Union County Jail Inmate Lookup and Work Release Custody

Union County Jail Overview

Union County Jail is located at the Union County Courthouse, 103 S. Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837. It is not the main Snyder County jail and should not be described as Snyder's primary intake facility. Its Snyder County relevance comes from the board-out and work-release environment documented in Snyder research. Snyder's October 2025 Prison Board agenda search result listed Union County for work release, and Snyder/Union share the 17th judicial district and treatment-court ecosystem. That makes Union a practical regional route for selected Snyder inmates, especially when work-release status is involved.

The Snyder County cost analysis said the county planned to eliminate its then-current work-release program and replace it with an alternative that did not require 24/7 local staffing. Later Prison Board agendas still tracked "Work Release - Working" and "Work Release Eligible - Non-Working," which means work-release status remained operationally important even after the local prison restructuring. Union's role should be framed within that regional placement model, not as a public Snyder roster or a full substitute for the Snyder booking center.

Union County's official jail page is more detailed than Snyder's local page on everyday visitor and inmate-service rules. It lists non-contact main-side visits through glass, video visits through IC Solutions, immediate-family visitor limits, approval requirements, proper ID, the two-visit weekly limit, JailATM deposit channels, lobby kiosk use, and permitted inmate property. Those details matter because once a person is housed at Union, Union's facility rules control the visit or deposit even if the original arrest or court case began in Snyder County.

The official Union County Jail page is the source for the visiting schedule, deposit notes, phone vendor, and inmate-property rules used here. Snyder County's official prison cost-analysis release explains the booking-center and outsourced-housing model, while the Snyder County District Attorney page documents the Snyder/Union treatment-court connection that gives Union additional local relevance.

The screenshot reinforces that Union is a rule-specific facility page rather than a Snyder roster page. The official material is strongest on visiting, deposits, phone/video service, and allowed property.

Union County Jail Capacity and Population

No official rated capacity or current population figure for Union County Jail was located in the research materials. Because the source file did not provide a bed count, daily population, or dated jail population snapshot for Union, this page does not assign a capacity number. For Snyder County purposes, the sourced population detail is narrower: Union appeared in the Snyder research as a work-release placement route, while Clinton County was the main documented contract-housing facility.

Snyder's own custody snapshots still provide relevant context. July 7, 2025 showed 41 Snyder inmates housed at other facilities. November 10, 2025 listed 31 total Snyder inmates, including work-release status categories. December 8, 2025 listed 35 total, with one male work-release working and one female work-release eligible non-working. Those numbers show why Union can matter even without a Union capacity figure: Snyder's current model tracks inmate status and regional placement more than a single jail-house count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Union County Jail

The research file did not identify a Union County public online jail roster. For a Snyder County person believed to be at Union, the correct route is a custody chain: call Snyder's booking center to confirm the original booking and transport, check Pennsylvania VINELink for custody status, call Union County Jail for facility confirmation and rules, and search UJS for the Snyder/Union judicial district docket. If the person has moved into state custody, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections locator is the right system instead.

1. Call the Snyder County Correctional Facility / Booking Center at (570) 374-7912 to ask whether the person was booked through Snyder and moved to Union for work-release placement.
2. Search Pennsylvania VINELink by offender ID or first and last name for custody-status information.
3. Call Union County Jail at (570) 524-8711 to confirm current housing, visiting approval, phone/video rules, and deposit options.
4. Search Pennsylvania UJS Case Search under Snyder County or Snyder/Union - 17 to verify docket status, bail, hearings, and disposition.
5. Use the Snyder County Sheriff Right-to-Know process for Snyder booking records or photographs not published online, recognizing that CHRIA or investigative limits may apply.

Union County Jail Address and Contact

Union County Jail's official page lists regular hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, phone (570) 524-8711, and fax (570) 524-8713. Because the facility is in Lewisburg and the Snyder booking center is in Selinsgrove, custody questions may require both calls. Snyder can confirm local booking and transport. Union can confirm current facility rules after placement.

Visiting Someone at Union County Jail

Union County Jail publishes detailed visiting rules. Main-side visits are non-contact visits through glass with telephone communication. In-person visiting is limited to immediate family, including mother, father, brothers, sisters, wife or girlfriend, children, grandparents, and in some cases stepchildren. All visitors must be approved by jail administration and must present proper ID. Approved visitors are allowed two 30-minute visits per week. Union also permits video visits through IC Solutions.

Union's official page adds conduct rules that visitors should treat as controlling. No food or drinks are allowed during visits. Children must behave. Arguments can terminate the visit. Because a Snyder inmate at Union may be there for work-release-related placement, confirm that the inmate is available for a visit during the requested time before traveling to Lewisburg.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Union County Jail

Union County Jail lists IC Solutions as the phone and video-visit vendor. For money, the official page says cash or cards are accepted online or at the kiosk in the lobby, and no personal checks are accepted. The page provides a JailATM link for deposits. Because deposit systems can charge fees and facility rules can change, confirm the current transaction method before sending money, especially if the person may return to Snyder or move to another regional jail.

Union's official property notes are also specific. Permitted inmate items include 10 photographs with no Polaroids, one plain wedding band, and one religious medal with a small chain no larger than a half-dollar. Do not treat those permitted-property examples as permission to mail other property. Use the jail phone line for any item not listed by Union.

Work Release, Transport, and Snyder County Custody at Union County Jail

Union should be read as a regional placement facility, not the start of a Snyder arrest. The Snyder sequence begins with local arrest, booking-center intake, fingerprinting, photographing, paperwork review, and preliminary arraignment or commitment. If release does not occur and the person is eligible or assigned for work-release-related placement, Snyder's board-out model can send the person to a facility outside Snyder County. The research specifically notes Union County in connection with work release.

Work-release placement can make custody harder to interpret from a simple name search. A person may have a Snyder County docket, a Snyder booking or transport history, and Union facility rules for visits and deposits. A court docket may show charges and case events without showing the jail bed. VINE may show custody status without explaining the work-release reason. Snyder's booking center can answer the local booking and transport question, while Union controls access rules once the person is housed there.

About Union County Jail

Union County Jail sits in Lewisburg at the county courthouse address and publishes concrete access rules that are not available for every regional facility in the Snyder research set. The jail's immediate-family visiting rule, approval requirement, proper-ID requirement, glass-partition main-side visiting, IC Solutions video visits, JailATM deposits, lobby kiosk deposits, no-personal-check rule, and limited-property list all give users practical instructions. These details should stay attached to Union County Jail because Snyder's local correctional page has different and more limited information.

The Snyder/Union connection is also legal and geographic. Snyder and Union share the 17th judicial district, and Snyder/Union treatment-court references appear in related local court and prosecutor materials. That does not mean every Snyder inmate goes to Union. Clinton is the main contract-housing facility documented by Snyder agendas. Union's role is narrower and should be described as a regional route, particularly for work-release placement, where supported by the official Snyder research.