Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 October 9, 2026.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County, has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: East Stroudsburg public records, Monroe County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in East Stroudsburg
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of East Stroudsburg. In Monroe County the county agency that reports arrests is the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Monroe County: County Detective in Monroe County (other); the Monroe County State Police (state police); the Office of Attorney General Region 1 in Monroe County, the Bureau of Forestry in Monroe County, Forest Rangers's Delaware State Forest District 19 and the State Park Rangers at Tobyhanna (state agency); East Stroudsburg University (campus police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in East Stroudsburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in East Stroudsburg and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 330 people, down from about 380 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 435 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in East Stroudsburg
Whether someone was arrested in East Stroudsburg, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at monroecountypa.gov/departments/prothonotary/resources/c-tracksearch); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at monroecountypa.gov/departments/district-attorney).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in East Stroudsburg
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the East Stroudsburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at eaststroudsburgboro.org/police (page title: Police Department Stroud Area Regional Police | East Stroudsburg Borough), phone 570-992-9911, 100 Day Street in East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at monroecountypa.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at monroecountypa.gov/departments/open-records (page title: Monroe County | Open Records).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Monroe County guide covers every agency in the county: Monroe County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in East Stroudsburg?
Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.
Where are people arrested in East Stroudsburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in East Stroudsburg?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in East Stroudsburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at monroecountypa.gov/departments/open-records.
Is this the official East Stroudsburg 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.