Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center Inmate Roster

Bergen County Jail Overview

The Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center is the main adult detention facility for Bergen County. The official facility page describes it as the central reception and processing center for adult male and female pretrial inmates whose detention is needed to secure a court appearance. It also holds sentenced county inmates. Since 2001, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office has maintained a standing contract with the U.S. Marshals Service, so a federal pretrial detainee may be physically housed at Bergen County Jail even though the federal criminal case is not a county case.

That mix matters during a Bergen County jail roster search. A person arrested by a local police department may appear in the county jail lookup after intake. A person sentenced to New Jersey state prison will later move to the New Jersey Department of Corrections locator. A federal defendant may first appear in the Bergen County inmate lookup if held locally for the Marshals Service, then later move to a BOP facility if sentenced. ICE custody is checked through ICE's national locator, not assumed from the jail name alone.

The official jail overview is shown in the Bergen County Sheriff's Corrections and Rehabilitation Center source page.

The screenshot is useful because the facility page ties together the address, inmate lookup, vendor links, and jail service menu in one official place.

Bergen County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone line for custody questions when the Bergen County inmate roster is unclear, when an arrest is very recent, or when a release or transfer may have occurred. The jail is separate from the sheriff's administrative office at Bergen County Plaza and from the court records room at the Bergen County Justice Center. For jail-specific inmate information, the research source gives the South River Street facility and the jail phone prompt.

Visitors should confirm parking, route, and entry rules before travel. The official jail pages reviewed did not publish a dedicated visitor parking rate, a public transit route list, or an ADA entrance map. Bergen County traffic around Hackensack, Route 4, I-80, and Route 17 can change quickly, so time should be allowed for arrival, identity checks, and locker use before a scheduled visit.

Bergen County Jail Capacity

The current Bergen County Sheriff's Office jail page reports 1,150 beds and more than 280 correction officers. An older sheriff brochure reports 1,250 beds and more than 320 correction officers, so the older numbers should be read as historical or conflicting rather than the active facility figure. The current official page also describes direct supervision, computer-controlled housing areas, integrated perimeter security, site-wide duress and panic alarms, and computerized Center Control.

Public sources reviewed did not publish a current Bergen County jail average daily population, a recent monthly count, or a demographic table for the facility. A Prison Policy Initiative correctional population data point lists 852 people at Bergen County Jail as of December 31, 2013, but that figure should not be treated as a present count. Current custody status is still searched person by person through the Bergen County Inmate Lookup Tool.

Bergen County Inmate Lookup

The official Bergen County Inmate Lookup Tool is the correct starting point for adults held at Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center. The search page has two paths. Name search uses first name, last name, and an optional date of birth field. Identifier search uses a dropdown plus a value field. The identifier choices are more specific than many county jail tools: Booking Number, Permanent Number, State ID, County ID, FBI Number, and ICE Number.

1. Open the Bergen County Inmate Lookup Tool and choose either name search or identifier search.
2. Enter the first and last name, then add date of birth in MM/DD/YYYY format if the name is common.
3. Use the released-inmate checkbox only when the person may already have left Bergen County jail custody.
4. For identifier search, choose the known number type, enter the value, and run the search.
5. If no result appears after a recent arrest, call the jail at (201) 336-3500 and press #4.

The official lookup screen shows those name and identifier fields before a search is submitted.

The field list helps explain why a Bergen County jail roster search can be broader than a name-only lookup, especially for federal or released custody questions.

Bergen County Jail Visits

Public visits are scheduled through the Bergen County Sheriff's visiting system and the GTL or ViaPath VisitMe portal. The sheriff's visiting page says visitors receive an approval or denial confirmation email. It also states that no more than two adult visitors are permitted at one time, public visits require 24-hour advance notice, visits are scheduled throughout the day from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and a visit is no less than 15 minutes. Housing-unit schedules may affect the exact appointment available.

Professional visits have a different rule set. Attorneys and approved professional visitors may use the 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM professional visiting window seven days a week, subject to Tour Commander approval. Professional visitors must present proper identification, such as a Bergen County Sheriff-issued ID, Attorney Bar Association card, motor vehicle license, medical license, or other proper ID. Cell phones, coats, keys, tobacco products, and other prohibited items must be placed in lockers before entry to secure areas.

The BCSO visiting-hours page is the source for the public scheduling window and visitor limits.

Because Bergen County uses scheduled visits, the confirmation email is as important as the published time window.

Bergen County Jail Mail

All inmate correspondence goes to the Bergen County Jail post office box, not to the street address. Mail is inspected for security. Books, newspapers, and magazines are accepted only when shipped directly from the publisher. The jail mail rules prohibit content that threatens security or order, including coded writing, criminal activity, escape information, weapons or explosive information, controlled dangerous substance information, and material inciting violence toward staff, inmates, visitors, volunteers, law enforcement, or vendor personnel.

Phone, trust fund, and package services are vendor-based. BCSO lists the collect-call number as 1-888-949-3303 and tells families that Bergen County's facility site number is #17. ConnectNetwork lists Bergen County NJ-Prison Site ID 17 with AdvancePay Phone and Trust Fund services. BCSO says cash deposits can be made at the jail front reception machine and at selected retailers after a ConnectNetwork account is opened. Package ordering routes through Access Catalog or Access Securepak at 1-800-546-6283. Vendor fees were not published in the accessible official text reviewed, so they should be checked at checkout.

The BCSO inmate-mail page publishes the mail address and inspection rules for Bergen County Jail.

Using the post office box and publisher-only rule reduces the chance that mail or publications are rejected before they reach the inmate.

Bergen County Jail Programs

Booking at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center follows the county jail role described by BCSO: central reception and processing for adults who must be held for court. A typical custody path can include arrest by a municipal, county, state, or federal agency; transport for processing; identity checks; property handling; search; booking photo and fingerprints when required; medical or mental-health screening; classification; housing assignment; and court scheduling. The jail roster is a custody list, not a full record of every Bergen County arrest, because many New Jersey arrestees are processed and released on complaint-summonses without county jail detention.

The BCSO corrections menu identifies Medical/Mental Health, the Drug Rehabilitation Center, Community Release Programs, and PREA resources, though detailed public text for each program was limited in the research file. The law library page is more specific. It says the jail provides legal resources for inmates who are participating in their defense or representing themselves. The jail offers LexisNexis access through secure netbooks to reduce movement and scheduling conflicts, and BCSO says a third law library opened in December 2019. The Ombudsman number listed for law library issues is (201) 336-3551.

Classification

The jail process that assigns custody level and housing based on risk, needs, and case status.

Detainer

A hold from another agency, such as federal, immigration, parole, probation, or another county authority.

Direct supervision

A jail management model using close officer and inmate contact instead of only remote barrier control.

County sentenced inmate

A person serving a county jail sentence, distinct from a person transferred to NJDOC state prison.

The BCSO law library page describes secure netbooks, LexisNexis access, and the third law library opened for inmates and detainees.

The law library detail is a strong facility-specific program fact because it describes how Bergen County manages legal access inside the jail.

Bergen County Custody Transfers

Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center is not a New Jersey state prison and is not a Bureau of Prisons facility. No NJDOC prison or BOP institution was identified as physically located in Bergen County in the research materials. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the correct lookup shifts to the NJDOC offender search. Once a federal defendant is sentenced and designated to federal custody, the BOP inmate locator is the correct system. For immigration custody, use ICE's Online Detainee Locator System and call the jail if a recent county custody question remains.