Clearfield County Jail Roster Status
No official Clearfield County Jail online inmate roster, current-booking report, or public custody search portal was located on the county government site. The official jail page gives the jail address, phone number, mail rules, account links, leadership, visitation memo, and phone notice, but it does not publish a searchable name list. That means a Clearfield County inmate records search has to use a fallback chain rather than a single online roster.
The county jail is the correct starting point for people recently arrested, waiting on a magisterial district judge appearance, held on bail, serving county time, or taking part in work release. It is not the source for state-sentenced inmates at SCI Houtzdale, ICE detainees at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, or people in Federal Bureau of Prisons custody. Each of those systems uses a separate locator and record set.
Lookup rule: Call the county jail for current local custody, then use UJS for charges and the correct state, federal, or ICE locator for transfers.
Search Clearfield County Jail Custody
Because there is no official public web roster, the most direct Clearfield County jail inmate records path is a phone call to the jail. Call with the person’s full legal name and any extra identifiers that help staff distinguish one person from another. If the arrest was recent, docket entries and VINE records may lag behind jail intake, so the phone line can be the fastest official first step.
- Call Clearfield County Jail at 814-765-7891 and ask for current custody information.
- Provide the person’s full name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, or case number.
- Ask whether the person is held at the Twenty First Street jail, transferred, released, or held on another agency’s detainer.
- Ask whether bail information is available and which magisterial district judge or court handled the early case stage.
- If staff cannot release the detail by phone, ask whether the record can be requested through Clearfield County Right-to-Know procedures.
Clearfield County Roster Search Fields
A normal roster-field table would show online fields such as name, booking number, and release date. Clearfield County’s official site did not provide that online form. The search fields below reflect the actual official channels documented in the research, with each channel tied to the type of inmate record it can answer.
| Channel | Fields to Have Ready | Use It For | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jail phone line | Full name, date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency, case number | Current county jail custody | Staff may limit what can be released by phone |
| VINE/SAVIN | Name and custody details if known | Custody status and release, transfer, or escape notices | Not a full court docket or mugshot gallery |
| UJS Case Search | Participant name, OTN, docket number, complaint number, county, judicial district | Charges, bail entries, hearings, dispositions | Not a jail housing or commissary record |
| PA DOC locator | Last name, first name, inmate number | State-sentenced inmates and parolees | Does not include county jail inmates |
| ICE ODLS | A-number and country of birth, or biographical information | Immigration detainees at Moshannon | Does not publish mugshots |
What Clearfield County Inmate Records Show
Clearfield County’s public web pages do not expose a full inmate-profile screen, so some facts must be pieced together from official county records. The jail mail rule confirms that booking numbers are used. The jail telephone notice confirms a commitment or booking stage, a free local or collect call upon commitment, a telephone request form for up to 10 numbers, and call monitoring. The visitation memo confirms housing unit labels used for visit rotation.
| Field or Detail | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Inmate name | Used for jail phone lookup, VINE searching, mail, and court record matching. |
| Booking number | Required in the inmate mail address, but not published through an official web roster found in research. |
| Housing unit | Visit scheduling uses unit labels such as A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, E MPR, and West MPR. |
| Charges | Best confirmed through UJS docket sheets rather than jail web records. |
| Bail or bond | May appear in court docket entries or be confirmed through the court or jail, depending on stage. |
| Custody status | May be checked through jail staff and VINE/SAVIN; state, federal, and ICE custody use separate locators. |
Clearfield County Booking and Intake
Clearfield County does not publish a full jail booking manual, but official sources show the main custody flow. A person may be arrested by a municipal police department, Pennsylvania State Police, sheriff’s deputy, or another law enforcement agency. The person may then go through court and bail processing before commitment to the county jail if release is not ordered or if another hold applies.
Clearfield County’s magisterial district judges preside over arraignments, fix and accept bail, issue warrants, hold preliminary hearings, and act as committing judges. The jail telephone notice uses the term commitment and says every offender receives a free local or collect call at that point. Inmates then receive telephone procedures and a request form for approved phone numbers. Calls from inmate telephones and visiting phones are subject to monitoring and recording except where legally protected.
The county’s 2024 MAT RFP adds intake and security context. Contractor staff must follow jail security rules, and the jail can require background checks, drug testing, sign-in and sign-out, electronic scanning, handheld scanner screening, and reasonable searches. The same RFP says the jail houses adult male and female inmates and has an average population of 160 per day.
Clearfield County Jail Visitation Records
Visitation records and schedule information are separate from a public roster. Clearfield County’s May 4, 2026 visitation memo states that every visitor must be on the inmate visitation list before any type of visit. It also sets a unit rotation. Sunday visits require warden approval and are by appointment only. The memo gives an evening visit window, but visitors should still call the jail before travel because housing, court, lockdown, medical, or security needs can affect access.
| Day | Unit Rotation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | No visitation listed | No visits listed in the memo |
| Tuesday | A Unit, E Unit, E MPR | Visitor must be on inmate list |
| Wednesday | D Unit, G Unit | Visitor must be on inmate list |
| Thursday | C Unit, F Unit, H Unit | Visitor must be on inmate list |
| Friday | West MPR, I Unit, J Unit | Visitor must be on inmate list |
| Saturday | No visitation listed | No visits listed in the memo |
| Sunday | By appointment only | Warden approval required |
Clearfield County Inmate Mail and Accounts
The county jail page says physical mail is not accepted at the jail for inmates and will be returned if sent there. Mail must use the processing address and include the inmate name and booking number. That creates a practical records problem for families: before sending mail, confirm the booking number through the jail or another official source.
| Service | Official Detail |
|---|---|
| Clearfield County Prison, Inmate Name, Inmate Booking Number, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131 | |
| Booking call | Telephone notice says each offender receives a free local or collect call upon commitment |
| Approved numbers | Telephone request form allows up to 10 numbers |
| Phone and trust fund | ConnectNetwork lists Clearfield County PA-Prison, Site ID 74, AdvancePay Phone, Pin Debit, and Trust Fund |
| Tablets | GettingOut is linked from the county jail page for tablet funds and related services |
The ConnectNetwork Clearfield County PA-Prison page is the vendor source for Site ID 74 and available phone or trust-fund services.
Vendor tools can help with accounts, calls, and deposits, but they do not confirm legal custody, charges, release, or court status. Use the jail, VINE, UJS, and records requests for those questions.
Clearfield County State and Federal Searches
A county jail record can stop being the best source after a person is transferred. If a person receives a Pennsylvania state sentence, the PA.gov DOC locator service page explains that the state locator covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees, updates daily, and does not include county inmates or inmates held in another state. For common last names, a first name helps. An inmate number is better when known.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | Clearfield County Example |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Jail phone, VINE/SAVIN, UJS, RTKL | Clearfield County Jail |
| State prison | PA DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator | SCI Houtzdale or another SCI after classification |
| Federal prison | Federal BOP inmate locator | BOP custody from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Moshannon Valley Processing Center |
BOP and ICE records answer different questions. BOP covers federal sentenced custody. ICE ODLS covers adult immigration detention and supports A-number or biographical search. Neither is a Clearfield County jail roster or a source for county booking photos.
Clearfield County VINE and Court Records
Pennsylvania VINE/SAVIN is a key fallback when there is no county jail roster. The Clearfield County DA’s Victim Witness page describes SAVIN as a free, confidential, automated service that tracks the custody status of offenders housed in a Pennsylvania county jail or state prison and provides real-time notices about release, transfer, or escape. That makes it useful for custody notifications, not for a full case-history search.
For charges, use Pennsylvania UJS Case Search. The UJS portal supports participant-name searches and more precise searches by docket number, OTN, complaint number, citation number, incident number, SID, county, judicial district, and date filed. Selecting Clearfield County or Judicial District Clearfield - 46 helps narrow results. For more detail on charges, bail, and dispositions, use the Clearfield County court records after jail arrest page.
The screenshot below shows the statewide UJS case-search entry point, which is the official court path for public criminal dockets after a Clearfield County arrest.
UJS case results are court records, not jail records. They can explain why someone was booked or held, but they do not replace a custody confirmation call to the jail.
Request Clearfield County Jail Records
When a record is not online and cannot be confirmed by phone, Clearfield County’s Right-to-Know process is the formal public-record channel. The county page names Marianne Sankey as the county records contact at the Clearfield County Administrative Building, 212 East Locust Street, Clearfield, PA 16830. Court-related requests go to the Court Records Officer at Clearfield County Courthouse, 230 E Market Street, Suite 228, Clearfield, PA 16830-2448.
- Identify the record, not just the question. Use names, dates, agency, and record type.
- Use the county form if helpful, though the county page says written requests are the key requirement.
- Specify whether inspection, copies, or certified copies are requested.
- Expect fees when copies, CDs, or postage apply.
- Use UJS or the issuing court for court records rather than asking the jail for docket documents.
The Clearfield County Right-to-Know page lists county procedures and fees.
RTKL can help with specific public records, but Pennsylvania criminal-history rules may restrict some arrest, booking, and photo records.
Clearfield County Lookup Mistakes
The most common mistake is treating every Clearfield County custody question as a county jail question. A person held at SCI Houtzdale is in state prison. A person at Moshannon Valley Processing Center is in ICE detention. A person in BOP custody is in the federal system. Those records do not come from the Clearfield County Jail page.
- Do not assume a missing jail roster result means the person was never arrested.
- Do not use the DOC locator for someone still in county pretrial custody.
- Do not expect UJS dockets to show housing unit, commissary, or phone-account data.
- Do not treat commercial mugshot pages as official Clearfield County inmate records.
- Do not send jail mail to the Twenty First Street facility for inmate delivery.
Note: For booking photos, Pennsylvania law and local research require caution; see the Clearfield County jail mugshots page before assuming a photo is public.
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