Find Venango County Inmate Records

Venango County Jail Roster Overview

No official Venango County online jail roster, current-inmate search, booking report, or mugshot gallery was located on the official county site. The official Venango County Prison pages publish facility contacts and family rules, but they do not expose a public roster form or clickable inmate profiles. Current custody questions therefore begin with Venango County Prison, then move to Pennsylvania VINE, UJS Case Search, the Clerk of Courts, or a Right-to-Know request depending on the record needed.

Venango County Prison in Franklin is the only detention facility identified in the facility map for the county. It holds local pretrial detainees, people serving county sentences, probation or parole violators, people awaiting transport to state correctional facilities, civil or domestic-relations contemnors, and limited adult-prosecuted juvenile commitments when authorized. Sheriff Eric Foy is relevant to warrants, court security, transports, and the prison board, but the Sheriff's Office page did not publish a local inmate roster.

How to Search When No Local Roster Is Posted

A Venango County jail roster search should follow the custody channel instead of relying on unofficial roster pages. Use the local jail for current county custody, VINE for custody status notifications, UJS for filed charges and case events, and PA DOC only after a person has moved into state correctional custody.

1. Call Venango County Prison at 814-432-9629 and ask whether the person is currently housed there. Use the person's full name, date of birth if known, and arrest or court date if available.
2. Search Pennsylvania VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/PA/ENGLISH for custody status and notification options. VINE can supplement the jail phone line, but it does not replace jail or court confirmation.
3. Search UJS Case Search at https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch for filed criminal charges, docket sheets, bail entries, preliminary hearings, court dates, and dispositions.
4. Call the Prothonotary / Clerk of Courts at 814-432-9577 for formal criminal proceedings, bail bond money questions, juvenile-record custody, ARD records, exhibits, and court record handling.
5. File a Venango County Right-to-Know request through https://www.venangocountypa.gov/578/Right-to-Know when the county record is not posted online and cannot be answered through routine custody or court channels.
6. Use the PA DOC locator, BOP locator, or ICE ODLS only when facts point away from local county custody and toward state, federal, or immigration detention.
7. Do not look for an app-only Venango County roster unless the county later publishes one. No official sheriff mobile app was located in the research.

Venango County Roster Search Fields

The official county site did not publish a Venango County roster search form. That matters because common fields such as last name, first name, booking number, charge filter, date range, and facility dropdown are not available from a verified county roster. The table below reflects the official roster inventory rather than a generic jail-search form.

For state-sentenced inmates and parolees, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections locator accepts last name or inmate number, with first name helpful for common last names. The PA DOC service page says the locator is updated daily and does not include people incarcerated in a county facility or another state.

What a Venango County Inmate Profile Shows

Because no official public inmate profile was located for Venango County Prison, county roster fields should not be treated as available online. The official county pages support facility, visitation, mail, phone, finance, intake, and release context. They do not expose a public profile containing booking photo, booking number, housing, charge list, or bond amount.

Finding County, State, Federal, and ICE Inmates

Venango County Prison is a county correctional institution, not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. A person arrested in Venango County may begin in local custody, appear in Pennsylvania court records, later transfer to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections after a state sentence, or enter federal or immigration custody under a separate agency. Each system has its own locator and limits, and no official Venango County sheriff app was located as a separate roster source.

Venango County Jail Facility Contact

The facility map identifies one local detention facility for Venango County. The prison page lists Warden Jason Batykefer, Deputy Warden Anthony Faraone, the Elk Street address, and the main prison phone. The Pennsylvania DOC county correctional facility listing reports a capacity of 174 beds.

Booking and Intake at Venango County Prison

Venango County does not publish a step-by-step booking manual, but its new-commitment, finance, FAQ, and release pages describe the local intake environment. A person may be committed to Venango County Prison after arrest, after failing to post bail, while serving a county sentence, while awaiting state transfer, or while held on a civil, probation, parole, or protection-from-abuse matter. The county FAQ also notes certain adult-prosecuted juveniles may be housed there when Pennsylvania law and the district attorney's charging decision allow that route.

New commitments may keep one set of clothing worn at incarceration, a plain wedding band, an approved religious medallion, approved medical devices, current prescription medication subject to verification, and up to five personal photos no larger than 5 by 7. Currency is logged, receipted, and placed in the prison account. The prison is tobacco-free and bans alcohol, cell phones, cosmetics, electronic games, pagers, perishable foods, radios, tobacco, pocket knives, weapons, and illegal drugs. No official source states when a booking appears online because no official public roster was located.

Visitation Hours and Rules

Venango County video visitation is handled through SmartInmate by Smart Communications. The official county visitation page says family and friends create a SmartInmate account or contact customer care at 1-727-349-1561. Video visitation is a privilege, approval is required, and visit times can be changed or cancelled for facility operations.

The official Venango County video visitation page is the source for the SmartInmate rules shown below.

Because the county uses scheduled video visits instead of a public walk-in roster workflow, custody confirmation and visitor approval should happen before money is spent on visit scheduling.

Mail, Phone, and Inmate Contact

Mail must go through USPS and be addressed to the inmate by name at Venango County Prison, 1186 Elk Street, Franklin, PA 16323. Correspondence may not be dropped off. Mail must include a complete return address with name, and all mail is searched before delivery. The county rules prohibit crayons, gel pens, glitter, music cards, stickers, cash, newspaper clippings or photocopies, hardback books, and books with violence or gang affiliation.

Inmates make outside calls through Smart Communications. Family and friends use prepaid collect or PIN debit accounts through SmartInmate.com or customer care at 1-727-349-1561. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls. The county FAQ says the inmate receives a PIN, the PIN must match the number being called, the receiver must accept the call, and the system has technology to defeat third-party calls.

Commissary, Inmate Funds, and Release Money

Intake cash is logged, receipted, and deposited into the inmate account. Venango County accepts money orders payable to the inmate through the mail, lists JailATM for internet deposits, and permits cash deposits through the lobby kiosk. Inmates may not possess money inside the prison, and possession of money is misconduct.

If an inmate owes the prison, up to 60 percent of deposited funds may be deducted. Remaining money is returned on release minus amounts owed for services. Work-release inmates pay $90 per week while on work release, plus court-ordered fees, fines, and costs. The FAQ lists medical request fees of $6 to see the nurse and $8 to request a doctor, while also stating indigent inmates will not be denied medical care because they cannot pay.