Hunterdon County Jail  

The Hunterdon County Jail is a small jail compared to the average in the state. It holds approximately 152 inmates, and it has 126 at peak population. The average daily inmate population is about 96 people. Demographics are as follows there are 104 convicted adults of those 84 are male and 17 females.

There are no Juveniles held as adults in this County Jail. On average, there are 12 African American, 77 Caucasians, and 14 Hispanics in the Hunterdon County Jail at a given time. The Hunterdon County Jail has no electronic surveillance devices on premises. Inmates are accepted at the Intake Sallyport. Inside there is a Booking Unit where warrants are taken they take the prisoners pictures and fingerprints.

The Hunterdon County Jail also has a segregation unit that handles administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation, medical Segregation or protective custody unit. If there is a need to be separated from the "general population" ... this is the place. The lockdown for the Segregation unit is for 23 hours a day, with limited phone usage, no television, and lots of time to reflect.

The Male housing unit day room at the Hunterdon County Jail are designed to let inmates spend their day in a safe comfortable humane environment. The Objective Jail Classification system will determine which area of the jail you live-- maximum, medium, or minimum security day rooms. Female inmates, of course, are housed separately. A typical cells are 75 square feet, with 2 bunks, a desk and a toilet. There can be 2 inmates per cell. Call this home for one night, a weekend, or enjoy a visit for a few years as One individual was here for 6 years. The female housing unit is separate from the male inmates, and the female dayroom is smaller than the male dayroom. There are only 4 female cells and all are double bunked.