This is a private reference website, not a Schuylkill County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a jail visit, or pull official booking records. For those actions, use the public office or custody system that controls the record.
Where to Ask About an Inmate or Record
For immediate local custody questions, start with Schuylkill County Prison, then use the Sheriff's Office, Clerk of Courts, or statewide and federal tools depending on what kind of record you need.
Schuylkill County Prison230 Sanderson Street
Pottsville, PA 17901
Phone: 570-628-1450 Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office
401 North Second Street
Pottsville, PA 17901
Phone: 570-628-1440
Fax: 570-628-1014
Sheriff: Shawn Butler
Chief Deputy: Timothy Reinoehl
Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday Schuylkill County Clerk of Courts
401 North 2nd St, 1st Floor
Pottsville, PA 17901
Phone: 570-628-1140 or 570-628-1135
Fax: 570-628-1143 or 570-628-1169
For emergencies, call 911 or the local emergency number. For non-emergency record research, match the question to the correct channel below.
- For someone believed to be in local county custody, use jail inmate records guidance and call Schuylkill County Prison.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots because the county did not publish an official mugshot gallery in the sources reviewed.
- For criminal charges, docket numbers, hearings, or dispositions, use court records after a jail arrest and the Pennsylvania UJS Case Search path.
- For a specific detention site, use the facility pages listed in the footer, including Schuylkill County Prison, SCI Frackville, SCI Mahanoy, and FCI Schuylkill.
- For a sentenced Pennsylvania state prisoner or supervised person, use the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Inmate/Parolee Locator.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- For county records that are not online, use Schuylkill County's Right-to-Know request process under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. ยงยง 67.101 et seq.
- For custody or release notifications, check VINELink Pennsylvania when the person appears in that system.