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Union County Jail Overview

Union County Jail is a county-level jail operated through Union County government. It is the primary local custody facility for people brought in after arrest by local law enforcement, people held on court commitments, people serving short county sentences, and people held on local authority. It is not a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections state prison and it is not one of the federal Bureau of Prisons institutions located elsewhere in Union County.

The official Union County Jail page lists the jail at 103 S. Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837. The jail page gives public office hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, phone (570) 524-8711, and fax (570) 524-8713. The official jail staff page names Ryan Boatman as Warden and Brad Bennage as Records Sgt., which matters when a records question needs to be routed beyond a basic custody call.

The official jail page is the best public source for Union County Jail visit, phone, and deposit rules.

The screenshot reflects how the jail publishes practical family support details without publishing a searchable public roster.

Union County Jail Capacity

The most specific official capacity figure found for Union County Jail comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 2025 county prison inspection schedule. That schedule lists the Union County Jail capacity as 37 beds and places the facility at 103 South 2nd Street in Lewisburg, with an inspection date of May 22, 2025. The official county jail page did not publish a daily population dashboard, average daily population, annual booking count, or current census figure.

Union County Jail Inmate Lookup

No official Union County Jail public roster, booking report, or mugshot gallery was located on the official county jail page, sheriff page, sheriff forms page, or county navigation. That means a Union County Jail inmate lookup starts with direct jail contact and then moves through court and public-record channels if a simple custody confirmation is not enough. For broader custody status, Pennsylvania VINE can help with notification, while UJS shows court events and bail information after an arrest.

1. Call Union County Jail at (570) 524-8711 and ask whether the person is currently housed, still in intake, released, or transferred.
2. Use the published 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM contact window for ordinary public questions, since no official 24-hour public information line was found.
3. Search Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for charges, docket numbers, bail, court dates, and preliminary arraignment entries.
4. Use Pennsylvania VINE for custody notification when the person is covered by that system.
5. File a written Union County Right-To-Know request if a booking sheet, commitment record, release date, or booking photo is needed.

A person sentenced to a Pennsylvania state prison should be searched through PADOC's locator, not the jail. A person in federal custody should be searched through the BOP Inmate Locator, especially because Union County contains FCI Lewisburg, FCI Allenwood Low, FCI Allenwood Medium, and USP Allenwood. For a broader county search path, the Union County inmate records page separates local, state, and federal lookup sources.

Union County Jail Contact

Custody questions, visit confirmation, and local jail records routing should begin with the jail. The jail staff page separately names jail leadership, which helps distinguish jail administration from the Union County Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney, and the Clerk of Courts. Those offices may share the courthouse area, but each owns different records.

The Union County Right-To-Know page routes formal written requests to the county open-records officer. The county policy says written requests may be submitted in person, by mail, fax, or electronic means, must identify the record with enough detail, and must include the requester's name and address for the response.

Union County Jail Visits

Union County Jail publishes detailed rules for main-side visits and video visits. Main-side visits are non-contact through a glass barrier, with telephone communication. Video visits are available through IC Solutions. Jail Administration must approve visitors, and visitors must bring valid identification unless the visitor is a child under 16. The county page limits routine visits to immediate family unless Jail Administration approves an exception.

Immediate family is described by the county as mother, father, brothers, sisters, wife or girlfriend, children, grandparents, and in some cases stepchildren. Food and drinks are not allowed during visits. Arguments can end a visit, and the Warden decides whether a terminated visitor may return for future visits.

Union County Jail Mail and Money

The jail page links JailATM for inmate deposits and IC Solutions for inmate phone service and video visits. The deposit note says cash or cards are accepted online or at the lobby kiosk and that personal checks are not accepted. The official page did not publish a commissary price list, deposit fee table, bail payment policy, or detailed mail-address format beyond the jail contact address.

Union County Jail Intake

After a local arrest or court commitment, jail staff verify legal authority to hold the person, confirm identity, inventory property, screen for safety and medical needs, and classify the person for custody. Pennsylvania county-prison regulations in 37 Pa. Code Chapter 95 require local written policies for admissions and releases, including verification of proper commitment authority and complete paperwork. The official Union County page did not publish a full booking manual, housing map, intake timing rule, or public release schedule.

Booking

Jail intake after arrest or court commitment.

Commitment

Court authority ordering the jail to hold a person.

Detainer

A hold from another agency or court that may block release.

Classification

Jail assessment for custody level and placement.

About Union County Jail Records

The jail staff page is useful because it names the people responsible for jail administration and records routing. It identifies Ryan Boatman as Warden, Jeremy Shaffer and Rodney Troutman as lieutenants, Margaret Oberlin as Administrative Assistant, and Brad Bennage as Records Sgt. That detail supports a direct records path when the public page does not publish a roster.

The Union County Jail staff page gives the named jail administration and records contact context.

For records work, that staff context should be paired with the county's written RTKL process rather than treated as an online roster substitute.