Clearfield County Jail Mugshots Overview
No official Clearfield County jail roster, mugshot gallery, recent-booking gallery, or booking-photo page was located in the county materials reviewed for Clearfield County. The official jail page provides the jail address, phone number, leadership, mail rules, visitation materials, phone notices, and vendor account links, but it does not display public booking photos or a searchable roster profile for current inmates.
That does not mean the jail never takes photographs. March 17, 2026 Prison Board minutes state that the jail issues an ID bracelet that includes the inmate photograph. That detail supports the existence of internal identification photos, but it is not a public mugshot-release policy and should not be read as permission to obtain a routine jail photo from the county prison.
The practical result is that Clearfield County booking photos are different from court dockets and custody confirmations. UJS docket sheets can show charges and case events, not pictures. Pennsylvania VINE/SAVIN can help with custody notifications, not photos. ICE and BOP locators also do not operate as mugshot galleries. If a photo is public at all, it is more likely to come from a lawful law-enforcement release, a CRIMEWATCH post, or a narrow records request that may still be denied under Pennsylvania criminal-history rules.
Where to Find Clearfield County Booking Photos
Because no official county jail mugshot roster was found, the search path should start with the source that matches the information needed. For current custody, call the Clearfield County Jail. For court charges, use UJS. For a police-issued public notice, check the arresting agency’s own website or CRIMEWATCH presence when available. For a formal county record, use the Right-to-Know process with realistic expectations about CHRIA restrictions.
- Confirm whether the person is in local custody by calling Clearfield County Jail at 814-765-7891 with a full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency.
- Search UJS Case Search for the docket by participant name, OTN, complaint number, incident number, citation number, or docket number. This may show charges, bail, hearings, and disposition, but not a mugshot.
- Check whether the arresting police department, Pennsylvania State Police barracks, or a participating CRIMEWATCH agency published an arrest, fugitive, incident, or news item. CRIMEWATCH is agency-generated content, not a jail custody database.
- If a specific booking photo is still needed, submit a narrow RTKL request naming the record, agency, person, and date range, while recognizing that the county may deny or redirect the request under CHRIA.
The official county jail page is useful for custody contact and jail services, but it should not be treated as a hidden mugshot database. The Clearfield County Jail page lists jail operations information without public booking-photo profiles.
What a Clearfield County Booking Photo Record May Show
There is no official Clearfield County public roster sample showing a photo field, so the safest record inventory is limited to fields confirmed by county sources or related public systems. The jail mail format confirms inmate names and booking numbers exist for mail routing. The telephone notice confirms commitment and booking-call procedures. The visitation memo confirms housing-unit labels for visit scheduling. The Prison Board minutes confirm an internal ID bracelet photograph. None of those sources creates a public mugshot profile.
| Field | What It Shows | Public Status Found |
|---|---|---|
| Booking photo | Internal identifying photo may be used for an inmate ID bracelet. | No public jail mugshot field or gallery located. |
| Inmate name | Name used for mail, custody inquiries, and VINE-style searches. | Used in official processes, but no public county roster profile found. |
| Booking number | Required for inmate mail sent to the Phoenix, Maryland processing address. | Confirmed as a mail field, not exposed in a public roster found during research. |
| Housing or visitation unit | A, C, D, E, E MPR, F, G, H, West MPR, I, and J Unit appear in visitation rotation. | Used for visitation scheduling, not published as a public mugshot profile field. |
| Charges | Criminal allegations and later charge changes are tracked through UJS dockets. | Public through court records when not restricted, but not accompanied by jail photos. |
| Bail or disposition | Bail and case outcome may appear in docket entries. | Search UJS and contact the court or jail for current practical status. |
Are Clearfield County Jail Mugshots Public Record?
Clearfield County jail mugshots should not be described as routine public records. Pennsylvania’s Criminal History Record Information Act is the key legal frame. CHRIA defines criminal history record information as information collected by criminal justice agencies concerning individuals and arising from the initiation of criminal proceedings. Pennsylvania authority treats mugshots as CHRI, and county prisons are not in the same position as law-enforcement agencies issuing their own public releases. A county jail may deny a routine request for a booking photo or route the request to the agency that created or controls the releasable record.
Key Statutes:
18 Pa.C.S. Section 9102 defines criminal history record information, the category Pennsylvania uses for many arrest and booking records.
18 Pa.C.S. Section 9121 regulates dissemination of criminal history record information to individuals and noncriminal justice agencies.
How Long a Mugshot Stays on the Roster
No official Clearfield County roster retention rule, public-photo retention period, or post-release mugshot removal schedule was located. Since the county does not publish an official mugshot gallery, there is no verified local rule saying that a photo remains online only while a person is in custody or drops off a set number of hours after release. Avoid relying on unofficial pages that claim to mirror a Clearfield jail roster.
What is and isn't public: Public users can usually search court dockets for charges and case events, and they can use custody-notification tools where available. A jail booking photograph is different: Clearfield County research found internal photo use, but no public jail mugshot roster, and Pennsylvania CHRIA may restrict routine release.
The Clearfield County Prison Board minutes page is the source category where the internal ID bracelet photograph detail was found, not a mugshot-publication rule.
How to Request a Clearfield County Booking Photo
A booking-photo request should be narrow, factual, and prepared for denial. Clearfield County’s RTKL page says written requests should identify or describe the records with enough specificity for the agency to know what is requested. A request normally does not have to explain the reason, but it should identify the person, approximate booking or arrest date, arresting agency if known, and the exact record sought. Wording such as “booking photograph taken by Clearfield County Jail for [name] on or about [date]” is more precise than a broad request for “all mugshots.”
County-related RTKL requests go to Marianne Sankey 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. The county lists fees that include photocopies at $0.15 per page for 11 or more pages, CDs at $5 each, and actual postage. Those fees do not mean a mugshot must be released; they only describe charges when a record is provided in those formats.
The Clearfield County Right-to-Know page identifies the county and court records officers, request addresses, and fee schedule used for formal public-record requests.
Court Dockets Show Charges, Not Photos
UJS Case Search is often the best official substitute when a mugshot is unavailable because it can show the case that followed the arrest. Search by participant name, OTN, complaint number, docket number, incident number, citation number, county Clearfield, or Judicial District Clearfield - 46. A docket may show charges, grading, bail entries, preliminary-hearing activity, held-for-court entries, withdrawals, dismissals, pleas, sentence events, and costs. It does not display a Clearfield County booking photograph.
For people sentenced to state custody, the PA DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator is the appropriate custody tool, not the county jail. PA.gov says the DOC locator is updated daily and covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees, but it does not include county inmates or people incarcerated in another state. For immigration custody at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, use ICE ODLS. For federal sentenced custody, use the BOP locator. Neither ICE ODLS nor the BOP public locator should be treated as a mugshot gallery.
CRIMEWATCH, Police Releases, and Agency Photos
Some Pennsylvania law-enforcement agencies use CRIMEWATCH to publish arrests, fugitives, incidents, and news. Clearfield CRIMEWATCH materials state that local law-enforcement users generate the content on the platform. That matters because a police department’s public post is not the same as a county jail roster, and it does not prove that all booked people have public photos. CRIMEWATCH may be useful when the arresting agency independently publishes a lawful notice, but it is not a custody database, a jail mugshot roster, or a complete list of current inmates.
Use agency posts carefully. A photo attached to an arrest notice may reflect a law-enforcement release, an investigation, a wanted-person notice, or another agency-controlled communication. It should not be copied into assumptions about Clearfield County Jail records or about the availability of jail intake photographs.
Mugshot Removal and Sealed Records
Because no official Clearfield County jail mugshot gallery was located, “removal” usually means correcting the underlying record or addressing a third-party publication, not asking the jail to take down a profile from a roster. Pennsylvania expungement law, including 18 Pa.C.S. Section 9122, is the relevant path for eligible dismissed, withdrawn, ARD, or other qualifying criminal records. Sealing, expungement, and restricted-access questions belong with the court that handled the case or with legal counsel.
Do not use commercial mugshot sites as an official source and do not assume a pay-to-remove demand reflects a county process. The more reliable route is to verify the court result through court records after a jail arrest, then pursue the legally available correction, sealing, or expungement process through the court system.
Federal, State, and Immigration Booking Photos
Clearfield County has custody systems that can be confused with one another. Clearfield County Jail is local pretrial and county custody. SCI Houtzdale is Pennsylvania DOC state-prison custody. Moshannon Valley Processing Center is ICE immigration detention operated by GEO Group under a Clearfield County and ICE contract arrangement. Each system has a different locator, and none should be described as a county jail mugshot gallery.
BOP’s public locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present and exposes search fields such as name, race, sex, and age on its mobile search page, but it does not publish routine federal booking mugshots. ICE ODLS supports A-number plus country of birth or biographical searching for adult immigration detainees, including people at Moshannon, but it does not publish mugshots. PADOC’s locator is for state-sentenced inmates and parolees; it is separate from county booking photos and does not answer whether someone is currently in the Clearfield County Jail.
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