Sullivan Sheriff Release Paths
The official Sullivan County Sheriff's Office page describes deputies transporting and monitoring detained people. It does not identify an operating county prison in Laporte. A person in sheriff custody may leave after a court-authorized release or brief processing, but the person may instead be taken to the correctional institution named on the commitment. That distinction controls which office can prove the final event.
A sheriff record can show when deputies took custody, the reason for the movement, the destination, and the transport date if those fields exist in a responsive record. It may not contain the booking and discharge transaction created by an outside jail. When the destination field names Clinton County Correctional Facility, Montour County Prison, Wyoming County Correctional Facility, PA DOC, the U.S. Marshals Service, or ICE, the movement is a transfer. It is not release to the community.
Confirm Sullivan Sheriff Release
Start with the correct case. The Pennsylvania UJS Case Search can show the Sullivan County docket number, bail, disposition, sentence, warrants, and commitment entries. A court entry may explain why custody should end, but it usually does not certify the minute staff completed discharge. Use the docket to identify the order, then match it to the sheriff or receiving-jail transaction.
- Search the criminal docket with the person's full name, then filter to Sullivan County and note the docket or OTN.
- Ask the sheriff which institution received the person, the transport date, and whether the last sheriff action was release or transfer.
- Contact that institution and request its admission and discharge fields, including release date, reason, authority, and destination.
- Check PA SAVIN through VINELink when the agency participates, but treat its custody event as notice rather than a certified record.
- Compare the court order, sheriff transport entry, and jail discharge entry. Resolve any different dates with the office that created each record.
The full county search and release-record route is detailed on the Sullivan County released inmates search. Name matching alone is weak. Use at least two identifiers, such as date of birth, booking number, DOC number, docket, or OTN, before combining records.
Note: A missing roster entry can mean release, transfer, delayed data, a spelling error, or restricted access, so it is only a lead.
Sullivan Sheriff Records Contact
The sheriff's published contact is the right first stop for sheriff-held custody and transport records. The courthouse is not a jail admissions desk. Call with a narrow case question and identifiers ready, then use the county Right-to-Know channel when a written record is needed.
Sullivan County Sheriff's Office
245 Muncy Street, P.O. Box 157
Laporte, PA 18626
Phone: 570-946-7361
Fax: 570-946-4075
County business hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Confirm holiday closures before visiting.
Ask for existing records sufficient to show the person's custody, destination, and transport date. Do not ask the records officer to research a narrative answer. If the sheriff identifies an outside prison, direct the discharge request to that prison. Court orders and docket copies go through UJS or the Clerk of Courts, not the county executive-agency request route.
Sullivan Sheriff Release Fields
A focused request reduces confusion between a courthouse event, a deputy transport, and a jail discharge. Provide the legal name, aliases, date of birth if known, docket or OTN, and a tight date range. Ask for electronic copies and for exempt details to be redacted while the remaining fields are released.
| Requested field | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| Custody date and time | When the sheriff's documented responsibility began or changed. |
| Transport date | When deputies moved the person from court or temporary custody. |
| Destination agency | Which jail, state, federal, or immigration system should hold the next record. |
| Authority or order | The warrant, commitment, bail order, or other basis recorded for the action. |
| Release or transfer notation | Whether sheriff custody ended in the community or with another custodian. |
These are requested fields, not a claim that each appears in every sheriff record. If the office does not possess a field, the receiving jail may. A court docket can support the legal reason, while the last custodian's discharge transaction is the stronger source for the physical exit time.
Request Sullivan Sheriff Release Records
Sullivan County's Right-to-Know page requires the linked county form and asks requesters to identify specific records maintained by the county. The Open Records Office is at the courthouse, with a published phone number of 570-946-7331. Its page also says that the county Right-to-Know channel is not for criminal or civil court case records.
A useful request seeks existing records sufficient to show custody and transport for a named person during a defined period. Include the docket or OTN. Ask for the destination, transport date, and any sheriff-created release or transfer notation. Request electronic delivery and a fee estimate. Pennsylvania agencies generally respond within five business days by granting, denying, or invoking an allowed extension. The Office of Open Records explains the statewide process and appeal route.
If the answer names an outside jail, send a separate request there for booking number, admission date and time, discharge date and time, release reason, releasing authority, and destination. Send a third request to the Clerk of Courts for the bail, commitment, sentencing, or modification order. Keeping the requests separate makes clear which custodian created each fact.
Note: A denial should identify the withheld record and legal basis; keep the request, extension notice, denial, and proof of submission for any appeal.
Sullivan Courthouse Is Not Jail
The most distinctive local issue is a repeated directory error. Commercial listings often label 245 Muncy Street as a "Sullivan County Jail." Official county material identifies that address as the Sullivan County Courthouse and Sheriff's Office. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections county-prison resources do not list a Sullivan County correctional institution. Neither source supports a public jail roster, jail release desk, or booking-photo gallery at the courthouse.
This matters because a request sent to a fictional jail function cannot produce the correct discharge record. Use the courthouse address for the sheriff, courts, probation, or county open-records office as appropriate. Once the sheriff or commitment identifies the jail, use that facility's official address and records process. The institutional name should come from a docket, commitment, sheriff confirmation, VINE agency result, or jail record, never from a copied directory.
A same-named county in New York or Tennessee can also appear in search results. Check that an official page concerns Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and confirm the agency domain and street address before relying on a roster or app. No Pennsylvania Sullivan County sheriff jail app or release feed was identified in the research.
Sullivan Release Versus Transfer
Release means the person leaves confinement under a documented authority, although parole or probation may continue. Transfer means custody passes to another agency. The words can look similar in an alert or jail system, so the destination field is vital.
- Community release
- A discharge without another custodial agency as the destination, subject to any bail or supervision terms.
- Parole
- Release from confinement into legal custody and supervision. It is not final sentence discharge.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another authority that may block community release or cause a handoff.
- State transport
- Movement to PA DOC custody. A transfer between facilities is not a release.
- Discharge record
- The last custodian's record of when, why, and under whose authority custody ended.
For a state commitment, use the PA DOC Inmate/Parolee Locator and preserve its exact status and date labels. For federal designation, use BOP. If the discharge names ICE, check the ICE locator and describe the county event as a transfer to civil immigration custody. The sheriff's office cannot replace the next agency's record.
Sullivan Jail Address Correction
The practical fix for the copied courthouse listing is to treat Laporte as the start of the identification trail. Ask the sheriff for the destination tied to a name, docket, or OTN. After that answer, the outside jail becomes the source for booking, discharge, photo, and any roster fields. This workflow preserves the difference between a county transport function and a correctional institution.
Each custodian also controls corrections to its own data. The sheriff can review its transport entry, the receiving jail can review its booking and discharge record, and the court can review its docket. One office should not be asked to rewrite another agency's system.