Clarion County Jail Overview
Clarion County Corrections operates Clarion County Jail as the county's local correctional institution. The official county page identifies the jail as the local facility for convicted criminals and people waiting for arraignment, trial, sentencing, or transport to another facility. That wording places the jail at the front of the local custody process, especially for recent arrests and cases still moving through magisterial district court or common pleas court.
The facility is in Shippenville/Paint Township rather than at the courthouse. The sheriff's office remains at the Clarion County Courthouse and handles warrants, civil process, courthouse security, and prisoner transport duties, but the jail is the public contact for inmate custody, visits, mail, and accounts. The official jail page lists Warden Sherry Yates and gives the main jail phone and fax. It also posts prison board or Board of Inspectors meeting materials, which are useful for local operations and oversight.
The county's corrections page is the best source for the basic Clarion County Jail record. The official jail page shows the facility contact, warden, Board of Inspectors materials, and population note.
That official page anchors this facility profile because it confirms who is held locally and how the public reaches the jail.
Clarion County Jail Population
The county says Clarion County Jail has a daily fluctuating population of approximately 100 inmates. A rated bed capacity was not located in the official sources reviewed. The Prison Policy Initiative correctional-population locator lists Clarion County Correctional Facility as a local facility with a 2020 correctional-population reference of 91. That 91 figure is a census-related population reference, not an official bed capacity.
Clarion County Jail holds a mixed local population. Some people are newly arrested and waiting for preliminary arraignment. Others are awaiting trial, sentencing, transport to another facility, or service of a local sentence. If a person is sentenced to Pennsylvania state custody, they may leave the Clarion County Jail population and later appear in the state DOC locator.
Clarion County Jail Lookup
The Clarion County services directory references an "Inmate Lookup Tool," but research did not locate a working official public roster URL or an inspectable public profile. That is the key local record gap for Clarion County Jail. Do not treat commercial jail roster pages as official. For current custody, the jail phone line and county records channels are the documented public paths.
- Call Clarion County Jail at (814) 226-9615 and ask for current custody information that staff can release.
- Have the inmate's first and last name, date of birth, arrest date, or committing agency if known.
- Search UJS Case Search for charges, bail, court dates, docket entries, and case status.
- Use Clarion County Open Records when a written county record is needed.
- Use PADOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person is in state, federal, or immigration custody.
| Lookup channel | Use it for | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Clarion County Jail phone | Current local custody and release questions | Staff can release only public or policy-approved information. |
| Open Records | Formal county records requests | Exempt or restricted data may be redacted or denied. |
| UJS Case Search | Court charges, bail, docket events, and dispositions | Not a live jail roster. |
| VINE | Custody or case notification where available | Notification service, not a full jail profile. |
| PADOC locator | State-sentenced inmates and parolees | Does not cover county-facility-only inmates. |
Note: A jail booking record shows local custody facts, while a UJS docket shows the court case and filed charges.
Clarion County Jail Contact
The jail's published public contact block should be used for custody, visitation, mail, and account questions. The official county research gives the address as 309 Amsler Drive, Ste. 2, Shippenville, PA 16254. The jail mail page uses "Amsler Ave." in its mail-address format, so use the county's exact mail wording for inmate letters and the corrections-page address for directions.
Clarion County Jail
309 Amsler Drive, Ste. 2
Shippenville, PA 16254
(814) 226-9615
Fax: (814) 226-1152
Clarion County Open Records
Administrative Building
330 Main Street, Clarion, PA 16214
(814) 226-4000 ext. 1385
openrecords@clarioncounty.gov
Clarion County Jail Visitation
Clarion County publishes a specific visitation schedule by cell, block, cot, sled, and bed range. Visitors must be on the inmate's approved list, and inmates may change that list only once every 30 days by submitting a new visitor list to the Deputy Warden for approval. Visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian. Prior incarcerated inmates must be released for three months before approval to visit another inmate.
The official visitation schedule is the matched source for cell and block assignment rules.
The schedule's level of detail is why visitors should call before travel and confirm the inmate's current classification and housing assignment.
| Day | Published assignment pattern | Visit window examples |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | Intake, E-Block, F-Block, D-Block, and related cell ranges | Includes morning, afternoon, and evening slots |
| Saturday | D-Block, B-Block, male cots/sleds, and female sled ranges | Includes 1:00 PM through evening slots |
| Sunday | A-Block and C-Block bed ranges | Includes morning, afternoon, and evening slots |
| Attorneys | Professional visit class | Normal business hours seven days a week, with other times by Officer in Charge approval |
Clarion County Jail Mail and Money
Incoming jail mail must include the inmate name, Clarion County Corrections, 309 Amsler Ave. - Ste 2, Shippenville, PA 16254, and the sender's full return address and full name. Third-party mail is prohibited. Stickers, glitter, crayon, paint, and marker drawings are not given to inmates. Personal mail may be censored or checked for security, while legal mail is opened by the inmate in staff presence.
The Clarion County inmate mail page gives the jail's required address format and restrictions.
Use that mail format exactly because the county's mail page uses the Amsler Ave. wording for correspondence.
| Service | Provider or detail |
|---|---|
| Lobby kiosk | Available 24/7; accepts $5 bills up to $100 bills; fees are disclosed at transaction time. |
| Online deposits | ConnectNetwork for Clarion County PA-Correctional Facility. |
| AdvancePay phone | 1-800-483-8413. |
| Trust phone | 1-888-988-4768. |
| Required identifiers | Inmate first and last name, date of birth, inmate ID, and Site ID 113 for some phone Trust and PIN Debit payments. |
| Limits | No personal checks; jail does not give account balances by phone. |
Clarion County Jail Booking
Clarion County does not publish a detailed booking manual, but the jail description and Pennsylvania criminal process support a careful workflow. After arrest by a municipal, county, or state law-enforcement agency, a person may be transported to Clarion County Jail for local custody. Jail staff verify identity, record intake information, inventory property, screen for safety and security, and place the person based on classification and housing needs.
Booking is not the same as a court record. A new case may begin with a criminal complaint and preliminary arraignment through a magisterial district court. The District Attorney is the final authority on charges brought for criminal activity in Clarion County, so a jail booking fact can differ from what later appears on a docket. Use UJS for the court case and the jail for local custody status.
Clarion County's police directory adds useful local context. Clarion Borough Police, Knox Borough Police, and other municipal agencies may be arresting or investigating agencies, but the research did not locate a long-term city jail in the county. Once local detention is needed, the public custody question usually returns to Clarion County Jail. If the question is about the officer, incident report, or police complaint number, the court docket or the listed police agency may be more useful than the jail desk.
Clarion County Jail Oversight
Clarion County's corrections page posts Board of Inspectors meeting schedules and a document center with minutes. The 2026 meeting schedule includes several meetings at the Prison and several at the Administrative Building. Those records are a practical source for local jail governance, staffing, policy, vendor, and population changes when a separate statistics dashboard is not available.
At the state level, PADOC's Office of County Inspections and Services inspects county correctional institutions under Title 37, Chapter 95. PADOC states that inspection reports should be requested from the county rather than PADOC. Concerns about daily jail operations should go to the warden, a designee, or the governing county prison authority.
Local history can also prevent routing mistakes. The old Clarion County Jail was part of the courthouse and jail complex in downtown Clarion, and the Society of Architectural Historians notes that inmates were moved from that historic jail in 1995. Current visits, mail, deposits, and custody calls belong to the Shippenville/Paint Township jail. The courthouse sheriff's office remains important for warrants, court security, civil process, and prisoner transport, but it is not the public destination for a jail visit.
Note: Confirm custody, approved visitor status, and cell or block assignment with Clarion County Jail before sending money or traveling.