people with medical or mental-health concerns may contact administration, and complaints about unfair treatment or suspected abuse should be brought to NCJ administration promptly.