The Union County Jail opened in April 1994, has a rated capacity is 264 with actual housing bed space at 240. The remaining 24 areas are designated as temporary holding cells. The jail is staffed by 55 officers, including administrative and support personnel.

Four squads working a rotating twelve-hour shift collectively. Each squad has a corporal in charge of day to day floor operations. There are two sergeants, each assigned to two squads respectively. Their primary duties are to supervise the floor squads and handle personnel and operational issues. Five detention officers are then assigned to each of the floor squads and are assigned to inmate care and management.

One squad is totally dedicated to transportation. It is headed by one sergeant who supervises, coordinates and schedules inmate and involuntary commitment transports. Transportation also assists the medical department, which is managed by the Union County Health Department. There are eight officers assigned to this unit.

The Inmate Processing/Booking unit is headed by a sergeant and consists of eight officers, two per twelve hour shifts covering 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These officers are responsible for the processing in and out of arrestees and inmates in the facility. They are in charge of inmate’s property and must document and store it properly. They conduct daily video arraignment on the CCTV connection to courtrooms at the Judicial Center.

This unit is headed by a sergeant and consists of four officers, one per twelve hour shift covering 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These officers are responsible for receiving all arrestees into the facility, conducting medical screening questionnaires and properly identifying, when applicable, arrestees through fingerprint submissions and criminal background checks.