Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Blakely, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Blakely is held at the county jail, run by the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Blakely
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Blakely is held at the county jail, run by the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office at lackawannacounty.org/government/elected_officials/sheriff/index.php (page title: Welcome to Lackawanna County, PA), phone 570-963-6719, 200 N. Washington Avenue 1st floor Scranton, PA 18503, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 570-963-6719.
The Lackawanna County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 810 people, up from about 620 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,183 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lackawanna County has about 217,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 37 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lackawanna County Jail
The Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Blakely (filed by the FBI as Blakely Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Blakely.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, five other agencies, three campus police departments and one state police unit in Lackawanna County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Forest City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lackawanna County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lackawanna County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Scranton's 2,119 for 2025, Taylor's 405 for 2024 and Carbondale's 386 for 2025.
Together, the 16 agencies in Lackawanna County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,905 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Blakely arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Lackawanna County serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Blakely?
Ask the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office at 570-963-6719; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lackawannacounty.org.
How many people are in the Lackawanna County jail?
About 810 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,183 beds.
What is the phone number for the Lackawanna County jail?
570-963-6719, the number on the page of the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lackawanna County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Blakely website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.