Clearfield County VINE Coverage
Sheriff Chester Hawkins's county page is not a substitute for the specific VINE record supplied by the reporting custody agency.
Pennsylvania's service is PA SAVIN, delivered through VINELink. Clearfield County's Victim/Witness Office describes SAVIN as a free, confidential automated service for custody status involving participating Pennsylvania county jails and state prisons. Events can include release, transfer, or escape. The live agency and person record controls what is actually available, so confirm that Clearfield County Jail or the relevant Pennsylvania Department of Corrections facility appears before relying on an alert.
VINELink is person-specific. It is not a list of everyone released from Clearfield County Jail, and it is not a long-term county release archive. The record reflects data supplied by the reporting custodial agency. A county jail event and a PADOC event may describe different stages of the same person's custody. If the record says released or out of custody, it confirms the event reported by that agency. It does not prove that no other county, state, federal, or immigration authority then assumed custody.
Search Clearfield County VINELink
Start with a full legal name and an available offender or booking identifier. A date of birth, alias, former name, or known facility can help separate close matches. Do not select a person from a photo alone. Images can be old, and two people can share a name. The correct match should agree with both identity details and the custodial agency tied to the Clearfield County case.
- Open Pennsylvania VINELink and choose the offender or inmate search.
- Enter the last name and first name, or use an offered offender or booking ID.
- Review all matches. Compare identifiers, agency, location, and any other displayed details.
- Open the matching individual record and read its exact custody status and event date.
- Record the date and time checked, then confirm a release or transfer with the reporting agency when the distinction matters.
The Pennsylvania VINELink search screen shows where the specific-person lookup begins.
A no-match result is not a release finding. It can reflect spelling, an alias, a wrong identifier, feed timing, or a record from an agency that is not available in the live selector. For a broader named-person search across jail, court, and state records, use the Clearfield County released inmate search.
Note: Record the search time because custody data can change after the reporting agency sends an update.
Clearfield County VINE Release Fields
The contents vary by participating record. Read only the labels shown on the matching record. VINELink can report a custody event, but it does not turn a county event into a sentence calculation. It also does not establish that a person completed parole, probation, or every other case. The event date is the reporting agency's date and may be affected by feed timing.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name or identifier | The identity data carried by the reporting record. Compare it with known case details. |
| Custody status | The agency's current label at its last reported update, such as in custody or released. |
| Agency or location | The jail or prison responsible for the event. This is vital when more than one authority is involved. |
| Event type and date | The reported release, transfer, escape, or other custody change and its event date. |
| Notification choices | The events and phone, email, or text channels offered for that specific record. |
A VINE event date is not necessarily the exact jail-door timestamp. For Clearfield County Jail, call the jail and seek the existing release entry if exact time or disposition is needed. For a PADOC case, compare the event with the state locator and parole process. A state supervised-person Release Date is accomplished release into supervision, not a future projection and not always maximum discharge.
Register Clearfield County Release Alerts
Registration begins inside the verified person record, not from a general list. Choose only the events and delivery methods shown in the live interface. Available choices can differ by agency and record. Keep contact data private and complete each confirmation step, since an unfinished registration may not activate.
- Open the correct individual record after comparing identity and agency details.
- Select Register or Sign Up for Notifications.
- Choose the offered release or custody-change events that matter.
- Select phone or email, and choose SMS only when the interface offers it.
- Enter the contact details and complete the channel verification prompt.
- For automated calls, create the requested four-digit PIN and use it to acknowledge an alert and stop repeat calls.
An alert should prompt confirmation, not replace it. Call the reporting facility when a release or transfer must be distinguished. If the person was housed at Clearfield County Jail, ask whether the jail recorded community release or transfer to a receiving agency. If the record belongs to PADOC, check supervised-person details and the responsible parole office.
Clearfield County SAVIN Layer
The local Victim/Witness Office is the Clearfield County source that explains PA SAVIN's role. It identifies the service as a custody-status and notification layer for participating county jails and state prisons. That local description supports using VINELink for a named Clearfield County person, while the live Pennsylvania landing controls the exact agency list, events, and delivery options offered now.
This split matters because the official Clearfield County Jail site does not publish a person-level roster or recent-release feed. SAVIN can fill part of the timely-notification gap, but it does not create a county archive. For a durable release record, request the existing jail-management release entry. For court authority behind bond, sentence, or disposition, search the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System docket. Each source answers a different question.
If an alert says release but the person cannot be located, first identify the agency named in the event. Ask that agency whether the disposition was community release or transfer. Check the known Clearfield dockets for another hold. Use PADOC only when state custody is plausible, and use ICE or federal channels only when the case facts point there. This careful sequence avoids turning a true event from one facility into the broader and unsupported claim that all custody ended.
- Custody event
- A status change supplied by the participating agency, such as release or transfer.
- Reporting agency
- The jail or prison that sent the event to VINE.
- Transfer
- Movement to another custodian, which is continued custody rather than community release.
- Discharge
- The end of the controlling sentence or supervision, not merely departure from one facility.
Confirm Clearfield County VINE Results
Alerts can lag or fail. A missing match can stem from a name variant, data timing, identifier error, or a feed that is not participating. Confirm an event with the agency that reported it. Clearfield County Jail can address whether a named person remains there and may state whether its record shows release or transfer. A narrow county Right-to-Know request can seek the existing booking and release-log entry when a lasting document is required.
For state custody, use the PADOC inmate and supervised-person locator. Inmate mode covers current state incarceration. Department Supervised Individual mode can show an accomplished Release Date, district or county, parole number, last update, aliases, and a state photograph. Neither mode should be used as the sole answer for a county detainee who never entered state custody.
VINELink is not the general locator for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ICE, or the U.S. Marshals Service. A sentenced federal prisoner belongs in the BOP locator. Immigration detention belongs in ICE ODLS, which is a current-location tool rather than a release archive. A federal pretrial detainee may be held through the decentralized USMS network and never appear as a sentenced BOP inmate.
The BOP Inmate Locator is a separate federal search channel.
Note: A released result from one authority does not rule out another warrant, detainer, sentence, or supervision term.