Search Union County Jail Intake Records

Union County Jail Intake Role

Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub is operated by the Union County Sheriff's Office Division of Corrections. The official corrections page lists the office at 15 Elizabethtown Plaza in Elizabeth and names Captain Anthony Davis as Officer in Charge and Sergeant Joseph Azydzik as Administrative Supervisor. That local corrections address still matters because it is the address used for the Classification Unit, the public corrections phone, and written questions about information posted in the Union County inmate lookup.

The role of the facility changed after Union County completed its transfer of correctional operations to Essex County at 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2021. The county said incarcerated persons from Union County would be housed at Essex County Correctional Facility, while the Elizabeth correctional facility would continue as an intake hub and temporary detention facility. Because of that change, the Union County Jail record search should not be read as proof that a person is housed long term at 15 Elizabethtown Plaza.

The Union County Sheriff Division of Corrections page shows the local corrections contact block used for Union County jail records and classification questions.

The contact page is the source for the public phone, fax, officer in charge, administrative supervisor, and Elizabethtown Plaza mailing address used by the intake hub.

Union County Jail Population Shift

Union County's jail population history is a transfer story. The county's July 1, 2021 release said the jail population had fallen nearly 67 percent over ten years, from more than 1,000 people to 345 at the beginning of 2021. A separate BJS-derived 2013 local jail table listed Union County Jail at 795 average daily population. After the Essex transfer, no official current Union-only daily population dashboard was located in the reviewed public sources.

Those figures explain why Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub must be described with care. The county did not publish a current certified bed count for the intake hub in the official sources reviewed. It did report that hub operations would continue 365 days per year with about 53 corrections officers and civilian staff, while general housing moved through the intercounty jail-services arrangement.

Look Up Union County Jail Inmates

The official Union County inmate lookup starts at the Sheriff's Office inmate lookup disclaimer and continues through the linked "I agree" entry to the public search endpoint. The disclaimer says the information is updated daily for public safety and OPRA access, but it also warns that selected offenders may be excluded at the discretion of the Sheriff's Office Division of Corrections or other law-enforcement agencies.

Use the Union County Jail lookup first for an arrest that began in Union County. Then confirm location. A person may be processed in Elizabeth and later housed at Essex County Correctional Facility or Hudson County Adult Correctional Center. The disclaimer also notes that work release, furlough, or residential community program status may not be fully reflected by the public website, so a visible record is not a complete movement log.

1. Open the Union County Sheriff's Office inmate lookup disclaimer and read the limitations.
2. Use the linked lookup endpoint, then search with the person's name or available booking detail.
3. Check whether the record points to Union intake, Essex, Hudson, or another custody path.
4. For questions about posted offender information, write to the Classification Unit at the Union County corrections address.

The Union County inmate lookup disclaimer is important because it explains daily updates, exclusions, and the public-record purpose of the roster.

That disclaimer is also the best source for why a Union County jail record may be delayed, excluded, or different from the person's current housing location.

Union County Jail Contact

For Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub records, start with the corrections division rather than a regional jail unless the search or phone prompts show that the person has been moved. The public corrections phone is listed separately from the main Sheriff's Office headquarters phone. Written questions about offender information posted online go to the Classification Unit at the same jail address.

Sheriff Peter D. Corvelli Jr.'s main office is next door at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, but corrections records and intake questions use the Division of Corrections contact block. The sheriff's biography is relevant because it notes prior Union County corrections leadership, including Assistant Director work when the jail housed more than 600 inmates daily.

Union County Jail Visits

Union County's visiting procedure does not provide a normal Elizabeth jail visit schedule. It states that inmates are located at Essex and Hudson County jails and tells callers to use those facilities for inmate-location and visit routing. That means a family member should not travel to the Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub expecting standard housing-unit visits unless a current official instruction says to do so.

The Union County visiting procedures page is the direct source for routing Union County visitors to Essex and Hudson instead of publishing local Elizabeth visiting hours.

The routing language protects visitors from using the wrong jail door, especially after the 2021 transfer changed where Union County inmates are housed.

For Essex, visitors should expect valid government photo ID, metal detector screening, dress rules, and no exchange of property. For Hudson, a complete schedule was not available from the static public text because official pages required JavaScript, so the safer path is to call Hudson and use its official visitation links before traveling.

Union County Jail Mail and Money

Mail and money rules depend on where the person is actually housed. If the person is still in Union intake, call the Division of Corrections before sending anything. If the person has moved to Essex, Essex uses a mail-scanning address formatted with the inmate name and booking number, Essex County DOC - 2200, PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193. Essex also accepts certain money orders and lobby kiosk deposits under its own rules.

Do not mix county jail, state prison, and ICE detention payment systems. A Union County arrest record can move through several systems, and each system has its own mail address, vendor, and limits.

Union County Jail Booking Intake

Booking at the Union County Jail / Division of Corrections Intake Hub is the local custody step after an arrest enters county processing. Intake can include identity checks, property handling, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and routing to court or another housing jail. Official Union County material supports that the Elizabeth site is for intake and temporary detention, but it does not provide a public step-by-step booking form or exact timing for every person.

New Jersey criminal justice reform rules shape how long early custody decisions take. First appearance and pretrial release decisions are often handled within the early court window, while people detained beyond intake may be moved to Essex or Hudson. For court-charge records after booking, use the state court systems rather than treating the Union County Jail roster as the full criminal case file.

Intake

The first custody processing stage after arrest.

Classification

The jail review of housing, custody needs, risks, and special alerts.

Temporary detention

Short custody before transfer, release, court action, or longer housing.

Union County Jail Programs

The Union corrections page lists a Re-Entry/Drug Alcohol Program line, marked vacant when captured, and displays NCCHC and ACA accreditation badges. Those badges can be cited as present on the page, but no certificate dates or expiration details were available in the official material reviewed. Union's sheriff page also lists SLAP, the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program, which provides manual labor to communities while keeping some non-violent offenders out of jail.

Conditions and complaint routing may involve more than one agency. Union's Professional Standards Unit handles investigative and disciplinary complaints for the Sheriff's Office. For someone housed at Essex, the Essex statistics and compliance page has Ambrose reports, PREA reports, discipline reports, and civilian task force material. For someone housed at Hudson, use Hudson's official corrections contacts.