1. Go to the official inmate lookup.
2. Enter the surname and given name. A birth date helps sort out a common name.
3. Look at the custody status and the facility. Someone held locally should show the Correctional Facility on Manor Drive.
4. Copy down any booking or ID number. The jail calls its own number the Inmate ID#, and every letter needs it.
5. If nothing matches, or the result seems out of date, phone the jail at 570-992-3232. Its offices are open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Staff will confirm whether the person is housed there. They do not pass along messages or take calls meant for an inmate.

A blank result has several common causes:

• Booking is still underway. Staff take fingerprints and photos and check the person's health first, so a fresh arrest can take hours to appear.
• The person already left. Many people go home after the preliminary arraignment on bail or on their own promise to return. A docket on the UJS portal shows the bail status.
• The spelling differs. Try hyphenated last names, a middle name, or a nickname in place of the legal first name.
• The arrest was elsewhere. Someone picked up in another county is usually held in that county's jail.
• The case is federal. Call the U.S. Marshals in Scranton, 235 North Washington Avenue, Unit 215, Scranton, PA 18503, 570-346-7277.
• The person is under 18. Juvenile Probation, 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3095, can help.

If none of these fit, phone the jail at 570-992-3232 or the arresting department.

The county has a single jail:

• Monroe County Correctional Facility, 4250 Manor Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-992-3232. It sits in Snydersville. A 2020 federal PREA audit found one building with twelve housing units. It holds men and women, along with youths charged as adults. The state's inspection schedule lists 435 beds.
• Central Booking Center, at the same Manor Drive address. Arrestees are processed and fingerprinted here, and it also takes applicant fingerprints by appointment. For questions, use the jail's main number.

The visiting schedule names these units: A through E, F/H, G, I, Male Intake, Female Intake and the RHU (restricted housing unit). Ask the jail which unit the person lives in, because visiting days are set by unit.

Someone arrested just over the county line may be in a nearby jail instead:

• Lackawanna County Prison, 1371 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509, 570-963-6639
• Luzerne County Correctional Facility, 99 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, 570-829-7741
• Pike County Correctional Facility, 175 Pike County Blvd, Lords Valley, PA 18428, 570-775-5500

The official inmate lookup reports custody status and location only. It carries no booking photos. Whether a mugshot can be released depends on county policy and on recent Pennsylvania court rulings about criminal history records.

Reporters and others may ask the jail at 570-992-3232 or the arresting police agency. Immigration photos call for a FOIA request to ICE, made on its records request page. Booking photos taken by federal agencies normally stay private, though the Marshals may make an exception, such as when hunting a fugitive.

Yes. Pennsylvania's free notice system, PA SAVIN, runs through VINELink. It is more than a victim tool. Anyone can look up a person's custody status and current location, then sign up for word of a release, transfer or escape.

• Search the name, then pick phone, text or email alerts.
• Prefer to call? Dial 866-972-7284. The TTY line is 866-847-1298.
• The VINE mobile app offers the same alerts.

Alerts follow the custody record, so a court date change will not trigger one. For hearings, check the UJS portal.

Pennsylvania still uses money bail. A few hours after booking, the person sees a magisterial district judge, who sets release terms at that first hearing, the preliminary arraignment. The judge picks from five types: release on recognizance, release with nonmonetary conditions, unsecured bail, nominal bail or monetary bail (Pa.R.Crim.P. 524). Where the judge allows it, a 10 percent cash deposit can stand in for the full amount (Rule 528).

A local court rule lets the on-call district judge or the Clerk of Courts accept bail. Nights and weekends are covered by a rotating judge. To learn where the money should go right now, call the jail at 570-992-3232 and ask how to reach that judge. Deposited bail is returned, minus costs the court keeps, within 20 days after the case ends (Rule 535). Our bail and release page goes step by step.

Look up the docket by name on the UJS case portal. It lists each charge, the statute and its grade:

• Felonies carry the letter F and run from F1, the most serious, down to F3.
• Misdemeanor grades follow the same pattern, M1 through M3.
• A grade of S means a summary offense, the lowest level.

The written complaint is handed to the defendant at the first hearing. Charges can shift later, since the District Attorney files the final list in Common Pleas after the preliminary hearing. Questions about the prosecution go to the DA's Office, 701 Main Street, Suite 200, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3052. Court papers for Common Pleas cases are kept by the Clerk of Courts, 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3385.

Defendants who cannot pay may qualify for the county Public Defender, 701 Main Street, Suite 301, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3042. It is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.

• Staff compare gross income with the federal poverty guidelines.
• The form is called the Application for Defense Lawyer. Phone the office to learn how someone in jail can get and return one.
• The same office has a bail reduction form and can file the petition for a lower amount.
• It also helps with work release papers. The jail has a work release coordinator, and approval may take weeks.

The county office handles state charges only. On a federal case, the federal defender in Scranton is at 201 Lackawanna Avenue, Suite 317, Scranton, PA 18503, 570-343-6285.

In-person visits follow the housing unit:

• Saturday: C-Unit 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.; D-Unit 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
• Sunday: G-Unit 8:00 to 8:30 a.m.; F/H Units and Female Intake 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.; E-Unit 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
• Tuesday: Male Intake 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: B-Unit 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.; RHU 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Thursday: I-Unit 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.; A-Unit 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Each visit runs 30 minutes. Two visitors at most may come together, or they can split the time into two 15-minute turns. A visitor may see two inmates per day, with exceptions for several members of one immediate family.

Adults need photo ID, a driver's license for example. Children under 18 must bring a birth certificate, and they must sit within arm's length of a parent or legal guardian. Sign the lobby register, wear the badge and pass the metal detector. Food, drinks and cell phones stay out, and lockers take tokens from the reception desk. Clothing swaps happen only at visits, one item for one, and the inmate must ask by 2:00 p.m. the day before.

Video visits can be set up through the phone provider at 800-844-6591. Learn more on our visitation page.

• At the lobby: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On visiting days, only money orders are taken.
• Online: use the deposit service that the county's visitation page links.
• By phone: call the deposit line at 800-574-5729.
• By mail: a money order works, with the inmate's name printed clearly. Enclose no letter. Call the jail at 570-992-3232 to confirm the mailing address first.

Never mail cash. Account funds pay for phone time and store items, which our commissary page describes. See our guide to sending money for fees and timing.

Inmates place outgoing calls only. A call needs money on the person's account or a prepaid billing setup with the phone provider at 800-844-6591.

• Every call stops at 20 minutes.
• A 20-minute collect call within the local calling area runs about $3.55. Longer distances and numbers outside the 570 area code cost more.
• The jail will not take a call or a message for an inmate.

Ask the provider whether electronic messages or texts are offered here. For general background, read our jail phone page and our inmate email page.

Since July 15, 2020, personal mail is scanned at a center in Florida rather than delivered to the building. Use this exact address:

Inmate name and Inmate ID#
Monroe County, PA Jail
C/O Securus Digital Mail Center
PO Box 21368
Tampa, FL 33622

Legal mail goes to the building itself: Inmate Name and Inmate ID#, Monroe County Correctional Facility, 4250 Manor Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.

• Every envelope must show a return name and address.
• Any publication has to arrive directly from its publisher or a distributor.

Read our inmate mail guide for tips that apply to most jails.

Clothing, keys, wallets and phones taken at booking are logged and stored. Before driving out, phone the jail at 570-992-3232 during office hours. Ask:

• whether a family member may collect items while the person stays in custody,
• whether the owner has to sign a form allowing it,
• what ID to bring, and
• how any balance left on the account comes back when the person leaves.

Clean clothes are swapped only during visits, one for one, after the inmate asks by 2:00 p.m. the day before. Keep items out of the lobby, since lockers are small.

A contracted provider gives medical and mental health care inside the facility, according to the 2020 PREA audit. Concerned about an inmate's health? Call the jail at 570-992-3232 and describe the problem. Questions about treatment programs can go to the Director of Treatment at 570-517-3606.

• Share medication names and doses so staff can check them.
• A life-threatening emergency outside the jail is a 911 call.
• Sexual abuse in custody can be reported to the jail's PREA Coordinator through the main line.

For help after release, the Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission and Carbon-Monroe-Pike Mental Health and Developmental Services serve county residents.

Search the Sheriff's Active Bench Warrant Search or phone the Sheriff at 570-517-3312. Deputies serve Common Pleas bench warrants; local officers, troopers and constables may serve the rest. State fugitives appear on the State Police Ten Most Wanted sheet, with tips taken at 800-472-8477. National lists come from the FBI and the Marshals Service. Filed cases show on the UJS docket. To clear one, defense counsel can walk the person in to the issuing judge, or the person can call that court for a fresh date. Anyone locked up on a bench warrant must see a judge within 72 hours. Common Pleas warrant questions go to the Clerk of Courts, 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3385.

Open the person's docket on the UJS case portal. Each scheduled event shows the date, time and courtroom. Look again before every hearing, because dates move.

• For cases still at a district court, call Magisterial District Court Administration at 570-517-3088.
• Felony and misdemeanor files sent up to Common Pleas are handled by the Clerk of Courts, 570-517-3385.

Both offices sit at 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. A missed date can lead to a bench warrant, so a defendant who moves should give the court a new address. Every step from arraignment to sentencing is on our criminal court page.

On federal charges, cases from the county land in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Scranton, 235 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503, 570-207-5600. That clerk's office can share case numbers and hearing dates.

• Early on, a magistrate judge rules on detention, meaning whether the defendant stays locked up while the case moves ahead (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Before sentencing, the Marshals have custody. Their Scranton office is at 235 North Washington Avenue, Unit 215, Scranton, PA 18503, 570-346-7277, and can say where the person is held.
• Following sentencing, the person is moved into Bureau of Prisons custody. Find them with the BOP inmate locator.

1. Immigration officers lodge a detainer on Form I-247A at the Manor Drive jail.
2. In it, ICE asks for custody to continue up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Officers may come for the person within that window.
4. Detainees are then moved to a site ICE chooses, sometimes outside Pennsylvania.
5. Look them up with the ICE Online Detainee Locator, which works with an alien registration number. Lacking that number, enter the person's full name and choose a birth country.

Federal judges in this region view a detainer as a request rather than a command, after a 2014 Third Circuit decision, Galarza v. Szalczyk. A county can be liable if a detainer is its only reason for keeping someone, so local jails set their own policy. Ask this one at 570-992-3232. The ICE Philadelphia Field Office, 114 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-656-7164, covers the state.

State prison is the usual result when a sentence's top end reaches 5 years, and so are many from 2 up to 5 years. After sentencing, a state reception center classifies the person, which can take several weeks or longer. Staff there decide which prison fits.

• Track the move on the DOC inmate locator.
• Phone the department at 717-728-2573, or write to 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050.
• Letters for state inmates are sorted at a central DOC mail center first.

Each facility is listed on our Pennsylvania state prisons page.

A youth who cannot go home is usually sent to a juvenile facility, away from adult inmates. Teens charged as adults, such as 15 to 17 year olds accused of murder, may be held at the Correctional Facility instead.

Juvenile Probation, 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3095, can say which detention center holds the teen and the date of the coming hearing. It is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Juvenile records stay confidential under the Juvenile Act (42 Pa.C.S. § 6301 and following), so they will not show up on the public docket. Parents and guardians should keep in close contact with the probation officer.

About 167,179 people live here (Census estimate, July 1, 2025). Every one of the 20 boroughs and townships is covered by a local department or the State Police.

Local and regional departments

• Stroud Area Regional Police, 100 Day Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, 570-421-6800. Covers Stroud Township and its two boroughs, the county seat and East Stroudsburg.
• Pocono Mountain Regional Police, 2454 Route 940, Pocono Summit, PA 18346, 570-895-2400. Covers Mount Pocono plus Barrett, Coolbaugh, Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock Townships.
• Pocono Township Police, 110 Township Drive, Tannersville, PA 18372. Non-emergency 570-992-9911; office 570-629-7200. Covers Tannersville, Scotrun and parts of Bartonsville, Henryville and Swiftwater.
• Delaware Water Gap Police, 570-476-4674. A part-time force; troopers cover when it is off duty.

Pennsylvania State Police

• Rimrock Drive station, 2730 Rimrock Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-619-6480. Hamilton, Middle Smithfield, Paradise, Price and Smithfield Townships, and all of I-80 and I-380 in the county.
• Fern Ridge station, 127 Parkside Avenue, Blakeslee, PA 18610, 570-646-2271. Chestnuthill and Jackson Townships.
• Lehighton station in Carbon County, 9170 Interchange Road, Lehighton, PA 18235, 610-681-1850. Eldred, Polk and Ross Townships.

County, campus and school police

• Sheriff's Office, 610 Monroe Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3312
• DA's criminal investigators (county detectives), 701 Main Street, Suite 200, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, 570-517-3052
• ESU University Police, campus only, 570-422-3064
• School district police: East Stroudsburg Area 570-424-8500; Pleasant Valley 570-992-5711; Pocono Mountain 570-839-7121; the county seat's own district 570-421-1991

Park, game and state agencies

• National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the river, 800-543-4295
• DCNR, statewide parks and forests, 570-895-4000; Tobyhanna State Park Police, Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro State Parks, 570-894-8336
• Pennsylvania Game Commission, 570-675-1143; Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, 570-477-5717
• Attorney General Criminal Division, Allentown office, 610-791-6100

Call 911 for any emergency.