Pennsylvania Inmate Search

How to Perform Pennsylvania Inmate Lookup

The PA Department of Corrections offers a very versatile inmate locator that you can use to find someone in a jail or prison. You can search by their inmate number, name, county, date of birth, gender, race, location or citizenship. You can even sort the Pennsylvania inmate records search results. Once you see a list of inmates, you can click on each one to see more details like a mug shot, aliases, age, date of birth, race, gender, height, citizenship, complexion and current location. It also shows when the record was last updated. You may also choose to use a Pennsylvania prison inmate search online to find someone in prison.

Creating Public Jail Records

The state creates jail records for each inmate within their correctional system. Paperwork is generated with each new charge, sentence, court appearance, or move to a new facility. Just about everything that occurs in the inmate’s life is documented and kept in a vast database online and shared amongst all law enforcement. When managing so many inmates, this system of jail records is critical to maintain it all and keep track of each prisoner, their whereabouts, particular details about their status and everything else to keep them safe and secure.

Jail and Inmate Search in Pennsylvania

The current inmate population for the state is 48,438. 45,582 are male and the rest female. 47% of Pennsylvania inmates are Black, 42% are White, 10% are Hispanic, and the remaining 1% is other races. The average age of someone incarcerated in Pennsylvania is 39 years old. 31.1% are high-risk for re-offending after release. 43% are in treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. 31.8% are in programs for mental illness. The average educational level for inmates in Pennsylvania is 8th grade. The majority of inmates are currently serving 2-5 year sentences, and 15.1% are there because they violated their parole.

Criminal Justice Quick Facts

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Pennsylvania Imprisonment Rate

49,000

Prison Population

183,868

Probation Population

112,351

Parole Population

8.9:1 (Black : White Ratio)

3.3:1 (Hispanic : White Ratio)

Racial Disparity in Incarceration Rate

228

Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100 000)

52,974 (0.52%)

Disenfranchised Population

25,596 (2.46%)

Disenfranchised African Americans

2,651

Corrections Expenditures (in millions)

Pennsylvania Parole Population

Pennsylvania parole population as of the beginning of 2016 counted 112,351 people, 1,097 paroles per 100.000 population. That’s by 1,264 people less compared to the previous year, which has decreased by 1.1%.

Pennsylvania Prisons

The state has 73 county jails and 27 prisons. The Department of Corrections runs these facilities with a staff of 14,744 employees and an annual budget of $2.7 billion. Based on one hundred thousand residents PA has a property crime rate of 1,743, a violent crime rate of 316 and an overall incarceration rate of 383. It costs PA $42,339 to house and care for each inmate for a year. The state community corrections system also oversees another 180,492 people on probation and 111,087 inmates on parole.