Search Luzerne County, PA Inmate Records
Luzerne County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Luzerne County holds 3 jails with a total of 206,676 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Luzerne County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Luzerne County Quick Facts
692
Luzerne County Population Total
101,591 / 75 / 76
Female Population, Rate & Count
104,485 / 590 / 616
Male Population, Rate & Count
692
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
692
Population Total Confined
206,676
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Rape | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Property Crime Total | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luzerne County Jail Demographics
The county has 317,812 people confined with a jail population density of 231 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 100,977 women and 105,699 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
316,187 |
| 2006 |
316,837 |
| 2007 |
318,232 |
| 2008 |
319,210 |
| 2009 |
320,527 |
| 2010 |
320,952 |
| 2011 |
321,041 |
| 2012 |
321,276 |
| 2013 |
319,862 |
| 2014 |
318,829 |
| 2015 |
317,812 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
104,485 |
101,591 |
| 2006 |
105,189 |
102,055 |
| 2007 |
105,804 |
102,873 |
| 2008 |
106,079 |
103,155 |
| 2009 |
106,666 |
103,829 |
| 2010 |
107,147 |
104,041 |
| 2011 |
107,327 |
104,023 |
| 2012 |
106,924 |
103,444 |
| 2013 |
106,106 |
102,581 |
| 2014 |
105,544 |
101,901 |
| 2015 |
105,699 |
100,977 |
A Timeline of Luzerne County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
590 |
75 |
| 2006 |
656 |
123 |
| 2007 |
497 |
185 |
| 2008 |
702 |
111 |
| 2009 |
584 |
93 |
| 2010 |
480 |
95 |
| 2011 |
491 |
69 |
| 2012 |
549 |
72 |
| 2013 |
497 |
75 |
| 2014 |
591 |
89 |
| 2015 |
592 |
90 |
Luzerne County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 2,984 and a local jail rate of 336 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 226 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,365, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 1,923 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Luzerne is 692 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 683 imprisonments a day.
Luzerne County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
331 |
| 2006 |
380 |
| 2007 |
384 |
| 2008 |
382 |
| 2009 |
374 |
| 2010 |
310 |
| 2011 |
303 |
| 2012 |
312 |
| 2013 |
303 |
| 2014 |
335 |
| 2015 |
336 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
1,923 |
147 |
| 2006 |
2,038 |
255 |
| 2007 |
2,799 |
168 |
| 2008 |
2,492 |
195 |
| 2009 |
1,907 |
175 |
| 2010 |
2,864 |
130 |
| 2011 |
1,752 |
170 |
| 2012 |
2,503 |
181 |
| 2013 |
43 |
143 |
| 2014 |
2,991 |
238 |
| 2015 |
2,365 |
226 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
683 |
| 2006 |
787 |
| 2007 |
802 |
| 2008 |
800 |
| 2009 |
788 |
| 2010 |
654 |
| 2011 |
640 |
| 2012 |
657 |
| 2013 |
632 |
| 2014 |
695 |
| 2015 |
692 |
