Locating an inmate in the Catholic Social Services of Scranton is easier than ever now. You can easily find the inmate roster on the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections website.

You can search for an inmate using the following identifying pieces of information:

• DOC Number

• Inmate’s Name

• Gender

• Age

• Weight

• Height

• Eye Color

• Hair Color

• Race

• Current Status

• Scars, Marks, & Tattoos

• Offense Type

• Location

If you would like to stay in contact with an inmate, a great way to do that is by sending them letters.

The inmates in the Catholic Social Services of Scranton can receive your letters. These letters are a great morale booster for inmates.

However, if you are looking to send an inmate a letter, you will need to keep in mind that a prison staff member will be looking at your letter prior to giving it to the inmate. Also, sometimes mail can take a bit before it reaches the inmate as well.

When sending an inmate, a letter you will need to have your return address on the envelope and make it out to the following address as well:

Inmate Name, ID Number

Catholic Social Services of Scranton

409-411 Olive Street, Scranton, PA, 18509-3261

The Catholic Social Services of Scranton gives you just one way to send money to an inmate.

You can find that way directly on the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' official website.

You will be able to make more than one deposit per calendar week now. You will have a limit of $100 per their commissary account and $100 per their telephone account. Funds will be transferred into the inmates account within 3 business days.

When using this service, you will need to know the inmate’s Pennsylvania DOC number along with their date of birth.

Inmates will have access to the use of a telephone, in which they can call home if they choose to.

All calls coming from the Catholic Social Services of Scranton has the right to be monitored and recorded. General Population inmates will have a maximum of 30 minutes a day to use the telephone.

Inmates will be responsible for paying all charges that are associated with using the telephone.

For you to visit an inmate in the Catholic Social Services of Scranton, you will need to fill out the following application. You will then need to wait for the application to be approved.

The Catholic Social Services of Scranton will accept walk-in visits between the days of Thursdays to Sundays between the hours of 8:30 am to 10:30 am and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

However, if an inmate you are looking to visit is housed either the medium custody unit or the closed custody unit, you will be permitted to visit them between the days of Thursdays to Sundays between the hours of 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

If you or the inmate requires a no-contact visit, you must schedule them prior. You can contact the Catholic Social Services of Scranton from Monday to Wednesday using the following number 570-342-1296.

VISITATION HOURS

• Monday

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• Tuesday

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• Wednesday

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• Thursday

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• Friday

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• Saturday

  9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

• Sunday

  9:00 AM to 3:00 PM