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Clearfield County Jail Overview

Clearfield County Jail, also called Clearfield County Prison in some county and vendor materials, is the county-operated adult detention facility for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The jail holds adult male and female inmates in local custody. That group can include people arrested on new charges, people waiting for preliminary arraignment or later court action, county-sentenced inmates, work-release participants, and people waiting on transfer to another system. It is not a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections state prison, and it is not the ICE facility at Moshannon Valley Processing Center.

The county jail page lists Warden Krisha Oates and Deputy Warden of Programming Susan McQuillen. The 2026 visitation memo also names Deputy Warden of Operations Eugene Quick. Those current local names matter because older jail notices can list prior leadership. For search purposes, the key point is that Clearfield County Jail has no official public online roster or booking report located in the county research. Custody checks start with the jail phone and then branch to Pennsylvania VINE, UJS court dockets, the PADOC locator, BOP, or ICE depending on where the person may have gone.

The county jail source shown below is the best official starting point for facility contact, mail, leadership, and vendor links. The official Clearfield County Jail page screenshot captures the jail address, phone, inmate-account links, and mail instructions in one place.

Use the county page for facility facts, then use the search channels below because the same page does not publish a searchable inmate list.

Clearfield County Jail Population

Clearfield County does not publish a fixed rated capacity on the jail landing page. The best official population baseline located is the county's 2024 Medication Assisted Treatment RFP, which states that the jail houses adult male and female inmates and has an average population of 160 inmates per day. Recent Prison Board minutes line up closely with that figure. The December 16, 2025 meeting reported 162 in-house inmates. The February 3, 2026 meeting reported 164 in-house inmates and one work-release participant. The March 17, 2026 meeting reported 159 in-house inmates and two work-release participants.

The population numbers should be read as source-dated snapshots, not live custody totals. A person can be booked, released, transferred to PADOC after sentencing, moved on a detainer, or held by another system before a public-facing source catches up. The Clearfield County Prison Board minutes are useful for local trends, work-release notes, and operational updates, but they do not replace a custody confirmation from jail staff.

Look Up Clearfield County Jail Inmates

No official Clearfield County Jail online roster, booking-report portal, or mugshot gallery was located on the county site. That changes the lookup order. Start with the jail phone if the person may be in local custody. Use Pennsylvania VINE/SAVIN for custody-status notification, UJS Case Search for charges and court events, and the Pennsylvania DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator only after a person may have been sentenced or moved into state custody. Federal sentenced custody belongs in the BOP locator. Immigration detention belongs in ICE ODLS, especially for Moshannon.

1. Call Clearfield County Jail and give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date.
2. Ask whether the person is currently housed at the county jail, released, moved to court, transferred, or held on a detainer.
3. Search UJS by participant name, OTN, complaint number, or docket number, with Clearfield County or Judicial District Clearfield - 46 selected when possible.
4. Use VINE/SAVIN for notice of release, transfer, or escape when the person is in a Pennsylvania county jail or state prison.
5. If county staff says the person moved to state, federal, or ICE custody, switch to PADOC, BOP, or ICE instead of repeating the jail search.

Clearfield County Jail Contact

The jail and courthouse are separate stops. The jail is the custody facility. The courthouse and magisterial district courts handle criminal-case events, bail orders, and court records. The Sheriff's Office handles prisoner transport and courtroom security, but the county research did not locate a sheriff-hosted jail roster. Call the jail before going to the facility for custody, visit, or mail questions because the county page does not publish general public lobby hours.

Clearfield County Jail Visits

Clearfield County Jail visitation is unit based. The May 4, 2026 visitation memo changed the rotation effective April 29, 2026, and says every visitor must be on the inmate visitation list before any type of visit. The memo lists evening hours and a Sunday exception. Sunday visits require warden approval and are by appointment only. Because units, custody status, discipline, or facility operations can affect a visit, confirm the current schedule with the jail before traveling.

Visitors should expect identity checks, screening, and facility rules. The jail's research materials do not publish a full dress code or visitor application form, so the safest approach is to ask the inmate to confirm the visitor list status and then call the jail for current entry rules. Do not go to the courthouse for jail visitation.

Clearfield County Jail Mail and Money

Clearfield County Jail no longer accepts ordinary inmate mail sent straight to the jail. Mail sent to the jail facility is returned. The county jail page gives a Phoenix, Maryland processing address and requires both the inmate name and inmate booking number. That booking number is not published through a county roster, so families may need to confirm it with the inmate or through permitted jail contact.

The ConnectNetwork Clearfield County PA-Prison page shows Site ID 74 and the services tied to phone and trust-fund accounts.

Use the facility-specific Site ID when a deposit or phone-account path asks for the jail, and verify fees or limits inside the vendor account before paying.

Clearfield County Jail Intake

Local intake begins after arrest, warrant service, court commitment, or transfer from another agency. The county District Magistrates page says magisterial district judges preside over arraignments, fix and accept bail, issue warrants, hold preliminary hearings, and act as committing judges. That means a jail booking is often tied to an early court event. A person may be released after bail is set, committed to jail if not released, or held due to another warrant, probation or parole issue, federal matter, or ICE action.

The jail telephone notice says all offenders receive a free local or collect call upon commitment. It also says inmates receive telephone procedures and a request form for up to 10 phone numbers. Calls are monitored and recorded except where protected by law, and inmates may not contact a victim or a person within the case, such as a co-defendant. The 2026 Prison Board minutes add local detail: the jail issues an ID bracelet that includes the inmate's photograph, while work release was being discussed for non-felony and non-violent inmates with employment, approved case by case.

About Clearfield County Jail

Clearfield County's jail history is older than the current facility. Local history sources describe earlier county jail buildings, including the former 1872 jail that later became a local landmark outside the current custody system. Today's operational jail is the Twenty First Street facility, with current local custody tied to court processing, county sentence service, and transfer decisions. The jail's public materials focus on practical functions: mail processing, phone access, visitation rotation, accounts, and custody contact.

Clearfield County Jail should be kept separate from SCI Houtzdale and Moshannon Valley Processing Center. SCI Houtzdale is a PADOC state prison for state-sentenced custody. Moshannon is an ICE immigration processing center operated by GEO under a Clearfield County and ICE contract. A person can move from one system to another, but each uses its own lookup tool and release rules.