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Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of wikipedia:Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, he county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km²), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km²) is land and 16 square miles (41 km²) is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 325,594, making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state. The county seat and most populous city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston. Luzerne County is included in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 as of 2017. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

Key Cities/Towns

Cities

Hazleton
Nanticoke
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre (county seat)

Boroughs
Ashley Avoca Bear Creek Village Conyngham Courtdale Dallas Dupont Duryea Edwardsville Exeter Forty Fort Freeland	Harveys Lake Hughestown Jeddo Kingston Laflin Larksville Laurel Run Luzerne Nescopeck New Columbus Nuangola Penn Lake Park	Plymouth Pringle Shickshinny Sugar Notch Swoyersville Warrior Run West Hazleton West Pittston West Wyoming White Haven Wyoming Yatesville

Townships
Bear Creek Black Creek Buck Butler Conyngham Dallas Dennison Dorrance Exeter Fairmount Fairview Foster	Franklin Hanover Hazle Hollenback Hunlock Huntington Jackson Jenkins Kingston Lake Lehman Nescopeck	Newport Pittston Plains Plymouth Rice Ross Salem Slocum Sugarloaf Union Wilkes-Barre Wright

Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten- Year	T1	T2	T3
472	88	61	36	0	32	24	90	81	60

Last Updated: 09/08/25

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

State Police Hazleton, 250 Dessen Drive, West Hazleton PA 18202, 570-459-3890
State Police Shickshinny, 872 Salem Boulevard, BERWICK PA 18603, 570-542-4117
State Police Wilkes Barre, 2001 South Valley Parkway, WILKES BARRE PA 18706, 570-822-5400

County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information

Local Reentry Organizations

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at contact@parsol.org

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Other PFR-Specific Resources

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

Reference SOAB website

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

Region: Northeast
Contact: John D

County Contact

John D.

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+[[File:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Luzerne County.svg|thumb|Luzerne County on the Map]]
-[[File:LuzerneCountyCourthouseWest.jpg|thumb|Luzerne County Courthouse]]
+[[File:Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.png|thumb]]
 '''Luzerne County''' is a [[wikipedia:County (United States)|county]] in the [[wikipedia:Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania]]. According to the [[wikipedia:United States Census Bureau|United States Census Bureau]], he county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 16 square miles (41 km<sup>2</sup>) is water. It is [[wikipedia:Northeastern Pennsylvania|Northeastern Pennsylvania]]'s second-largest county by total area. As of the [[wikipedia:2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 325,594, making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state. The [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[wikipedia:Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]]. Other populous communities include [[wikipedia:Hazleton, Pennsylvania|Hazleton]], [[wikipedia:Kingston, Pennsylvania|Kingston]], [[wikipedia:Nanticoke, Pennsylvania|Nanticoke]], and [[wikipedia:Pittston, Pennsylvania|Pittston]]. Luzerne County is included in the [[wikipedia:Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton [[wikipedia:Wyoming Valley|Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which has a total population of 555,426 as of 2017. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
+__TOC__
 ==Key Cities/Towns==
-* Wilkes-Barre (County Seat)
+'''Cities'''
+* Hazleton
+* Nanticoke
+* Pittston
+* Wilkes-Barre (county seat)
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Boroughs
+|
+* Ashley
+* Avoca
+* Bear Creek Village
+* Conyngham
+* Courtdale
+* Dallas
+* Dupont
+* Duryea
+* Edwardsville
+* Exeter
+* Forty Fort
+* Freeland
+|
+* Harveys Lake
+* Hughestown
+* Jeddo
 * Kingston
+* Laflin
+* Larksville
+* Laurel Run
+* Luzerne
+* Nescopeck
+* New Columbus
+* Nuangola
+* Penn Lake Park
+|
+* Plymouth
+* Pringle
+* Shickshinny
+* Sugar Notch
+* Swoyersville
+* Warrior Run
+* West Hazleton
+* West Pittston
+* West Wyoming
+* White Haven
+* Wyoming
+* Yatesville
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Townships
+|
+* Bear Creek
+* Black Creek
+* Buck
+* Butler
+* Conyngham
 * Dallas
-* Hazleton (County Annex)
+* Dennison
+* Dorrance
+* Exeter
+* Fairmount
+* Fairview
+* Foster
+|
+* Franklin
+* Hanover
+* Hazle
+* Hollenback
+* Hunlock
+* Huntington
+* Jackson
+* Jenkins
+* Kingston
+* Lake
+* Lehman
+* Nescopeck
+|
+* Newport
 * Pittston
-* Nanticoke
+* Plains
-* Shickshinny
+* Plymouth
-* Harvey's Lake
+* Rice
-* Mountaintop
+* Ross
+* Salem
+* Slocum
+* Sugarloaf
+* Union
+* Wilkes-Barre
+* Wright
+|}
 ==Megan's Law Statistics==
-<pre>
+(Copy from [https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/ PA Megan's Law Database], click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)
-County	Lifetime    Out of State    Pre-SORNA SVP   SVDC    SVP  Ten-Year    T1    T2    T3      Total
+{| class="wikitable"
-Luzerne 91          65              37              0       35   27          68    81    54      458</pre>
+|+
-/14/2024
+!County
+Total
+!Lifetime
+!Out of
+State
+!Pre-SORNA
+SVP
+!SVDC
+!SVP
+!Ten-
+Year
+!T1
+!T2
+!T3
+|-
+|472
+|88
+|61
+|36
+|0
+|32
+|24
+|90
+|81
+|60
+|}
+Last Updated: 09/08/25
 ==Registration Sites==
-* State Police Hazleton, 250 Dessen Drive, West Hazleton PA 18202, 570-459-3890
+(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)
-* State Police Shickshinny, 872 Salem Boulevard, BERWICK PA 18603, 570-542-4117
+* '''State Police Hazleton''', 250 Dessen Drive, West Hazleton PA 18202, 570-459-3890
-* State Police Wilkes Barre, 2001 South Valley Parkway, WILKES BARRE PA 18706, 570-822-5400
+* '''State Police Shickshinny''', 872 Salem Boulevard, BERWICK PA 18603, 570-542-4117
+* '''State Police Wilkes Barre''', 2001 South Valley Parkway, WILKES BARRE PA 18706, 570-822-5400
-==County parole/probation office contact information==
+==County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information==
 * [https://www.luzernecounty.org/528/Adult-Probation-Parole Luzerne County Adult Probation]
+* [https://www.pa.gov/agencies/cor/resources/parole-supervision/parole-offices#sortCriteria=%40copapwptitle%20ascending%2C%40title%20ascending%2C%40copapwpeducatorname%20ascending State Parole Offices]
 ==Local Reentry Organizations==
-* None
+If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at [https://parsol.org/contact-us/ contact@parsol.org]
+* a
-==SOAB Approved Treatment Providers==
+== Other PFR-Specific Resources ==
-* [https://sexualaddictiontreatmentservices.com Dr. Jennifer Weeks, Ph.D.]
-* Thomas Dougherty, LPC & Associates, 250 Pierce Street #104, Kingston, PA 18704, (570) 550-2538
-* Lori Feneck, LCSW, Forensic Counseling Associates, LLC, 532 Main Street, Suite 4, Moosic, PA 18507, (570) 476-7704
-==State Representatives==
+* [https://parsol.org/ PARSOL]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1965/rep-mike-cabell Rep. Mike Cabell] (R117)
+* [https://narsol.org/ NARSOL]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1966/rep-jim-haddock Rep. Jim Haddock] (D118)
+* [https://parsol.org/fearless Pennsylvania Fearless Support Group]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1693/rep-aaron-kaufer Rep. Aaron Kaufer] (R120)
+* [https://www.registrymatters.co/ RegistryMatters Podcast]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1112/rep-eddie-pashinski Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski] (D121)
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1967/rep-alec-ryncavage Rep. Alec Ryncavage] (R119)
-* [https://www.palegis.us/house/members/bio/1964/rep-dane-watro Rep. Dane Watro] (R116)
-==State Senators==
+==SOAB Approved Treatment Providers==
-* [https://www.palegis.us/senate/members/bio/69/sen-david-argall Sen. David Argall] (R29)
+Reference  [https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/soab/documents/fortreatmentproviders/documents/treatment%20provider%20listing.pdf SOAB website]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/senate/members/bio/1077/sen-lisa-baker Sen. Lisa Baker] (R20)
+* [[Jennifer Weeks]]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/senate/members/bio/1077/sen-lisa-baker Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver] (R27)
+* [[Thomas Dougherty]]
-* [https://www.palegis.us/senate/members/bio/1626/sen-marty-flynn Sen. Marty Flynn] (D22)
+* [[Lori Feneck]]
-==Primary Newspapers==
+==State Representatives and Senators==
-* [https://timesleader.com Wilkes-Barre Times Leader]
+Find your state representatives and senators here: [https://www.palegis.us/find-my-legislator palegis.us].
-* [https://citizensvoice.com The Citizens' Voice]
-* [https://standardspeaker.com The Hazleton Standard Speaker]
-==Primary Broadcast Media==
-* [https://wnep.com WNEP-TV 16] ABC
-* [https://pahomepage.com WYOU 22/WBRE 28] CBS/NBC
-* [https://wvia.org WVIA-TV44/89.9FM] PBS/NPR
-* [https://fox56.com FOX56] FOX
 =PARSOL Information=
 ==Region & Contact==
-* Northeast
+* '''Region:''' Northeast
-* John D
+* '''Contact:''' John D
-==Is there a County Contact==
+==County Contact==
-* Yes
+* John D.