This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. Use the official Clarion County, Pennsylvania, state, federal, or court contact that holds the record you need.
Where to Ask First
Clarion County uses different offices for jail custody, sheriff duties, public record requests, and court case information. The jail is the main contact for current local custody. The sheriff's courthouse office handles sheriff duties such as warrants, civil process, court security, and prisoner transport. Formal records requests go through Clarion County Open Records under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law.
Clarion County Jail
Clarion County Corrections
309 Amsler Drive, Ste. 2
Shippenville, PA 16254
Phone: (814) 226-9615
Fax: (814) 226-1152
Warden: Sherry Yates, ext. 1135
Clarion County Sheriff
Courthouse, Basement Ste 11
421 Main Street
Clarion, PA 16214
Phone: (814) 226-7611
Fax: (814) 226-9824
Sheriff: Shawn Zerfoss
Clarion County Open Records
Administrative Building
330 Main Street
Clarion, PA 16214
Phone: (814) 226-4000 ext. 1385
Fax: (814) 297-1503
Email: openrecords@clarioncounty.gov
County administrative hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Choose the contact by the kind of record or status question involved:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and call Clarion County Jail at (814) 226-9615.
- For booking photos, check jail roster mugshots and use the jail or Open Records path because no working official public mugshot roster was documented.
- For charges filed after an arrest, search court records after a jail arrest through UJS Case Search or the PAeDocket app.
- For a specific local facility, use the Clarion County Jail page listed in the footer because it is the only detention facility identified in the county facility map.
- For a sentenced Pennsylvania prisoner or parolee, use the PADOC Inmate and Parolee Locator, which does not cover county-only custody.
- For custody alerts, use Pennsylvania VINE when the person or case is available in that system.
- For federal sentenced custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator; for immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.