The county's official Sheriff page identifies Chester Hawkins, but it does not provide a person-level release roster or custody result.
Clearfield County Released Inmate Records
A release from Clearfield County custody records departure from one authority. It does not always mean that the person walked into the community. The Clearfield County Jail may record bond, time served, a court order, county parole, home detention, or transfer to another agency. A transfer to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, ICE, another county, or federal custody is continued custody, even though the person is no longer at the jail.
The office holding the best record depends on the event. Clearfield County Jail holds the physical custody and release entry. The Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System docket can show bail, sentence, disposition, warrants, and orders that explain the legal basis. PA SAVIN reports an event supplied by a participating agency. PADOC records a state prison release into supervision. The BOP locator covers federal custody, while ICE has its own present-detainee system.
How Clearfield County Custody Ends
Clearfield County release wording should be read as written. Similar labels can describe very different legal and practical outcomes, so the disposition field matters as much as the date.
| Release type | What it means | Best next source |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or bail | The court's bail conditions were met in that case; the charge remains pending unless the docket shows otherwise. | Clearfield MDJ docket, jail confirmation |
| Time served or sentence end | The custodial authority applied its sentence calculation and credit. | Jail record and sentencing docket |
| County parole or home detention | The person is outside the jail under continuing controls, not fully discharged. | Court record and county supervision |
| State parole | A PADOC prisoner left the institution to serve the unexpired sentence under supervision. | PADOC supervised-person record |
| Transfer | Custody moved to another facility or authority. | Recorded destination, then the receiving agency |
| Dismissal or acquittal | A court resolved a charge, but another case or hold may still exist. | All matching UJS dockets and the custodian |
Clearfield County Release Record Fields
No single Pennsylvania form contains every release fact. In Clearfield County, the relevant item may be a jail-management entry, commitment and release record, bail transaction, court order, or transport record. Ask for fields that already exist instead of asking the county to create a new certificate.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | The person tied to the booking; compare date of birth, booking number, docket, or OTN where available. |
| Booking date and time | Entry into that county booking, not a conviction date. |
| Committing authority | The court or agency responsible for the custody entry. |
| Release date and time | The facility's recorded departure event, if maintained. |
| Release type or disposition | Bond, time served, court order, parole, transfer, or another recorded category. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Whether the departure was community release or continued custody elsewhere. |
| Bond information | The bail transaction connected with one case. |
| Booking photograph | A separate image record tied to a particular booking and date. |
A court docket is essential context, but its timestamp is not necessarily the time the jail finished release processing. Likewise, a VINELink event date comes from the reporting agency and may not resolve every hold. The physical release time generally belongs to the custodian's record.
Request Clearfield County Release Records
The Clearfield County Right-to-Know page provides the county form, officer, and local fee schedule. A narrow request is more useful than a broad demand for all information about a person.
- Call Clearfield County Jail at 814-765-7891 and ask what present-custody or recorded-disposition information staff may provide.
- Identify the person with full name, booking number, docket or OTN when known, and a narrow booking date range.
- Ask for the existing booking/release log entry, commitment and release record, recorded date and time, disposition or destination, and booking photograph if maintained and public.
- Send the request to County Records Officer Marianne Sankey at the Clearfield County Administrative Building, 212 East Locust Street, Clearfield, PA 16830.
- Request electronic delivery when useful and retain the response, fee notice, or denial for any appeal.
Clearfield County lists photocopies at $0.15 per page beginning with 11 or more pages, a CD at $5, and actual postage. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101 through 67.3104, ordinarily gives an agency five business days to respond under § 901. A written extension may add up to 30 calendar days for statutory reasons under § 902. Section 705 does not require an agency to create a record that it does not keep.
County Records Officer
Clearfield County Administrative Building
212 East Locust Street
Clearfield, PA 16830
Clearfield County Jail
115 Twenty First Street
Clearfield, PA 16830
814-765-7891
Limits on Clearfield Release Records
The Right-to-Know Law governs access to existing public records, not how long the Clearfield County Jail must retain every field. Research found no public jail roster, archive window, update schedule, deletion rule, or booking-photo retention period. If a requested record no longer exists, ask the county to identify the applicable disposition or retention authority. Do not assume that release data stays online forever.
Sealed cases, juvenile material, mental-health records, privacy interests, and security concerns can limit access. Pennsylvania expungement and limited-access rules appear in 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 9122 through 9122.3. Those orders can affect what a public court search reveals, but they do not serve as proof of release and do not promise that every independently held image disappears.
Search Clearfield County Released Inmates
Start with the last known authority rather than entering the same name in unrelated databases. The following route separates a Clearfield County jail event from state, federal, and immigration custody.
- For a county detainee, call the jail, search UJS at both Clearfield court levels, and check PA SAVIN for the named person and reporting agency.
- For a state-sentenced person, search PADOC Inmate mode. If the person left prison on parole, repeat the search in Department Supervised Individual mode.
- For a county probation case, contact Clearfield County Adult Probation at extension 5009. It is not a jail roster.
- For a federal sentence, use the BOP locator and federal docket. A person held pretrial by USMS may never appear as a sentenced BOP inmate.
- For possible immigration custody, use ICE ODLS for current location and contact ICE for the claimed release event.
- For a lasting county answer, request the existing release entry after using the live sources.
Search every plausible docket when one person has more than one case. A release order in one matter may coexist with another warrant or detainer. The site's VINE Inmate Check guide explains how to register for a specific custody-event alert, while the route here covers the full release record.
PADOC Search for Clearfield Releases
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections locator is for state-sentenced inmates and Department-supervised people. It excludes county jail detainees. Its public explanation says updates occur daily, which is not the same as real time.
| Search mode | Useful inputs | Release meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate | Inmate or parole number, name, date of birth or age, gender, current location, committing county, citizenship | Current state incarceration and institution |
| Department Supervised Individual | Name, parole or inmate number, residence county, district office, release date, date of birth, and physical descriptors | An accomplished Release Date into supervision, plus Last Updated Time |
The supervised-person Release Date is retrospective. The current interface did not expose a public projected, tentative, minimum, or maximum date field. A PADOC photo is also a state custody or supervision image, not the Clearfield County booking photograph.
The official PADOC locator guide explains scope and daily updates. Confirm identity through numbers and dates rather than a photo alone.
No Clearfield Recent-Release Feed
The official Clearfield County Jail and Sheriff pages offered no person-level jail roster, release list, 24-hour view, 72-hour view, booking gallery, or sheriff app when checked on August 1, 2026. That is a bounded finding, not a claim that no tool will ever launch. The absence means that disappearance from a web roster cannot be used as evidence because there is no official roster to begin with.
The same-day and three-day pages therefore lead with the jail, PA SAVIN, UJS, and a focused records request. A call may confirm that someone is no longer at the Clearfield County Jail, but the caller should still ask whether the recorded disposition was release to the community or transfer.
The official jail page documents the facility and contact route, as shown below. Its lack of person-level fields is why a records request remains important.
The page supports facility contact and services, but it does not supply a current or historical release result for a named person.
Clearfield Release Status by System
Each system answers a limited question. Read the record's agency, event, and last update before drawing a conclusion.
| System | Still in custody | After release |
|---|---|---|
| Clearfield County Jail | Confirm directly with the jail | Ask for the recorded release or transfer entry |
| UJS Case Search | May show commitment, warrant, or bail status | Shows legal orders and disposition, not door time |
| PA SAVIN/VINELink | Reporting-agency status and location | Release or custody-change event, subject to feed timing |
| PADOC | Inmate mode and state institution | Supervised mode may show accomplished Release Date |
| BOP | Federal institution or location | Released or Not in BOP Custody plus Release Date |
| ICE ODLS | Present detention location when found | No historical release archive; confirm with ICE |
Transportation After Clearfield Jail Release
Transportation was an active local concern in early 2026, not a settled benefit. February Clearfield Prison Board minutes discussed people leaving the jail without rides and a possible arrangement with the Area Transportation Authority. March minutes identified lack of identification as a barrier. April minutes recorded a planned May 11 meeting with ATA.
Those entries document planning only. They do not establish a standing ride, a pickup schedule, a fare, or an accepted form of identification. Anyone preparing for a Clearfield County release should ask the jail about the current arrangement, pickup point, and what the transportation provider now requires.
Clearfield Work Release Is Not Discharge
Clearfield Prison Board snapshots reported one work-release participant in February 2026, two in March, and one in April. March discussion considered expansion for individually approved non-felony, non-violent people who already had work and would use ankle monitoring. That was a proposal, not a rule open to every person.
Work release permits controlled movement and return. It should never be presented as final release from the Clearfield County Jail or full sentence discharge. The court, jail, and supervision record remain the sources for the person's exact status.
Clearfield Custody Snapshots, Not Release Counts
The Clearfield Prison Board archive provides dated operational measures that the absent roster cannot. Meeting material reported 164 people in February 2026, 159 in March, and 168 in April. April separately recorded 43 people on home detention.
These are point-in-time operational figures. They are not annual releases, an average daily population, or the jail's legal capacity. Home detention also shows why being outside the building is not always the same as discharge.
Clearfield State-Release Reentry Routes
SCI Houtzdale has a Reentry Service Office for people within 18 months of their minimum or release date. Tomorrow's Hope in Coalport is listed by PADOC as a Region 3 Community Contract Facility. These are real local parts of Pennsylvania's state-release landscape, but neither is a public list of Clearfield County released residents.
A person at Tomorrow's Hope can remain under state sentence or parole placement rules. For either setting, use PADOC's supervised-person record and the correct parole office. Do not substitute the county jail record for a state-prison release.
Identification After Clearfield Jail Release
March 2026 minutes recorded that some people leaving the Clearfield County Jail lacked identification. The jail had begun issuing a photo ID bracelet, which was discussed as a possible response to ATA's identification rule.
The minutes do not confirm that ATA accepts that bracelet. They also do not establish a broad replacement-ID program. Ask the jail and the transportation provider what is accepted now, especially when arranging a ride on a release day.
Clearfield Courts Explain Bond-Out
Clearfield Magisterial District Judges conduct arraignments, set and accept bail, issue warrants, and hold preliminary hearings. An MDJ docket can therefore explain why a person was eligible to leave the jail after bond. Later disposition and sentencing usually appear in the Court of Common Pleas docket.
Use the UJS Case Search by participant, docket, OTN, or other available identifier, then filter to Clearfield and the correct court level. A bail entry is legal context, not proof that physical processing ended at the same minute. Confirm the release event with the jail or its record.
Clearfield Facility History Affects Searches
SCI Houtzdale was completed in December 1995, dedicated on January 5, 1996, expanded by two residential units in 1998, and gained a 150-bed modular unit in 2011. Older state records may also name Quehanna Boot Camp in Karthaus.
PADOC announced Quehanna's final closure decision on September 19, 2025, with transfers and program relocation to follow. Quehanna is not an active facility page in the current Clearfield map. Search the present PADOC locator and state records for a former resident rather than treating the historical site as a current release source.
Clearfield Receivables After Release
March 2026 Prison Board minutes discussed growing former-inmate receivables and generally low repayment, including the handling of accounts belonging to deceased former inmates. The narrow supported point is that a facility-related receivable may remain after release.
The minutes do not publish a booking fee, a pay-to-stay schedule, or a general debt rule. A reader should use the county's current billing record for a specific account and should not infer a balance from the fact of release alone.
Clearfield County Release Facilities
Four active facilities in the research map require different release checks. The Clearfield County Jail uses the jail, UJS, PA SAVIN, and county records route. SCI Houtzdale uses PADOC and state parole records. Tomorrow's Hope is a structured community-corrections placement, so departure does not itself prove discharge. Moshannon Valley Processing Center is an ICE contractor facility, and ICE ODLS or ERO handles that custody path.
- Clearfield County Jail: county detention, court-authorized release, or transfer.
- SCI Houtzdale: Pennsylvania state incarceration, parole, transfer, or discharge.
- Tomorrow's Hope: PADOC community-corrections placement and supervision.
- Moshannon Valley Processing Center: current immigration detention, transfer, removal, or release confirmation through ICE.