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 5 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
$44,402
Median Income
2,983.8
Arrest Rate
335.8
Local Jail Rate
692
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
692
Population Total Confined
226
Pretrial Rate
2,365
Admit Rate
4,873
Admit Count
206,676
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200820092010
Violent Crime Total211
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000
Revised Rape000
Legacy Rape010
Robbery000
Aggravated Assault201
Property Crime Total874
Burglary000
Larceny Theft874
Motor Vehicle Theft000
Arson000

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

54.67 %
White
2.78 %
Black
6.40 %
Latino
0.08 %
Asian

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

2,365
Admit Rate
336
Local Jail Rate
226
Pretrial Rate

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