It is located on East King Street in Lancaster City.
The present medieval-style building replaced the earlier prisons in 1851,[1] with Fulton Hall, of the Fulton Opera House being built on the site of the earlier prison.
[citation needed] With over 5,000 admissions each year (and a similar number of discharges), Lancaster County Prison currently has beds for over 950 inmates, but has the capacity to accommodate more if needed.
[citation needed] The majority of those currently detained are imprisoned pending trial, the remaining 40% having already been sentenced.
Since that time there has been a flat fee of thirty dollars collected at intake or billed to the inmate if they haven't any cash on hand.