Lawrence County Corrections Center Overview
Lawrence County Corrections Center is the county correctional institution in New Castle. The official county corrections page describes the facility as responsible for the care, custody, and control of prisoners, and the Facility Map research resolves it as the only detention facility page needed for Lawrence County. It serves local custody needs rather than state-prison, federal-prison, or immigration-detention custody. The jail may hold people awaiting court action, people serving local sentences, people housed for other counties by agreement, and limited juvenile custody reflected only in aggregate prison-board reporting.
The jail sits in the same downtown government area as the courthouse and Central Courts, which matters for a post-arrest workflow. Custody questions belong with the Corrections Center, court-charge questions belong in Pennsylvania court records, and formal records requests follow the county Right-to-Know route. The official materials reviewed did not publish a construction year, public pod map, general inmate-mail rule, online roster refresh schedule, or design-capacity statement. For capacity language, the strongest official local source is the Prison Board minutes, which should be read as dated meeting snapshots rather than a live population dashboard.
The official Lawrence County Corrections Center page is the source for the jail address, phone, visitation FAQ, deposit options, phone-account setup, and PREA reporting line. The page does not provide an official inmate-search form or public roster link, so users should avoid relying on look-alike commercial roster pages unless the county later identifies one as official.
Official Facility Page Snapshot
The county corrections page is the matched source for this facility image and for local instructions on visitation, deposits, phone accounts, and PREA reporting.
The screenshot is useful because the facility page itself is informational rather than roster-based. It supports the local procedures below, but it should not be treated as a current custody list.
Capacity and Population Snapshots
Lawrence County does not publish a live jail population dashboard in the official materials reviewed. Prison Board minutes are the best local source for population context, but they are meeting records from specific dates. In the August 21, 2024 Prison Board minutes, the minutes reported 156 inmates, 17 inmates out at other facilities, 12 out-of-county inmates, 8 female inmates, 2 juvenile inmates, and 150 beds available. A later county-indexed Prison Board PDF snippet for February 19, 2025 reported 140 inmates, 20 female inmates, 10 juveniles, 20 inmates from another facility, and 21 from other counties. Those figures show inter-county housing and custody movement, not a current head count.
| Date or source | Population detail | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| February 28, 2024 snippet | 147 inmates | Earlier official county search-result snapshot. |
| August 21, 2024 Prison Board minutes | 156 inmates; 17 out at other facilities; 12 out-of-county; 8 female; 2 juvenile; 150 beds available | Detailed board-meeting snapshot, not a live roster. |
| February 19, 2025 snippet | 140 inmates; 20 female; 10 juvenile; 20 from another facility; 21 from other counties | Later official county-indexed snapshot. |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Lawrence County Corrections Center
No official online Lawrence County jail roster was located on the county government site, the sheriff page, or the Corrections Center page. That means a Lawrence County Corrections Center inmate lookup should begin with the jail for current local custody, then move to court and notification systems depending on the question. Use the Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for court charges after an arrest, Pennsylvania VINE for custody and release notifications, and the state, federal, or immigration locators only when the person may have left county custody.
- Call the Corrections Center for current custody confirmation, visitation-list questions, and account or phone guidance.
- Search UJS Case Search for the criminal docket, using a participant name, OTN, police identification number, and Lawrence County filters when available.
- Check VINE if the goal is notification of release, transfer, escape, bail changes, or other custody status changes.
- Use the PADOC locator for state-sentenced inmates and parolees, because it does not cover county-jail inmates.
- Use the BOP locator for federal sentenced custody and ICE ODLS for immigration custody; neither is a Lawrence County jail roster.
- File a written Right-to-Know request if the record needed is not online and is not answered by the jail, court docket, or notification tools.
Roster note: An unofficial directory is not the same as a Lawrence County roster. Confirm custody with the jail or the originating government record source before relying on a listing.
Lawrence County Corrections Center Address and Contact
The jail contact is separate from the sheriff's court and public-safety office at the Government Center. Use the Corrections Center for custody, visitation, inmate-account, and facility questions. Use Central Courts or UJS for court schedules, docket entries, bail records, and case information. Visitor parking, entrance instructions, and accessibility details were not published in the official jail page reviewed, so confirm those details before traveling.
Lawrence County Corrections Center
111 S. Milton Street
New Castle, PA 16101
(724) 654-5384
Fax: (724) 656-1980
Visiting Someone at Lawrence County Corrections Center
The county FAQ gives a specific scheduling process. Visitors must call the night before the inmate's scheduled visiting evening between 7:00 pm and 7:00 am. Visits start at 6:30 pm, and callers are placed into 30-minute blocks depending on when they call. The inmate must complete and submit a visitation list before a visitor can schedule. If the visitor is not on the list, or if the inmate has not turned in a list, the visit cannot be made.
| Housing unit | Visiting nights | Scheduling note |
|---|---|---|
| BRAVO | Monday | Call the night before the scheduled evening. |
| RHU Females | Monday | Visitor must be on the inmate's list. |
| FOX | Tuesday and Friday | Visits are assigned in 30-minute blocks. |
| DELTA | Wednesday and Sunday | Visits begin at 6:30 pm. |
| CHARLIE | Thursday and Saturday | Confirm the housing unit before calling. |
| GULF | Thursday and Saturday | Confirm rules before traveling. |
Visitor rules in the county FAQ allow two adults per visit plus two of the inmate's children. Adults need valid photo ID, and children under 18 must have a legal guardian present. Cell phones, lighters, tobacco, weapons, food, drinks, and contraband are prohibited. Revealing clothing is not allowed, and visitors can lose visiting privileges for rule violations, disruptive behavior, or failure to supervise children.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Lawrence County Corrections Center
The official corrections FAQ documents money-order mail, a kiosk outside the lobby, phone deposits, Access Corrections, and prepaid phone setup. It does not publish a full general-mail policy, postcard rule, publication rule, package rule, tablet program, video-visitation vendor, or attorney-visit procedure. Do not infer those details from other Pennsylvania jails, because Lawrence County's published instructions are narrower.
| Service | Instructions | Fees or timing |
|---|---|---|
| Money order by mail | Mail a money order with the inmate's name to the jail address. | Checks are not accepted; money orders may take a few days to clear. |
| Lobby kiosk | Use the kiosk outside the jail lobby and follow the inmate-name prompts. | Accepts cash and debit or credit cards; small fee; posts within minutes after completion. |
| Phone deposit | Call (866) 345-1884 to place money on an inmate account. | Debit or credit card needed; small fee; posts quickly. |
| Online deposit | Use Access Corrections. | Debit or credit card; small fee. |
| Booking fee | Assessed to each inmate on arrival. | $25; jail debts may be deducted from deposits. |
| Prepaid phone account | Set up a prepaid phone account at (877) 650-4249. | Needed because cell phones cannot receive collect calls. |
Booking, Court Records, and Transfer Paths
Lawrence County booking-specific step details are not published in the jail FAQ, so the reliable local explanation is a record-routing explanation. A person arrested in Lawrence County may be transported to the Corrections Center for local custody, go through identity and intake processing, receive a housing assignment, and then have court activity reflected through Magisterial District or Common Pleas records. The District Attorney's case-research instructions point users to UJS searches by OTN, participant name, and police identification number, which is especially useful when there is no jail roster to search.
If the person is sentenced to state custody, the search shifts to the PADOC Inmate and Parolee Locator. PADOC covers state-sentenced inmates and department-supervised individuals, not county-jail detainees. If the case becomes federal, the BOP inmate locator is for federal Bureau of Prisons custody, while federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals Western District of Pennsylvania. If the question is immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. These systems are separate, so a missing result in one does not prove the person is not held elsewhere.
Right-to-Know Requests for Jail Records
When a booking record, jail incident record, or possible booking photo is not available through a public online source, the formal route is a written request under Lawrence County's Right-to-Know process. The county policy allows written requests in person, by mail, by email, or by fax, and it does not accept verbal, telephone, or anonymous requests. Requests should be routed to the proper Open Records Officer, and records tied to the District Attorney or criminal investigations may have to be directed to the DA's Open Records Officer instead.
The Lawrence County Right-to-Know page and county policy are the appropriate sources for request routing. A records request is not a substitute for urgent custody confirmation. For time-sensitive questions about whether someone is in the jail, call the facility first, then use court, VINE, PADOC, BOP, or ICE tools according to the custody path.
Prison Board Oversight, Programs, and PREA Reporting
Official Prison Board minutes add local operational detail that is not visible on a simple jail FAQ. The August 21, 2024 minutes discuss a camera-system project, replacement of old broken non-security doors and windows, fire-suppression system updates, and a jail inspection conducted on August 8, 2024. The inspection was described in the minutes as strong, including full compliance on documents. The same minutes mention LiveScan identity scanning and a Jail Work Program idea for low-risk, low-level offenders, including possible county park cleanup work.
Reentry and specialty-program context also appears in official Lawrence County material. The District Attorney bio references Jail to Jobs, Project Oasis, the law-enforcement Mental Health Co-Responder Initiative, Drug Court, Mental Health Court, and Veterans Court. Those programs are broader justice-system references, not a complete list of jail classes or services, because the corrections page did not publish GED, vocational, substance-use, religious-service, grievance, or medical-request procedures.
The corrections FAQ includes PREA-related reporting information. It states that sexual harassment or sexual contact with an inmate is prohibited, that failure to report or condoning misconduct can have disciplinary or criminal consequences, and that reports are protected from retaliation. The toll-free sexual abuse reporting line listed in the research is 844-429-5412.
Before traveling: Confirm custody, housing unit, visitor-list status, parking, and entry rules with the Corrections Center before leaving for a visit.