Hunterdon County Jail

The Warren County Correctional Center is an adult correctional facility used to detain adult offenders arrested for violations of laws and ordinances within the County of Warren. The safety, welfare, and control of all inmates are the main responsibilities of the Correctional Center’s employees. The Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders are responsible for the care, custody and control of the Correctional Center. The Correctional Center is under the direct Command of Warden Kenneth McCarthy. Warden McCarthy brings over thiry five years of law enforcement experience to the Correction's Division. The facility was opened in 1986 and was originally designed to hold 76 adult offenders. With internal renovations the facility’s operating capacity has been raised to 176 adult offenders. Currently the daily population averages between 145 and 155 male and female adult offenders, in addition to 20 adult offenders on the Labor Assistance Program, and up to 6 adults and 6 juvenile offenders on the Electronic Monitoring Program