Admission officers examine the legal commitment papers to verify completeness and proper signatures.

Sick, injured, or unconscious prisoners are not admitted to the prison unless medical treatment has been provided and a medical doctor verifies the prisoner is not in need of emergency care.

All clothing is searched for contraband, and the prisoner is given a shower.  All personal property is recorded, and the inmate receives a copy of the receipt.  Personal  property is properly stored or released to whomever the prisoner designates.

Photographs and fingerprints are taken of all new commitments.

Inmate counts are conducted at least six times each day with several informal counts conducted.

As a rehabilitative measure, all sentenced inmates at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility are responsible for sharing the cost of their housing.  While the cost to house, feed, clothe & protect inmates during incarceration is about $32 per day, the charge is $10.00 per day.  Because they contribute to their own care by providing the County with a portion of their wages (minimum of $70.00 per week), inmates in the work release program are exempt from the cost Recovery Program.  Further, because they contribute to their own care by providing labor integral to the day-to-day operation of the prison, "Trusty" inmates are exempt from the Cost Recovery Program.

All inmates who are serving parole violation sentences will be responsible in the same fashion, as they are sentenced by the court, even if technically awaiting the review of their incarceration.  Parole violators  are NOT pre-trial for purposes of the policy and shall also be responsible for a housing fee of $10.00 per day.  Lebanon County does not get reimbursement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for housing state parole violators.

Upon sentencing, an inmate will be billed for each day spent in Lebanon County Correctional facility (to include presentencing time).  Any and all time credited to any inmate's sentence time is a billable housing day, even if boarding elsewhere, or temporarily out of the facility.  In exceptional cases where an inmate is not physically in the facility, billable days may be subject to review.

This policy will also apply to all sentenced inmates transferred to this facility from other institutions.

Fifty percent (50%) of all incoming funds deposited into an inmate's account, regardless of the source, may be credited to their negative balance, and the remainder will be credited to the inmate's account for personal use.  This procedure may continue until the inmate's negative balance is satisfied.

At discharge any available funds from an inmate's account will be credited toward their outstanding balance if any, prior to issuing the inmate a discharge check.