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Mercer County Correctional Center

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Mercer County Correctional Center is a county jail located in Mercer County, New Jersey. Rated capacity: 880. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

880

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

New Jersey

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

A sexual abuse lawsuit was filed against an officer at the Mercer County Correctional Center, alleging he bought oral sex from prisoners with McDonald's meals and punished those who rejected his advances.

Contact & address

1750 Route 29, Lambertville 08530
(609) 583-3545
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 880 · peers avg: 547 (+61%)

Reports

  • marshall-project3 Apr 2015

    popping up in local newspapers around the country: a story about a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by an inmate against the county jail. The allegations made against an officer at the Mercer County Correctional Center — that he bought oral sex from prisoners with meals from McDonald’s, tried to “mock, humiliate, confine and punish” those who rejected his advances, even throwing some of them in

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Data completeness

68%

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@misc{worldprisons-mercer-county-correctional-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Mercer County Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mercer-county-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}