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Union County Jail Roster Overview

The Union County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Peter D. Corvelli Jr. Before his election, he helped manage the Union County Jail, which his office says houses more than 600 inmates daily. The Sheriff's Division of Corrections keeps the inmate records and the public lookup tool. The roster is meant to give the public access to selected offender information, in line with state open-records policy.

The Sheriff's biography page lays out his corrections background and current role.

The roster does not cover everyone. State prison inmates are in the New Jersey Department of Corrections system. Federal inmates are with the Bureau of Prisons. The county lookup only reflects local custody, and even then some offenders may be excluded.

The Division of Corrections page lists the officer in charge, Captain Anthony Davis, plus the mailing address and accreditation badges.

The page shows NCCHC and ACA accreditation, which signal that the jail meets national health and corrections standards.

How to Use the Union County Inmate Roster

The lookup sits behind a disclaimer. You must accept the terms before the search app opens. The disclaimer explains how often the data updates and what it leaves out, so read it before you rely on a result.

The inmate lookup disclaimer page holds the "I agree" button that opens the search tool.

The office says it updates the information daily to keep it as complete and accurate as possible, but warns that status can change quickly. Questions and comments must be sent in writing to the Division of Corrections, Attention: Classification Unit, at 15 Elizabethtown Plaza.

1. Open the Sheriff's inmate lookup disclaimer page and read the terms.
2. Click "I agree" to reach the search app.
3. Enter the inmate's name and run the search.
4. Open the matching profile to review the listed details.
5. Confirm custody by phone if the result will drive a visit or money decision.

Union County Inmate Roster Search Fields

The live app timed out during research, so the field list is partial. The Sheriff's disclaimer confirms the app and its limits. A name search is the standard path, the same as most county jail rosters. Plan to enter a last name first, then add a first name to narrow a common match.

What a Union County Inmate Profile Shows

A custody profile is built to confirm that a person is held and to give basic booking facts. Because the app could not be inspected directly, the fields below are the standard custody details to expect, matched to the Sheriff's disclaimer limits. Treat release and work-release entries with care, since the office says those may not reflect a person's true current status.

Essex and Hudson Jail Housing Notice

This is the most important local fact for any Union County inmate search. The corrections visiting page says adult inmates are located at the Essex and Hudson County jails. It lists phone numbers for both and tells callers to follow the prompts. So you should confirm where a person is held before you plan a visit or send anything. The Division of Corrections in Elizabeth still takes inmate records questions and court clothing, but the body may not be at 15 Elizabethtown Plaza.

The visiting procedures page spells out the Essex and Hudson contacts.

Use the cards below to reach the right office, then ask each jail for its current visit, mail, and money rules. Do not rely on old Union County jail visiting schedules, since the body may sit in another county. Call the listed jail, follow the prompts, and confirm the housing unit and current visit hours before you travel.

Booking and Identification in Union County

Booking starts after an arrest by a local, state, or federal agency. The person is taken to intake, where staff record fingerprints, a photo, and pedigree data. The Union County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification is the central repository for criminal-defendant records in the county. It stores fingerprints, pictures, and pedigree information used to confirm a person's identity. Booking data feeds the custody record and the court file.

The jail follows the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, with a stated zero-tolerance policy described on the corrections PREA page.

After intake, the person gets a first appearance and a pretrial release review under New Jersey's criminal justice reform, then classification and housing or transfer. The Bureau records data during arrest, first appearance, or after a conviction and sentence.

You can reach the Bureau of Criminal Identification directly for identification questions tied to a defendant record.

Court Production and Inmate Transport

The Sheriff moves inmates between the jail and the courts. The Courthouse Security Division secures the complex and produces prisoners for hearings. The office says it supports 29 courts, the Grand Jury, and hearing officers, and produces more than 20,000 prisoners in Union County courts each year. That scale shows how busy the Elizabeth complex is on a normal calendar day.

The courthouse security page describes the prisoner production role.

A separate Transportation Unit handles moves to other jails, hospitals, and psychiatric facilities.

The transportation unit page covers those inmate movements.

Because inmates move for court and medical needs, a roster result is a snapshot, not a promise of where someone sits right now.

Court Clothing and Property Turnover

Families can drop off court clothing and property for inmates. Union County corrections accepts both seven days a week, in two daily windows. Civilian clothing is not worn by inmates except as court clothing. There are limits on how many items you can bring.

The court clothing page lists the accepted items and the hours.

Acceptable items are capped, so bring only what the office allows:

• 1 belt and 1 pair of socks, plus up to 5 pairs of dress socks
• Up to 5 suits or dresses
• Up to 5 slacks or pairs of pants
• Up to 5 ties for men
• Up to 3 dress shoes or blouses for women

A lengthy trial may call for a clothing exchange. The schedule below applies to both court clothing and inmate property turnovers.

Juvenile Detention and Visits

Union County directs juvenile visitation to the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark. Visits there run on a tight schedule with strict ID and search rules. Every visitor must appear on the resident's approved list. Children and siblings under 14 are not allowed in the visiting area unless a social worker arranges a special visit.

Standard visits are on Saturday, last half an hour, and are limited to two approved adults, such as parents, grandparents, or legal guardians. Gate 1 opens 30 minutes before the session and closes 15 minutes after it starts, so late arrivals are turned away. Visitors must show photo ID with an address and give the resident's full name. All visitors face an electronic search, and personal items like keys, purses, and packages are not allowed in the secure area.

Mail, Money, and Contacting an Inmate

Because adult inmates are housed at Essex or Hudson, mail, deposits, phone, and commissary follow the rules of the facility that holds the person. The county pages do not publish full adult mail or deposit rules for that reason. Confirm housing first, then use the official Essex or Hudson jail pages for current mail format, deposit options, and commissary pricing. Do not assume a vendor name until the facility page confirms it.

Inmates can get legal help through resources listed on the corrections legal services page.

That page links Legal Services of New Jersey, whose hotline can screen civil legal problems for people in custody.

State Custody and Parole Searches

If a person was sentenced to state prison, the county roster will not show them. Use the New Jersey Department of Corrections offender search instead. For people under parole supervision, the State Parole Board offers an offender search that also links the sex offender registry. These tools matter when a Union County case ends in a state sentence.

The New Jersey State Parole Board offender search page connects the DOC search and the registry.

For custody and release notification, the state also runs VINE. The New Jersey VINE service line is 1-877-846-3465, with TTY at 1-866-847-1298, and it can register a caller for alerts when custody status changes. Federal inmates are searched through the Bureau of Prisons, not the county jail. More release-side tools sit on the released inmates page.

Related Union County Inmate Searches

For people recently let go, see released inmates. For broader jail data, see inmate population. For active warrants, see warrant records. For the underlying charges, see arrest and criminal records.