This is a private reference site, not a Centre County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, confirm release, post bond, pull official booking records, change a record, or contact an inmate for you. Use the government office that controls the specific record or custody decision.
Where to Go for Centre County Records
Use the correct office for the task before making a formal records request. Centre County government and District Attorney Right-to-Know requests use the county's NextRequest portal where applicable. Sheriff and court requests are routed separately under the county Right-to-Know instructions. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. Section 67.101 et seq., controls public-records requests, while CHRIA, including 18 Pa.C.S. Section 9121, can limit criminal-history and booking-record releases.
Centre County Correctional Facility
700 Rishel Hill Road
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Main phone: 814-355-6794
Inmate status: option 0
Inmate Records Department: option 1
Central Booking: option 9
Central Booking appointment line: 814-548-1186
Central Booking appointments: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Centre County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Bryan Sampsel
Willowbank Office Building
420 Holmes Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone: 814-355-6803
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts
102 S. Allegheny Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone: 814-355-6796
Public access hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Centre County District Attorney
106 East High Street, Room 302
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone: 814-355-6735
For common lookup tasks, start with the record type below:
- For someone believed to be in Centre County Correctional Facility, use jail inmate records, PA VINE, or the jail phone option for inmate status.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and expect RTKL, CHRIA, privacy, court, or law-enforcement limits to apply.
- For charges after booking, use court records after a jail arrest, Pennsylvania UJS Case Search, and the Clerk of Courts.
- For facility-specific questions, use the Centre County Correctional Facility or SCI Benner Township pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Pennsylvania state prisoner, use the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Inmate and Parolee Locator, not the county jail phone tree.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP locator or ICE detainee locator. Those systems are separate from Centre County jail custody.