Lackawanna County Prison Overview
Lackawanna County Prison is located at 1371 North Washington Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The research identifies the operator as Lackawanna County and the warden as Timothy Betti. The official prison page also listed administrative contacts including Deputy Warden Operations Colleen Orzel at 570-963-6639 ext. 4265 and a Deputy Warden Security phone at ext. 4523. For Susquehanna County users, the prison matters because Susquehanna County names Lackawanna as one of the outside facilities families may need to contact after the local correctional facility closed.
The inspected Lackawanna County source did not publish a capacity figure or a public roster in the text reviewed. Instead, it emphasized prison contact details, a mail procedure effective June 1, 2022, PREA documents and reporting language, and Document Center contract categories. That makes the page useful for confirming where to call and how to send mail, but it should not be treated as a live Susquehanna County roster.
The official Lackawanna County Prison page is the source for the prison address, warden, phone, mail notice, PREA material, and contract categories.
That distinction is important for people searching after a Susquehanna County arrest. The person's court file may remain in Susquehanna County while mail, facility contact, and current housing confirmation run through Lackawanna County Prison.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Lackawanna County Prison
No public Lackawanna County Prison roster was found in the inspected official text. For a Susquehanna County case, begin with Susquehanna County Inmate Control and Coordination if placement is unknown, then contact Lackawanna County Prison directly if Scranton is the possible housing location. This reflects Susquehanna County's current model: the former county correctional facility is closed, and families are directed to the facility where the person is housed.
- Call Susquehanna County Inmate Control and Coordination at 570-278-4600 ext. 5946 if the housing facility is unknown.
- Call Lackawanna County Prison at 570-963-6639 if Lackawanna is the likely placement.
- Use the person's full legal name, date of birth, and any booking or court number available when asking for confirmation.
- Search Pennsylvania VINE for custody notifications where available, but verify urgent placement questions with the facility.
- Use the PA DOC locator only after the person becomes a state-sentenced inmate or parolee.
The Pennsylvania DOC locator is not a county prison roster. PA DOC says it covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees and does not include people incarcerated in county facilities. For court charges after a Susquehanna County arrest, use the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System case search rather than relying on a jail page to explain the entire criminal case. Use Pennsylvania VINE as a custody-notification channel where available.
Lackawanna County Prison Address and Contact
Use the prison's direct phone number for current Lackawanna housing, mail, visitation, and administrative questions. Use Susquehanna County Inmate Control and Coordination when the issue is where a Susquehanna County arrestee was placed. Fax should be reserved for appropriate official or administrative uses, not casual custody checks.
Lackawanna County Prison
1371 North Washington Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509
570-963-6639
Fax: 570-963-6681
Susquehanna County's current inmate-management office is at 31 Lake Avenue, P.O. Box 218, Montrose, PA 18801, phone 570-278-4600 ext. 5946. That office is the practical first stop when the family knows the case began in Susquehanna County but does not know whether the person went to Lackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming, state DOC, federal custody, or another authorized placement.
Visiting Someone at Lackawanna County Prison
The inspected Lackawanna County Prison page did not provide a general public visitation schedule in the captured text. Because the official page focused on mail procedure, PREA, and administrative contacts, visitors should call 570-963-6639 before traveling. Ask whether the person is currently housed there, whether the visitor must be approved in advance, what identification is required, and whether the visit is in person, video, attorney, professional, or another category.
| Visitation Topic | What the Research Supports | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Specific general schedule not captured from inspected official page. | Call 570-963-6639 before planning travel. |
| Custody confirmation | Lackawanna is an official Susquehanna housing link. | Confirm the person is housed there before arranging a visit. |
| ID and approval | Not detailed in the inspected text. | Ask the prison what ID, approval, and minor rules currently apply. |
| Susquehanna case | Court activity may still be in Susquehanna County. | Use UJS or court offices for case events, not the visit line. |
Do not use the former Susquehanna County jail visitation schedule for a Lackawanna County Prison visit. The old Susquehanna facility is closed, and its block schedule is historical only. The receiving facility's current rules control admission, identification, cancellation, dress, minor visitors, and professional visits.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Lackawanna County Prison
Lackawanna County Prison publishes a mail procedure that became effective June 1, 2022. General incoming mail is not accepted at the facility. Mail received at the prison is returned to sender. General correspondence must include the inmate name and booking number, and the sender must provide a full return address with the sender's first and last name. The page describes general correspondence as letters, pictures, children's drawings, and anything that is not legal or privileged.
This rule is one of the most important practical details for families. Mailing a regular letter directly to 1371 North Washington Avenue may not get the correspondence delivered if it falls under the general-mail procedure. Before mailing anything, get the inmate booking number, confirm the current address or vendor procedure with the prison, and separate legal or privileged mail from ordinary family correspondence.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| General Mail | Not accepted at the facility under the procedure effective June 1, 2022; mail received there is returned to sender. |
| Addressing | General correspondence must include inmate name, booking number, and full sender return address with first and last name. |
| Phone / Communication | Communication contract category appears in the Document Center; specific vendor was not captured in inspected text. |
| Commissary | Commissary contract category appears in the Document Center; specific deposit instructions were not captured in inspected text. |
The research did not capture detailed Lackawanna phone-account or commissary-deposit instructions from the official text. That means readers should not assume Wayne County's Lattice, SmartJailMail, MailGuard, or Inmate Canteen rules apply here. Each partner jail uses its own procedures. Call Lackawanna County Prison for current phone, commissary, and money instructions before sending funds or setting up a communication account.
PREA Reporting and Prison Contracts
Lackawanna County Prison's official page includes PREA documentation and sexual-abuse reporting information. The page contains PREA allegations and findings documents for multiple years, including 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015, along with PREA audit final reports. The reporting language says reports may be made anonymously, while also asking for name and number for follow-up when possible.
The page also explains how grievances alleging sexual abuse are handled differently from ordinary grievances. They are withdrawn from the grievance process and assigned to an investigator. Criminal matters are referred to the Lackawanna County District Attorney. That language is relevant to families because it shows that PREA concerns are not handled as routine facility complaints.
The Document Center lists contract categories including Medical Provider, Food Service, Commissary, Communication, and eBooks. The categories do not, by themselves, provide a full deposit or phone setup process in the inspected text. They do show that services are organized through formal vendor contracts, so current rules should be confirmed through Lackawanna County Prison rather than borrowed from another county's jail page.
Booking and Intake at Lackawanna County Prison
A Susquehanna County arrest now separates the arrest county from the housing county. The former Susquehanna County Correctional Facility is closed, so a person may be taken through a Susquehanna County court process and then housed in Lackawanna County Prison if that is the assigned receiving facility. The Susquehanna County sheriff's office transports prisoners to and from county and state correctional facilities, which supports the current distributed housing model.
At the receiving prison, Lackawanna County rules control housing, mail, visitation, account access, communications, and facility conduct. Court records, however, may still need to be searched through Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System under Susquehanna County or the relevant judicial district. A jail or prison housing confirmation answers where the person is held. It does not replace the docket for charges, hearings, bail orders, or case disposition.
If a person was sentenced to state prison or placed on state parole, use the PA DOC locator. If the case became federal, the federal BOP locator or federal court channels may be relevant. If immigration detention is involved, ICE ODLS is the separate immigration custody tool. None of those systems is the same as a Lackawanna County Prison housing confirmation.
Lackawanna County Prison Capacity and Population
No official Lackawanna County Prison capacity figure was located in the inspected page text. The population point that matters for Susquehanna County is that current Susquehanna inmates may be distributed across partner jails after the March 28, 2025 closure of the county correctional facility. Research notes that the former Susquehanna facility was designed for more than 100 prisoners, typical recent counts before closure had ranged between 20 and 40, and officials cited expected savings, staffing impacts, and repair needs when the closure was announced.
Because the county no longer has a single active local jail population, a current Susquehanna inmate count cannot be read from one roster page. A person may be in Lackawanna County Prison, Wayne County Correctional Facility, Wyoming County Correctional Facility, PA DOC custody, federal custody, ICE custody, or released with a pending court case. Accurate population and custody information depends on which system currently holds the person.
About Lackawanna County Prison
Lackawanna County Prison is a county prison serving Lackawanna County and, when assigned, people from Susquehanna County under the current partner-housing arrangement. Its official page gives administrative contacts and procedure documents rather than a public roster. For a family member, that means the most useful approach is to use the prison for facility-specific rules and Susquehanna County for placement coordination when the initial arrest or case came from Susquehanna County.
Do not treat older Susquehanna County jail pages as current instructions for Lackawanna County Prison. The former Susquehanna facility remains part of the local history and search landscape, but its visitation and mail rules are historical. Lackawanna's mail procedure, PREA reporting, and current facility contacts control when a person is actually housed in Scranton.
Note: Confirm custody, mail routing, and visit rules with Lackawanna County Prison before traveling or sending correspondence.