Locate GEO Scranton Custody Records

GEO Scranton Overview

GEO Scranton is listed by the PA DOC Bureau of Community Corrections as a Community Contract Facility in Scranton. The listed address is 539 Linden Street, Scranton, PA 18503-1605, and the listed phone number is 570-341-8115. The facility is part of Pennsylvania's community corrections footprint, not the Lackawanna County Prison booking system.

The research file also found a historical Prisoners of the Census entry for Minsec-Scranton at 537-539 Linden Street, Scranton. That entry listed count/capacity 10 and was dated June 30, 2012. The current official PA DOC BCC page uses the name GEO Scranton, so GEO Scranton is the present facility label. Minsec-Scranton should be treated as historical or alternate context, not as the current official label.

GEO Scranton is relevant to Lackawanna County because it is physically located in Scranton and appears in an official correctional facility list. It is not the place to start for a newly arrested local defendant unless a DOC or BCC contact specifically points there. A recent arrest usually starts with Lackawanna County Prison, a court case starts with UJS Case Search, and state supervision starts with PA DOC.

The facility image comes from the PA DOC Bureau of Community Corrections contact page, the source that lists GEO Scranton as a Lackawanna County community contract facility.

The BCC page is the official source for GEO Scranton contact details, while current capacity and facility rules require direct confirmation.

GEO Scranton Capacity

Current official capacity for GEO Scranton was not located in the official sources reviewed. The only facility-specific number found was historical: Prisoners of the Census 2020-vintage Pennsylvania correctional facility data listed Minsec-Scranton with count/capacity 10, dated June 30, 2012. That figure should be labeled as historical because the current DOC page uses GEO Scranton and does not publish a capacity in the captured source.

Do not apply Lackawanna County Prison capacity to GEO Scranton. The county prison's Vera rated capacity and average daily population numbers describe the county jail system. GEO Scranton is a separate DOC community contract facility, and its current population information was not found in the public source set.

GEO Scranton Records Lookup

The correct public search path for GEO Scranton begins with Pennsylvania DOC and BCC channels. The PA DOC locate service covers incarcerated or department-supervised individuals and says county-facility inmates are excluded. That exclusion is important. A person in Lackawanna County Prison will not be found through PA DOC just because the jail is in Pennsylvania.

1. Decide whether the person is in DOC supervision, county jail custody, federal custody, or immigration custody.
2. For DOC supervision or placement, search by last name or inmate number in the PA DOC locator.
3. Call GEO Scranton at 570-341-8115 for facility-specific confirmation where staff may release it.
4. Search UJS Case Search for Lackawanna County court records, sentence information, and docket status.
5. If the person was just arrested locally, call Lackawanna County Prison rather than GEO Scranton.

No official public GEO Scranton roster or sample inmate record was located. A commercial or third-party page should not be substituted for the DOC and BCC source. If the locator does not show a match, check spelling, use fewer fields, confirm whether the person is actually in county jail, and use UJS for the court-case trail.

GEO Scranton Contact

Use the official PA DOC BCC listing for the facility address and phone. The research did not locate a separate public hours listing for GEO Scranton. Because community contract facilities can have site-specific rules, contact the facility before visiting, mailing, sending money, or relying on old address data.

If the case began in Lackawanna County court, use UJS to track the court record and docket status. If the person is held in the county jail, use the Lackawanna County Prison phone line. GEO Scranton's public listing does not replace those other systems.

GEO Scranton Visit Rules

No public GEO Scranton visitation schedule was located in official sources reviewed for the research file. Do not copy Lackawanna County Prison's video visitation status or the county prison's older unit schedule onto GEO Scranton. Do not assume a state prison visit policy covers it in full either, because GEO Scranton is a community contract facility.

Before traveling to Linden Street, confirm whether visits are allowed, whether the person may receive visitors at that placement, what identification is needed, and whether the facility uses appointment-only access. Facility rules can change faster than public directory pages.

GEO Scranton Mail and Accounts

No official GEO Scranton mail format, commissary table, trust deposit vendor, package rule, or phone-account provider was located in the source set. That means readers should use the facility and PA DOC/BCC route rather than county jail rules. Lackawanna County Prison's Phoenix mail processor and OffenderConnect Site ID 18 are county prison details, not GEO Scranton details.

When calling, ask whether the person can receive mail at the facility, which name and identification number must appear on the envelope, whether money is handled through a DOC-wide process, and whether outside packages are barred. Avoid sending funds or mail based on an old directory entry.

GEO Scranton Placement Records

GEO Scranton should be treated as a placement or supervision setting, not an arrest-booking counter. A person may have a Lackawanna County court case, a DOC supervision record, and a facility placement record that each live in different systems. UJS can show case status and sentence information. PA DOC can show department-supervised status. BCC and the facility can provide current facility routing if disclosure is allowed.

That split avoids a common search error. A no-match in the county jail route does not prove a person is not under DOC supervision. A no-match in PA DOC does not prove a person is not in county jail. A federal or immigration hold uses still another system. Start with the custody type, then choose the correct lookup tool.

Community contract facility

A facility listed through PA DOC community corrections, separate from the county jail roster system.

Minsec-Scranton

A historical or alternate name found in Prisoners of the Census data for the Linden Street location.

UJS

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System, used for public court docket searches.

DOC supervision

State correctional custody or supervision that may be searchable through PA DOC.

GEO Scranton Records Limits

The available official GEO Scranton facts are narrow: PA DOC BCC lists the facility name, address, phone, and facility category. Prisoners of the Census provides historical Minsec-Scranton context with a dated count/capacity of 10. The research did not locate current official capacity, a public roster, a sample record, a visit schedule, mail rules, money rules, or commissary rules.

That source gap should remain visible in the records route. Public records writing is more useful when it states what is known and what is not. GEO Scranton is a Lackawanna County correctional facility entry, but its public lookup path is not the same as Lackawanna County Prison, and its rules should be confirmed through DOC/BCC or the facility.