Find Crawford County Correctional Facility Releases

Crawford Facility Release Paths

Crawford County Correctional Facility is the county's primary jail. It holds defendants before case disposition and people serving county sentences of up to two years. A person may leave on bail, by an order from the committing authority, through county parole, after payment of fines and costs through the court, or by transfer. Each event ends or changes CCCF custody, but only some lead straight into the community.

The county describes county parole as automatic release or release by court order. A furlough is different. Only a judge or magisterial district judge may order one, and jail staff cannot grant it on their own. A transfer to Pennsylvania DOC, ICE, federal authorities, or another county also causes departure from CCCF without ending custody elsewhere.

Confirm Crawford Facility Release

The current Crawford County inmate page sends the public to PA SAVIN/VINELink. That statewide service can show a custody event supplied by CCCF, but it is not a certified permanent archive. For same-day proof, use the jail's dedicated Intake/Release line. Ask whether the named person remains in CCCF custody and, if not, whether the person left for the community or another custodian.

1. Call Intake/Release at 814-333-7300 extension 1816 with the person's full name.
2. Search VINELink by name or agency ID and confirm that CCCF is the reporting agency.
3. Open the correct Crawford County UJS docket for bail, sentence, disposition, or a later order.
4. If CCCF reports a transfer, search the named receiving agency rather than treating it as street release.
5. Request the executed booking/release transaction when a written record is needed.

A release order may post before jail staff carry it out. VINE may update later. Another hold can also affect the result. Keep the time and source of each check when records conflict. The broader Crawford County released inmate search explains the state, federal, and immigration branches when CCCF is not the last custodian.

Crawford Facility Release Contact

The facility's public contact page separates general administration from the Intake/Release function. Use the latter for a named person's current county custody or departure. General administration can route facility questions during posted office hours, but those hours do not mean legally authorized releases stop when the office closes.

The county identifies Warden Jack Greenfield and Deputy Warden Ben Fair in its facility contacts. The county jail is operated by Crawford County and governed by the county prison board. Institution contacts can confirm CCCF records and operations, but the Clerk retains judicial orders.

The official contact screen shows the dedicated line. Review the CCCF contact source before using the reference image.

The separate Intake/Release number is the local route for a quick county custody check.

Crawford Facility Release Records

A release transaction belongs to CCCF. Direct a written request to CCCF Open Records Officer Jennings Lockert at cforofficer@co.crawford.pa.us through the county online Right-to-Know form or a Pennsylvania standard form. Identify the person, booking number if known, and a narrow event or date range.

Ask for the booking/release transaction, booking date, actual release date and time, release authority or type, and destination or receiving agency if recorded and public. Request a booking photograph separately. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law generally calls for an agency response within five business days, although a permitted extension can apply. Exempt information may be redacted.

The sentence or release order is a judicial record. Obtain it from the Crawford County Clerk of Courts at the Judicial Center in Meadville. Sending court records through the county's general RTKL route can cause the request to be returned as misdirected. The jail record shows execution; the court record shows authority.

Crawford Facility Release Statistics

Crawford County's facility page describes a 282-person capacity. A 2025 health-services solicitation instead describes 180 cells and 265 beds. Those counts may use different definitions or dates, so they should remain attributed rather than blended into one figure.

The same solicitation reports 1,227 people held more than 24 hours and an average daily population of 164. Crawford uses JailCore for its custody system. A separate procurement answer estimated about two planned or predicted releases per day. That forecast is not the same as all annual release events, which include unplanned court and bail outcomes.

These are aggregate operations figures. They cannot identify a named person or prove a particular departure. Use the Intake/Release transaction for that purpose.

Crawford Facility Release List Status

Crawford County does not now publish an official 24-hour or 72-hour release feed. Its current Inmate Lists page provides instructions for a one-person VINELink search. It does not offer a chronological county list, fixed release window, update schedule, retention promise, photo field, or jail mobile application. A request for all releases in a date range must therefore go through the county records process, subject to access law.

An older Crawford Daily Report once displayed inmate number, name, birth date, booking number, booking date, release date, and charge information. One indexed snapshot contained several prior days. The URL now returns 404, so cached search results must not be treated as a live Crawford Facility release list. The old rows also do not prove that the report had a defined 24-hour, 72-hour, or five-day window.

VINELink remains useful for a named person, especially when a status alert is needed. It cannot recreate the retired list or serve as a certified historic release register.

Crawford Facility Bail Release

Crawford County's practical bail instruction is unusually specific. Bail may be arranged through a professional bondsman, the Clerk of Courts, or the proper Magisterial District Court. CCCF emphatically states that it does not accept bail money. A family member should confirm the correct office before traveling, especially if an after-hours procedure may be involved.

Bail means release while the court case continues. It is not a dismissal or discharge. Crawford Adult Probation and Parole also manages bail and bond supervision, so conditions may follow the physical departure. The bail entry establishes the legal terms, while CCCF records when staff executed the release.

The county release page sets out all four routes. Read Crawford County's official release and furlough instructions before relying on the captured page.

The page also clarifies that a furlough must come from a judicial officer rather than the jail.

Crawford Facility Release History

The current Saegertown facility dates to Crawford County's 1996 move from the old jail behind the Meadville courthouse. The move explains why two offices now hold different parts of a release story. CCCF at Independence Drive maintains the executed custody transaction. The Clerk of Courts at the Judicial Center in Meadville maintains the sentencing or release order.

A request sent to only one office can therefore be incomplete. The court may show that release was authorized while the jail records the later time of execution. If another hold existed, the CCCF destination field can point to the next custodian.

After Crawford Facility Release

CCCF says it is not responsible for personal property left more than 30 days after release. Contact the facility soon if belongings were not returned. Confirm the current pickup process before visiting because the research does not establish an after-hours property procedure.

Sentenced general-population occupants are charged $20 per day under county policy. Work-release lodging, inmate-worker time, and temporary transfer are listed exclusions. A payment plan or collection can continue after release, so an unpaid balance must never be treated as evidence that the person remains at CCCF.

CATA operates a current Saegertown route, and an older county plan once named CCCF as a stop. That stop must be reconfirmed on the current route map or with CATA. No fixed release hour, exit door, or family waiting point is published.