Lycoming County Inmate Lookup
Lycoming County Prison is the local facility source for county custody information. The official prison page is maintained by Lycoming County courts and legal services, while the research identifies 277 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701 as the prison address and 570-326-4623 as the facility phone. The prison is not the same as the sheriff warrant list, the Prothonotary, or the Clerk of Courts. It is the custody point for people held pretrial or serving local sentences.
For online custody status, the research points to Pennsylvania VINE. VINE is useful for offender search and notification registration. A person who has moved from the county jail to state custody should be searched through the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inmate locator. Federal custody is separate and belongs in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
The Lycoming County Prison page is the official local source for facility information.
The prison page anchors local custody contact, while online systems help confirm public custody status and notification options.
Search Lycoming County Inmates
A practical search starts with the custody level. If the person was recently arrested in Lycoming County, call or check the county prison and then review UJS criminal dockets for bail and charge entries. If the person has been sentenced and transferred, use the state corrections locator. If the search goal is release notice, VINE is the better channel because it is built for notification.
- Check whether the person is likely in county jail, state prison, or federal custody.
- Use Pennsylvania VINE for custody search and notification registration when the person may be in a Pennsylvania facility.
- Use the PA DOC locator when the person may be serving a state sentence or under state parole custody.
- Search UJS court dockets for the Lycoming County criminal case, bail entries, detainers, sentence, or release conditions.
- Call Lycoming County Prison when the online result is unclear or current visiting and mail rules are needed.
The Pennsylvania VINE portal is a statewide custody and notification source included in the local access path.
VINE should be read as a custody-status tool, not as a complete criminal case file or a substitute for court records.
Lycoming County Inmate Search Fields
The research captured field inventories for VINE and the PA DOC locator. County jail roster details can be limited, so the safest wording is to explain the confirmed public search fields and avoid claiming housing, medical, or security details unless an official system displays them. Name search is useful, but exact identifiers reduce false matches.
| System | Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VINE | State | Dropdown | Yes | Select Pennsylvania from the VINE state portal. |
| VINE | Name | Text | No | Search by first and last name where known. |
| VINE | ID number | Text | No | Use an offender or booking number if available. |
| VINE | Facility or agency | Filter | No | May narrow to a facility if exposed. |
| PA DOC | Inmate/parolee name | Text | No | Search state custody and parole records. |
| PA DOC | Inmate number | Text | No | Best when an exact DOC number is known. |
Lycoming County Inmate Profile Fields
Public custody systems generally identify the person, status, and facility. They do not prove guilt. The court docket explains charges, pleas, disposition, sentence, bail, detainers, or costs. If the custody result and docket conflict, use the facility and court office as the confirming sources because releases, transfers, and sentence credits can change daily.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person listed in the custody or notification system. |
| Inmate, DOC, or VINE ID | A system identifier that helps distinguish similar names. |
| Custody status | Whether the person is listed as in custody, released, or under another status. |
| Facility | The jail, prison, or agency connected to the record. |
| Admission or booking date | Date information if the system makes it public. |
| Release or parole status | Release, parole, or notification options where available. |
| Notification controls | Phone, email, or text options in VINE if offered. |
Lycoming County Jail Facility
Lycoming County Prison is the local jail facility named in the research. Prison-board materials identify Brad A. Shoemaker as Warden, Ryan C. Barnes as Deputy Warden for Security & Operations, and Christopher J. Ebner as Deputy Warden for Inmate Services. Because staff, vendors, visiting methods, and jail rules change, the most durable guidance is to call the prison or use the official prison page before travel, mail, or deposits.
Lycoming County Prison
277 West Third Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
570-326-4623
Verify visiting, phone, and mail rules before arrival.
The Pennsylvania DOC inmate locator handles state-prison searches after a person leaves county custody.
The state locator is the right follow-up when a county case has resulted in a state sentence or transfer.
Lycoming County Booking and Court
Booking is an administrative custody step. It may include intake, identification, property, classification, and facility placement. It is not the same as conviction. Court charge information appears on criminal complaints, Magisterial District Court dockets, Common Pleas criminal dockets, and Clerk of Courts records. Bail and preliminary arraignment information may appear early in the docket, especially when an arrest leads to a Magisterial District Judge proceeding.
For charge detail, search the UJS docket by participant name or docket number and filter to Lycoming County. The docket may show complaint number, offense tracking number, charges, bail, hearings, disposition, and sentence. When custody and charges must be read together, the best path is to pair the inmate search with Lycoming County arrest records and court charges.
The public defender research gives useful context for early custody events. An arrested person may be brought before a Magisterial District Judge in person or by video for preliminary arraignment, and employment, residence, criminal history, and other facts may affect bail. Those arraignment and bail details belong to the court record, not the jail roster. A jail status may say that a person is held, while the docket explains whether bail was set, changed, posted, revoked, or replaced by a later sentence.
Note: Jail custody records and court charge records answer different questions, so both may be needed after an arrest.
Lycoming County Jail Visits
The official prison page is the required source for visiting and inmate-service instructions. The research does not provide a current fixed visitation schedule, and the build rules prohibit inventing one. Visitors should confirm whether visits are in person or video, whether the inmate is eligible, what identification is required, and which dress, behavior, contraband, and arrival rules apply that day.
| Topic | Official Channel | Research Note |
|---|---|---|
| Facility | Lycoming County Prison | County jail for pretrial detainees and some county sentences. |
| Visiting schedule | Prison page or facility phone | Verify current schedule before travel. |
| Visitor ID | Facility rule | Use government-issued photo ID unless the facility states otherwise. |
| Attorney visits | Facility procedure | Attorneys should confirm professional visit scheduling. |
Lycoming County Inmate Mail
The prison page states that newspapers, magazines, and books must be mailed by a publisher by subscription or order to the attention of the inmate at the prison's physical address. Publications containing nudity, promoting violence, instructing weapon assembly, promoting criminal behavior, or harming orderly facility operation are prohibited. Mail and money vendors can change, so provider names, fees, and deposit methods should come from the current prison page or facility staff.
Mail rules are part of facility security. A letter or publication can be rejected even when the person is in custody if the item does not follow the current rule. Cash, altered envelopes, third-party packages, and items that look harmless outside a jail can still be barred by the facility. The safest approach is to confirm the current mailing format, accepted vendors, and inmate name format before sending anything of value.
- Mail: Use the inmate name and the facility address format published by the prison.
- Books and magazines: Send through a publisher by subscription or order when permitted.
- Money: Confirm current deposit channels with the prison before sending funds.
- Phone or video: Use only the active provider named by the facility.
- Medical and security data: Do not expect public access to protected jail records.
State and Federal Inmate Records
A Lycoming County criminal case can lead to several custody paths. A person arrested locally may be held at the county prison first. A later state sentence may move the person to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. A federal prosecution from the Middle District of Pennsylvania may move custody into federal channels, including the Bureau of Prisons. Each system has its own locator and update cycle.
Custody transfers can make a recent search confusing. A person may leave Lycoming County Prison for court, medical transport, another county, state prison intake, or federal custody. VINE, DOC, BOP, and court dockets may update at different times, so a no-result search in one system should be followed by the other systems named in the research. The county prison remains the practical contact when the last known custody location was 277 West Third Street in Williamsport.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the federal custody source used when a person is no longer in county or state custody.
Federal inmate search belongs to a separate custody system and should not be confused with Lycoming County Prison status.