This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Union and Essex Custody Contacts
Union County’s adult custody route involves both the Elizabeth intake hub and the Essex adult facility in Newark. Use Union for intake records and Classification questions. Use Essex when physical custody or a release processed from the regional adult jail is the issue.
Union County Sheriff’s Office Division of Corrections
15 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908-558-2600
Fax: 908-558-2375
Data corrections: Attention Classification Unit
Essex County Correctional Facility
354 Doremus Avenue
Newark, NJ 07105
Main line: 973-274-7500
Legitimate release-information line: 973-274-7826
Essex County Juvenile Detention Center
80 Duryea Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-497-4720
Juvenile information is confidential and limited to authorized channels.
Union County Record Requests
Written OPRA requests for Union records route through the county custodian. Identify the person, date range, and existing record sought. Union cannot always supply a physical release record created by Essex.
Union County OPRA Custodian
Office of the Clerk of the Board
10 Elizabethtown Plaza, 6th Floor
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908-527-4140
Fax: 908-558-0915
Email: opra@ucnj.org
State Corrections and Supervision
A state-prison record belongs with NJDOC. Parole is handled by the State Parole Board, while Union probation is a Judiciary function. These offices do not all report the same stage.
New Jersey Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 863
Trenton, NJ 08625
Central: 609-292-4036
General information: 609-826-5600
Public information: 609-826-5662
New Jersey State Parole Board
Phone: 609-292-4257
Email: SPB-Public-Info-Office@spb.nj.gov
Union supervision, District Parole Office 5: 973-648-3278
Union County Probation Division
1143-45 East Jersey Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908-787-1650
Choose the Right Route
The following links organize common questions before an official call or request:
- Use the home page for a named released person and the complete release-record request path.
- Check Parole / Probation for post-release supervision agencies.
- Use Released Last 24 Hours to understand why Union has no official rolling one-day release feed.
- Review Inmate Release Date or VINELink Release Check for a projected date or custody-change alert.
- Open the facility page listed below for its precise release, transfer, and records route.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the official NJDOC offender search and state records office.
- For a federal or immigration matter, use the official BOP or ICE locator that matches the actual custody system.