Potter County Jail Roster Status
No official Potter County public online jail roster was located in the county sources reviewed. The official Potter County Jail page gives jail contact information and detailed visitation rules, but it does not publish a searchable inmate list, booking report, recent-bookings feed, released-inmate list, or sheriff jail app. That finding changes the search order. A reader should not expect a county website field for booking number, charge, bond, housing unit, or release date.
The primary county facility is Potter County Jail, 102 E. 2nd St., Coudersport, PA 16915, phone 814-274-9730. The sheriff is Kevin Siska, and the Potter County Sheriff's Department is at 1 East Second St., Room 24, Coudersport, phone 814-274-9350, with office hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, closed 12 pm to 1 pm. The sheriff page describes civil process, courthouse security, inmate transport, and firearm permits, not a public roster portal.
The first official fallback is the jail phone line. The next written-record route is the Potter County Open Records Request page, which routes county Right-to-Know requests and notes the appeal path to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. Court information belongs in Pennsylvania UJS Case Search, while custody after sentencing or transfer may belong in the Pennsylvania DOC, BOP, or ICE systems.
Use Potter County Inmate Records
Because there is no official Potter County online jail roster, the practical search is a fallback chain, not a single portal. Start with the agency that can answer the narrowest question. The jail can address current local custody. The court portal can show charges after filing. VINELink can help with custody notifications. State, federal, and immigration systems cover people who have left county jail jurisdiction.
- Call Potter County Jail at 814-274-9730 and ask whether the person is currently housed in the county jail.
- If a copy of a nonpublished jail record is needed, submit a written request through the county open-records process.
- Search Pennsylvania VINELink for custody-status notifications when a notification record is available.
- Use UJS Case Search for filed criminal charges, bail entries, docket events, and court dates.
- Search the PA DOC locator for state-sentenced inmates or parolees, BOP for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
In-person questions should be planned carefully. The jail and sheriff offices sit in the Coudersport government area, but the research did not locate a public lobby records schedule, visitor parking map, or automated roster kiosk. Confirm the right office before traveling, especially if the question involves bail, court attendance, or a record copy.
Potter County Roster Search Fields
The Potter County roster field table is short because the official county roster was not found. That absence should be preserved, not covered over with fields from another county. Search fields from statewide tools can still help, but they answer different questions.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potter County jail roster field | Not available | Not available | No official public online roster was located. |
| Last Name | Text | Usually required in DOC search | Use the PA DOC locator only for state-sentenced inmates and parolees. |
| Participant Name | Text | Conditional | Use UJS Case Search for court dockets, not live custody. |
| A-Number and country of birth | Text and country field | Required for A-number ICE search | Use ICE ODLS for civil immigration detention. |
Potter County Inmate Record Fields
A county jail may hold many record details internally, but the public county site does not display a Potter County inmate profile. Current custody confirmation, booking data, charges, and release status may sit in different systems. A request for "all inmate records" is often too broad. A better request names the person, date range, and record type, such as booking sheet, commitment, release date, or jail incident record, while recognizing that exemptions may apply.
| Field | Public Potter County online status |
|---|---|
| Name | No public roster field located; confirm identity through jail or court records. |
| Booking number | No county online booking-number field located. |
| Booking date/time | Not published in an official Potter County public roster. |
| Mugshot | No county mugshot gallery located; booking photos are legally sensitive under CHRIA. |
| Charges | Search UJS after charges are filed; booking charges and filed charges can differ. |
| Bond or bail | Review MDJ or Common Pleas docket entries and confirm unclear items with court offices. |
| Housing location | No public housing-unit field located. |
| Release or custody status | Call the jail, check VINELink, or use DOC/BOP/ICE for other custody levels. |
The Potter County jail mugshots page covers booking photos in more detail because Pennsylvania law treats that topic differently from ordinary docket access.
Potter County Custody Lookup Split
Potter County Jail is a county jail for adults committed locally, including pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, and work-release inmates when approved. It is not a Pennsylvania state prison. If a person is sentenced to state custody from Potter County, the record can move from a county-jail question to a DOC locator question. Federal and immigration custody are separate again.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it can show |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | Potter County Jail phone, 814-274-9730 | Whether the person is housed locally, if the jail can confirm it. |
| Filed criminal case | UJS Case Search | Docket number, charges, bail, events, warrants, and case status. |
| State sentence or parole | PA DOC locator | DOC number, current location, committing county, and supervision details where available. |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Detention status and facility information for searchable adult ICE detainees. |
Custody distinction: County jail custody, court charges, state prison custody, federal custody, and immigration detention are separate systems. A missing result in one does not rule out another.
Potter County Records Requests
Written requests matter when a jail record is not posted online. Potter County's Open Records page is the local Right-to-Know entry point and lists the county government contact at the Gunzburger Building, 1 North Main Street, Coudersport, PA 16915, phone 814-274-8290. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law presumes access to many government records, but other laws, court orders, privacy rules, and criminal-history restrictions can limit release.
The official Potter County Open Records page is shown in this captured source image.
Use the county page for the written request route, but use the jail phone for urgent current-custody questions.
For jail records, keep the request precise. Identify the person, the date or date range, the record sought, and whether the request is for custody confirmation, a booking record, a release record, or a jail-administration record. Mugshots may be denied or redirected under Pennsylvania criminal-history law after Mezzacappa, so a booking-photo request should not be treated as a routine roster request.
Potter County Jail Facilities
Potter County's adult inmate map is limited. The in-county jail is Potter County Jail in Coudersport. Centre County Correctional Facility is included only because Potter County Commissioners' June 11, 2026 agenda listed an inmate-housing agreement with Centre County beginning January 1, 2026. It should be treated as contract housing, not the main Potter County jail.
Potter County Jail
102 E. 2nd St.
Coudersport, PA 16915
814-274-9730
Primary local adult jail for Potter County custody.
Centre County Correctional Facility
700 Rishel Hill Rd
Bellefonte, PA 16823
814-355-6794
Out-of-county contract housing option when Potter County uses Centre County beds.
Potter County Booking Records
Potter County does not publish a local booking manual, but the jail page describes secure detention, inmate housing, security operations, and coordination with courts and law enforcement. A typical local path is arrest, processing, MDJ preliminary arraignment, bail decision, and commitment to Potter County Jail when release is not available. Booking may include identity checks, property inventory, search, fingerprints, a booking photo, screening, classification, and housing assignment.
Pennsylvania MDJs conduct arraignments, set bail, issue warrants, and hold preliminary hearings. That means the earliest court record may appear at the Magisterial District Judge level before a serious case reaches Common Pleas. For the case side of an arrest, use Potter County court records after jail arrest rather than treating the jail record as the final charge record.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest or commitment.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before conviction or final disposition.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can affect release.
- Classification
- The jail's assessment for housing and security needs.
Potter County Jail Visitation
Visitation at Potter County Jail is unusually specific. The jail separates face-to-face visits, remote CIDNET visits, and in-house CIDNET visits. Face-to-face visitation happens in the administrative or front-door access area with a Plexiglas divider and phone communication. Remote CIDNET uses a visitor's device. In-house CIDNET uses jail units in the visitation room and is described by the county as free of charge.
| Visit type | Days | Time blocks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face | Sunday only | 9:15-11:15 am; 2:15-4:15 pm; 7:15-9:15 pm | Administrative/front-door area, Plexiglas, phone communication. |
| Remote CIDNET | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday | 9:15-11:15 am; 2:15-4:15 pm; 7:15-9:15 pm | Visitor uses a capable device; inmate uses CIDNET unit. |
| In-house CIDNET | Thursday only | 9:15-11:15 am; 2:15-4:15 pm | Visitor uses jail CIDNET unit in the visitation room. |
Visits are limited to 15 minutes per visitor. The jail allows 10 face-to-face and 10 in-house CIDNET approved visitors on the visiting list, and remote CIDNET visitors are limited to 10. The visiting lists can be changed only at the beginning of a new month.
Potter County Inmate Contact Rules
Mail, money, commissary, and phone rules come from the Potter County Jail page and related vendor material. Inmate mail is checked, and the jail says not to send money, contraband, or unauthorized materials through the mail. Money for commissary must be a check or money order payable to Potter County Jail. JailCanteen's Potter County Prison page is the facility-specific vendor route for commissary shopping and resident search by last name or ID.
- Inmate phones are on daily from 7:00 am to 9:45 pm.
- Incoming calls to inmates are not accepted.
- Outgoing inmate calls are limited to 15 minutes.
- CIDNET messages are checked, and inappropriate material can suspend access.
- Newly committed people may receive only approved new packaged whites, with local limits.
Note: Confirm custody with Potter County Jail before sending money, scheduling a visit, or placing a commissary order.