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PADOC Release Destinations

A Juniata County conviction can lead to commitment to a Pennsylvania state correctional institution, but research found no SCI within Juniata County. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections assigns a sentenced person within its statewide system. When prison custody ends, the next destination depends on the legal status. Parole usually places the person in the community under PADOC field supervision. Parole is conditional release while the sentence continues. It is not the same as full discharge.

Other outcomes do not mean the person is free. A Board Action may grant parole to a detainer, which is a hold filed by another authority. That outcome transfers the person to the agency that controls the detainer. A person may also reach the maximum date for the Pennsylvania sentence yet remain held on another case. The status text, receiving authority, and final Board Action should be read together before describing the event.

Note: A release date from state prison does not by itself prove that every sentence, hold, or supervision term has ended.

Confirm a PADOC Release

The official Pennsylvania Inmate and Department Supervised Individual Locator has two distinct search modes. The Inmate search is for people currently under DOC jurisdiction. The Department Supervised Individual search is the better public route for a person believed to have left an SCI for state parole. Its detail can show an actual Release Date, parole number, photograph, and current district office or location. That date reflects the move from prison to supervision. It is not a projected release date and does not state that the sentence has expired.

1. Choose the Inmate search when the person may still be in an SCI. Search by DOC number when known, or use the name and other available fields.
2. Choose Department Supervised Individual when release to state parole is expected. A parole number is the strongest search key when available.
3. Match date of birth, committing county, current location, photograph, and other identifiers. Do not rely on a name alone.
4. Read the displayed Release Date as an actual prison-to-supervision event. Record the office or district shown for follow-up.
5. If no current result appears, move to official inmate records, the sentencing docket, and the final Board Action. Absence does not prove discharge.

The locator is current-scope data, not a public archive of all past discharges. DOC says it updates daily and cautions that identity and location data can be imperfect. A person who completed both custody and supervision may disappear from the public search. A spelling variation, changed identity detail, or lack of PADOC jurisdiction can also cause a miss. The broader Juniata County released-inmate search path helps identify whether the case was county, state, or federal before the wrong locator is used.

PADOC Release Search Fields

The two tabs answer different questions. The inmate side identifies present state custody. It exposes first, middle, and last name; DOC number; sex or gender; committing county; current location; citizenship; and birth date or approximate age. Results can include current location, committing county, birth date, and a detail or photo view. A county commitment field ties the sentence to Juniata, but the listed institution may be elsewhere in Pennsylvania.

The supervised-person side searches people who remain under DOC field supervision. Research verified name, parole number, gender, county of residence, district or current office, and age or date fields. A detail can contain the actual Release Date and parole number. It may also carry an explicit wanted-parole-absconder flag. An absconder is a supervised person alleged to have stopped reporting or otherwise left supervision without authorization. Ordinary presence in the locator does not mean a person is wanted.

The PADOC absconder search is separate from the regular locator and includes a warning not to confront a listed person. Its status should never be inferred from a routine supervised-person result.

The official PADOC locator is also the source for the captured search view below.

The captured labels reinforce the key distinction between a current inmate search and a currently supervised-person record with an actual release date.

PADOC Projected Release Limits

No public field labeled Projected Release Date, Tentative Release Date, minimum date, maximum date, or sentence date was verified in the locator. The supervised-person Release Date must not be renamed or treated as a forecast. Pennsylvania sentences generally include a judicial minimum and maximum. The minimum marks parole eligibility, not a promise of release. The maximum marks the end of the sentence as calculated, subject to the actual legal record and any other custody authority.

The Pennsylvania parole process explains that the Parole Board makes the release decision while DOC calculates sentence dates and handles field supervision. The Board may grant parole, refuse it, impose steps that must occur first, grant parole to a detainer, or rescind a grant before release. That is why a decision date, minimum date, and physical departure date can differ.

For a calculation, obtain the sentencing order and docket, then request the existing DOC time-calculation or sentence record. The Juniata County projected release resource separates these dates and explains why the estimate can change.

PADOC Release Records Contact

When the public locator no longer carries a person, the durable route is an official DOC record. Send a focused request for existing commitment, sentence-calculation, release, discharge, and identification records. Include the full name, DOC number, facility if known, Juniata committing county, and a narrow date range. Ask for the actual release or discharge record and identify whether a Board Action or time-calculation record is also needed. DOC may redact or withhold material under Pennsylvania law, so the request should seek records rather than ask staff to form a conclusion.

Formal requests use the DOC Right-to-Know process. The office lists RA-docrighttoknow@pa.gov and 717-728-7763 at the same Technology Parkway address. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law generally gives an agency five business days to grant, deny, or invoke a permitted extension. Exemptions, privilege, another law, or a court order can still limit disclosure.

Note: Request the named existing record and date range; an agency does not have to create a new release summary.

PADOC Release Board Actions

A final Board Action is often the clearest source for the legal parole outcome. It may preserve a grant, refusal, detainer wording, conditions, review timing, or a later change. The Board states that a final decision becomes public after the person receives a copy. There is no official name-based public decision search identified in the research. Monthly reports are aggregate counts and cannot confirm one Juniata case.

Use the Pennsylvania Parole Board Right-to-Know route for an identified final Board Action. The office is at 1101 South Front Street, Suite 5100, Harrisburg, PA 17104-2521, and lists RA-pbpprighttoknow@pa.gov. Its published weekday office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Preserve the exact terms. A grant that remains pending is not a completed release, and parole to a detainer is not release to the community.

Parole

Conditional release from prison while the sentence continues under supervision.

Discharge

The end of the custody or supervision authority described by the record.

Detainer

A hold from another authority that can lead to transfer instead of freedom.

Board Action

The official document recording the Pennsylvania Parole Board's decision.

Juniata PADOC Release Boundaries

A Juniata prosecution does not make the county jail responsible for a later SCI release. MCCF houses Juniata county detainees and handles its own physical custody records. PADOC handles a person committed to the state prison system. The Juniata UJS docket and Clerk of Courts can establish the sentence and filed orders, but neither is the prison gate log. PA SAVIN can add release or transfer notification, yet its event label must be read exactly.

Use the custody class to route each question. MCCF Records or Mifflin County handles an MCCF booking and departure. PADOC handles state commitment, SCI release, supervision, and discharge records. The Parole Board handles its final decision. A transfer from MCCF into PADOC remains custody, while a PADOC release to parole starts community supervision. This separation prevents a county transfer from being mistaken for freedom and a state parole release from being mistaken for final sentence completion.