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Pike County Release Records

A release entry answers a precise question: when and under what recorded authority did a person leave Pike County Correctional Facility? It does not always answer whether the person became free from all custody. Someone may leave on bail, recognizance, a court order, completion of a county sentence, county parole, or probation. Another person may be handed to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, another county, the U.S. Marshals Service, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those transfers end the Pike facility stay but continue confinement elsewhere.

Pike County Correctional Facility is the county's only verified detention facility. It holds men and women in county custody and also houses ICE detainees under a federal arrangement. That mixed role makes the destination field vital. The Pike County release record, the court docket, and the new custodian's system should agree before a transfer or community release is treated as confirmed. A person on parole or probation is in the community under supervision, not in physical jail custody.

Discharge

The formal end of custody or supervision recorded by the responsible agency.

Time served

A court outcome crediting confinement already completed toward the imposed term.

Detainer

A request or legal basis for another authority to take custody.

County parole

Conditional community release from a county sentence under local court authority.

Pike County Release Outcomes

The release type guides the next search. A bail or own-recognizance release allows the criminal case to continue outside the jail. Time served or sentence completion ends the part of the sentence held by that facility, unless another valid hold controls. County parole places the person under Pike Adult Probation and Parole. State parole applies to a Pennsylvania state sentence and is administered through the Pennsylvania Parole Board and PA DOC Parole Services.

Death is a terminal custody event and should never be described as an ordinary release. Likewise, a transfer is not a community discharge. Read the exact language in the record rather than replacing it with a broad label.

Pike County Release Record Fields

Pike County does not publish a public field schema. A focused request should identify an existing booking sheet and release or discharge entry for one named custody episode. Supply the full name, date of birth if known, an approximate booking or release range, and a docket, incident, or booking number when available. Ask the county to redact exempt details and produce the rest rather than deny the record as a whole.

These are fields to ask for, not a promise that every PCCF database row contains each item. The agency need not create a new answer or custom report. Existing records may contain different labels, and some fields may be withheld under state law.

Request Pike County Release Records

Use the Pike County Right-to-Know request form. The Open Records Officer is Shannon DeVuyst, 506 Broad Street, Milford, PA 18337, telephone 570-296-9826, fax 570-296-6055, and email sdevuyst@pikepa.org. The form accepts email, mail, fax, or in-person delivery and offers electronic copies, printed copies, inspection, and certified copies.

The official Pike Clerk of Courts page shows the local criminal-record custodian and its contact route:

The captured contact details help route a request for a certified docket or court order separately from a PCCF release entry.

1. Identify the person and narrow booking or release dates.
2. Ask for existing booking and release entries, including date, time, authority, and destination.
3. Request electronic delivery and a cost estimate. Pike publishes no PCCF-specific release-record fee.
4. Save the request, receipt, extension notice, cost estimate, and final response.
5. If fields are withheld, ask for segregable public portions and the legal basis for each redaction.

The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law ordinarily requires a response as soon as possible and no later than five business days under section 901. A written section 902 extension may allow more time, generally up to 30 calendar days without further agreement. Section 706 requires separation of public material from exempt material. A denial or deemed denial may generally be appealed within 15 business days under section 1101. The Office of Open Records fee schedule controls maximum standard charges when applicable.

Note: Ask for an existing record, not an explanation of why the court or facility made a release decision.

Pike Release Records and Access

Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. sections 67.101 through 67.3104, presumes qualifying agency records public unless an exemption, privilege, other law, or court order applies. Criminal investigative material, protected personal data, security information, and juvenile records may be withheld. The Criminal History Record Information Act also affects some booking and investigative material.

A court docket may remain visible longer than a custody listing. Yet sealed, expunged, or Clean Slate limited-access cases may disappear from the public UJS search. Expungement means qualifying records are removed through a legal process. Limited access restricts public visibility without necessarily erasing every agency record. A missing case or release entry therefore does not prove the event never happened. The Pike Clerk of Courts is the correct source for public criminal orders, certified dockets, and sentencing records.

Pike Release Return Measure

The Pike County Reentry Coalition reports a three-year average recidivism rate of 19 percent. Its local definition is return after release for a new offense or a probation or parole violation, excluding bail commitments. The figure is not an annual release total. It is also not a universal research measure, because jurisdictions define recidivism in different ways.

Use that statistic only with its stated definition and current page context. It says nothing about whether a named person was released, returned, or remains supervised. An individual release must still be established from that person's official records.

Find Pike County Released Inmates

Pike publishes no official searchable jail roster, 24-hour release feed, or 72-hour release feed. That absence changes the first step. Start with the county facility and a person-specific Pennsylvania VINE search. Then check the criminal docket and any likely receiving authority. A durable confirmation comes from the existing PCCF booking and release entry, not from absence on an unofficial list.

1. Match the full name, birth date or age, and known docket or booking number.
2. Call PCCF at 570-775-5500 for current-custody direction.
3. Search Pennsylvania VINE and read the agency and status exactly as shown.
4. Open the Pike case in the UJS portal for bail, disposition, sentence, and later orders.
5. Check PA DOC, BOP, or ICE only when that custody basis is plausible.
6. Contact the correct supervision office if parole or probation may follow.
7. Request the PCCF release entry when exact time, type, or destination matters.

Record the date and time each source was checked. Systems update on different schedules. When they conflict, give more weight to the responsible custodian's dated record than to an older notice or cached result.

Match Pike County Release Identities

A name alone is weak evidence. Pike County records may use a committed name, an alias, a middle initial, or a spelling that differs from the name entered in a search. Start with at least two identifiers when possible. Date of birth or age, a Pike docket number, an offense tracking number, and a booking or commitment number can separate people who share a name. State cases may add a PA DOC or parole number. Federal cases use a BOP register number, while immigration searches may use an A-number and country of birth.

Keep the identity check tied to one custody episode. An old court docket or photo can belong to a prior arrest, not the release now being verified. Compare the admission range, releasing authority, charges, and facility. A PCCF booking entry and its matching release entry should carry the same booking number. If a state locator result follows a county transfer, its state admission should fit the county departure. That timeline is more useful than a single search result viewed in isolation.

Do not publish extra personal identifiers just because they helped make the match. Record only what is needed to distinguish the person and sources. When two plausible matches remain, describe the uncertainty and seek the facility record rather than choosing one. Care with identity protects both accuracy and dignity.

Pike County Release Feed Limits

The official county sweep found no inmate-search link, released tab, sheriff jail app, or public list for the last 24 or 72 hours. PCCF instead links VINE, the ICE locator, institutional documents, and its Release Packet. The absence is a meaningful local fact. It means a dated release list cannot be reconstructed honestly from a current roster or borrowed from a same-named Pike County in another state.

For a defined period, ask for an existing daily release log, discharge report, movement log, or equivalent record. Give exact start and end timestamps. Ask whether the report is routinely generated, because the Right-to-Know Law generally requires existing records and does not force an agency to create a new compilation. If no such report exists, narrow the inquiry to the release entries of identified people and use VINE, UJS, PA DOC, or ICE as custody-specific corroboration.

No official cadence, photo field, online retention period, or release window can be claimed. A later county launch could change that finding, so the official PCCF page remains the control source. Until then, the direct phone and records-request paths are the defensible ways to confirm Pike County releases.

PA DOC Pike Release Search

The PA DOC Inmate/Parolee Locator covers Pennsylvania state inmates and people under state parole supervision. It is not a Pike County booking archive. Search by DOC number when known or use the person's name, then compare full name, DOC number, age or birth information, institution, and parole details. A current state institution means the person remains confined after leaving PCCF. A supervised-person result may show a past Release Date and parole office.

The public locator does not promise a permanent record for every discharged former inmate. It also does not label a field as Projected Release Date, Tentative Release Date, Minimum Date, or Maximum Date. Do not rename the supervised person's past Release Date as a future projection. For official state sentence or discharge information not shown online, contact PA DOC Central Office at 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050, 717-728-2573, or email RA-centechrecords@pa.gov with the name, DOC number, and former institution if known.

The official locator's form and name or number inputs can be seen at the linked PA DOC search:

The screen helps separate a state custody or parole record from a county-only PCCF stay.

Pike Release Orders and Supervision

The Unified Judicial System Case Search can show Pike criminal charges, bail changes, disposition, sentence, and later orders. Search by docket or citation number, OTN, participant name, or other available fields, then filter to Pike and the right court. A court order explains legal authority. It does not show the exact minute PCCF completed processing, and recent entries may lag.

The selector pictured above is the starting point for choosing the correct Pike court and docket type.

The Pike Adult Probation and Parole page identifies the local office that supervises people placed on probation, restrictive probation, or paroled by the Court of Common Pleas from the county jail:

The official contact confirms the local county-parole path, which is distinct from state parole through PA DOC and the Pennsylvania Parole Board.

Note: A scheduled hearing or parole grant is not physical-release proof until the responsible facility records the custody change.

Pike Release Alerts and Registry

Pennsylvania SAVIN, delivered through VINELink, covers participating county jails, state prisons, and state parole. PCCF links the Pennsylvania service directly, making it the locally endorsed notification path where no Pike release feed exists. Search one person, compare the identity and source agency, and read the status or event exactly as displayed. Registration can provide future phone, text, email, or app notice of a custody change.

VINE is a notification and status system, not the official court judgment or a permanent archive. An absent record is not proof of release. Exact time, type, and destination should be checked against PCCF, PA DOC, or the receiving agency. VINE does not cover BOP or ICE custody, so federal and immigration cases need their own locators.

The Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law registry has a much narrower role. It can show current public registration information for a person who has a qualifying legal duty to register in the community. It is not a general list of released people, does not provide a PCCF door-out time, and includes only people within its statutory scope. A no-result cannot be generalized to other Pike releases.

The official landing screen reinforces that this registry serves a defined legal population, not every person released in Pike County.

Pike County Release Packet

Pike County has a formal Reentry Coalition formed in 2019. PCCF links a county Community Resource Guide as its Release Packet. The packet includes local transportation, legal-aid contacts, and purpose-neutral support for people returning to Pike County. The coalition identifies needs and refers people to local services rather than functioning as a custody locator.

The November 2023 Community Resource Guide lists Pike Transportation, North Penn Legal Services, and Choosing Integrity among its local contacts. The guide supports the transition after release, but it cannot establish that a specific person left PCCF. Confirm the release first, then use the packet for local navigation.

Pike Release Searches Beyond Pennsylvania

The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal prisoners from 1982 to the present. Search by register number or by name with optional traits. Results may show a Release Date and Released or Not in BOP Custody. Those words mean only that BOP no longer holds the person. Another county, state, immigration authority, or supervised-release term may still apply. The U.S. Marshals Service handles federal pretrial custody and transport but offers no comparable public name locator.

The federal search and result legend pictured above must be read only as a statement about BOP custody.

ICE custody is especially important in Pike County because PCCF is an ICE contract site. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System by A-number and country of birth or by exact biographical information. A positive result shows continued immigration detention. No result can have several causes, including spelling, transfer, data delay, removal, release, or a protected category. It is not proof of community release.

For an ICE detainee, leaving PCCF may mean a transfer to another ICE site, removal, or conditional immigration release. The county door-out record alone cannot select among them. Match PCCF's recorded destination with ODLS and ICE information. This is why the county and ICE portions of the same Pike facility must remain separate in any search.

Pike Released or Still Held

Each system answers a different custody question. Use a positive, current match before treating a missing Pike record as proof of community release.

Can one source confirm all custody? No. The strongest ordinary Pike confirmation combines the PCCF release entry, a compatible court order, and any receiving-agency record.

Pike County Release Facility

Pike County Correctional Facility is the only verified county detention facility in the Facility Map. It is a county jail and an ICE contract location. County releases may go to the community, local supervision, PA DOC, another county, USMS, or ICE. Immigration departures require ICE-specific confirmation. No state correctional institution or BOP prison is physically located in Pike County.

Police may hold someone briefly before arraignment or commitment, but the durable county record path runs through PCCF and the court. A state prisoner from Pike may be placed anywhere in the PA DOC system, so the statewide locator applies after transfer.