Depending upon the length of sentence, offenders in Pennsylvania may be incarcerated at a county jail or a state correctional institution. Sentences that have a maximum period of incarceration that is less than two years will generally be served at a county jail. Sentences that have a maximum period of incarceration that is more than two years will generally be served at a state correctional institution. There are 63 county correctional facilities and 23 state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania.
For a directory of county jails, please click
here.
For a directory of State Correctional Institutions click
here.
PA SAVIN: Pennsylvania’s Automated Victim Notification Service
PA SAVIN is Pennsylvania’s automated victim notification system. As a victim of crime, this service provides you with free, confidential notification regarding an offender’s release, transfer or escape. The PA SAVIN service includes offenders under the supervision of county jails, state prisons, and state parole.
If the offender is in a county jail, you, your family, and your circle of support can receive notifications on offender movements:
- When the offender is released from jail
- If the offender escapes
- If the offender is transferred to another location
- To register, click here.
If the offender is in a state prison or on state parole, there are additional notifications and services that you, as a crime victim, can receive from the Office of the Victim Advocate.
Notifications and services include:
- Automated notification via PA SAVIN of transfers, release, escape and other types of custody changes
- An opportunity to express your feelings about the release of the offender. This is a way to let the decision makers know about any concerns you may have for the safety of you and your family and to request certain conditions of release be put in place if the offender is approved for release.
To learn more and register, contact the Office of the Victim Advocate at (800) 322-4472, (800) 563-6399, or (877) 349-1064 (TDD) during regular business hours.
Additional information about PA SAVIN:
Generally, each county in Pennsylvania is responsible for the supervision of individuals who have been sentenced to probation within the county, or, are paroled after being released from county incarceration.
To find contact information for county adult probation offices, please click
here.
County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee
The CAPPAC, established by Act 2019-114, is co-chaired by the Honorable Russell D. Shurtleff, President Judge of Wyoming/Sullivan Counties Court of Common Pleas and the Honorable Timika R. Lane, Judge, 1st Judicial District, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The CAPPAC, with the review and approval of the Commission, shall:
Direct technical assistance to evidence-based practices
Review and comment on grant applications for county intermediate punishment and discretionary grants.
Develop a funding plan for county adult probation and parole departments that includes county intermediate punishment programs, discretionary grants, and Grant in Aid funds.
Advise on all matters pertaining to the administration of the county adult probation and parole system.
Analyze data to identify trends and to determine the effectiveness of programs and practices to ensure the reasonable and efficient administration of the county adult probation and parole system.
Make recommendations and adopt standards for probation and parole personnel, including standards for services, caseload standards, risk assessment, responses to violations, collection of restitution, and other evidence-based programs and practices.
Assist the Commission in the implementation of 42 Pa. C.S. Ch. 98 (County Intermediate Punishment).
Provide annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly on the distribution and use of funding.
Click
here (PDF) to find the Operating Standards for Adult Probation and Parole Departments in Pennsylvania.
Click
here (PDF) to find the 2018 County Adult Probation and Parole Annual Statistical Report.
Click
here (PDF) to find the 2019 County Adult Probation and Parole Annual Statistical Report
Click
here (PDF) to find the 2020 Caseload Statistics Report for Pennsylvania County Adult Probation and Parole.
Click here (PDF) to find the 2021 PA County Adult Probation and Parole Caseload Statistics
Report for Pennsylvania County Adult Probation and Parole.
Click here (PDF) to find the 2022 PA County Adult Probation and Parole Caseload Statistics Report for Pennsylvania County Adult Probation and Parole.
To find research on recidivism among county-supervised offenders, click here (PDF).
To find research on recidivism of offenders who were sentenced to county probation only, click here (PDF).
While the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is not responsible for the operation of county jails, they do publicize data that is collected and provided by the county jails. For information on population figures, including race, gender and age demographics, information about available programming and mental health statistics, click here.
Monthly statistics reports for the Pennsylvania Parole Board are available on their webpage. These reports provide information on the Board's programs and services. Please click
here to find the monthly reports for the Pennsylvania Parole Board.
For data dashboards related to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Pennsylvania Parole Board, click
here.
For monthly SCI population reports, click
here.
For reports drafted by the Department of Corrections, including reports on recidivism, click
here (PDF).
For data dashboards related to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Pennsylvania Parole Board, click
here.