Find Montour County Inmates

Montour County Jail Roster Overview

The official county sources reviewed did not identify a public Montour County Prison roster. That is the central fact for inmate lookup in this county. Montour County Prison publishes facility information, rules, contacts, and vendor links, but no official county page was found that lets the public search current bookings by name, booking number, housing unit, mugshot, bond, or release date.

The local facility is Montour County Prison, 255 Church Street, Danville, PA 17821. The county prison phone is 570.271.3039 and fax is 570.849.8010. The county page describes the prison's role as incarcerating adjudicated offenders and persons suspected of offenses, providing a safe and secure environment, offering programs for reintroduction, meeting basic physical, medical, and mental-health needs, and protecting constitutional rights.

The county Montour County Prison page is the official starting point for local facility contacts and useful-information links.

Because that page provides facility guidance rather than a searchable roster, the practical inmate lookup path depends on contacting the prison and using outside systems only for the records those systems actually cover.

How to Look Up Custody Status

Use the local prison first for county custody, then the statewide systems. A person held on a new arrest, local sentence, pretrial matter, probation issue, failure-to-appear warrant, or short county commitment may not appear in the Pennsylvania DOC locator. The DOC service is for state-sentenced inmates and parolees, and the research specifically notes that county-facility inmates cannot be found using that locator.

1. Call Montour County Prison at 570.271.3039 for current custody or booking questions tied to the local jail.
2. Check Pennsylvania VINE for custody status and notification options where records are available.
3. Use the Pennsylvania DOC inmate/parolee locator only for state-sentenced inmates or parolees.
4. Search UJS Case Search by participant name, OTN, docket number, complaint number, citation number, or SID for the public court case.
5. For non-public booking documents or agency records, contact the prison records officer or use Montour County Right-to-Know channels when appropriate.

Inmate Lookup and Fallback Fields

Since no official Montour County online roster was found, there is no verified county roster field set to reproduce. The available field inventory comes from the state DOC locator and the broader fallback channels. Use complete identifiers when possible, but avoid assuming a state search covers a county prisoner.

What an Inmate Profile May Show

A Montour local roster profile was not available in the official sources reviewed, so the content should not claim that a county inmate profile shows mugshot, pod, bond amount, sentence date, projected release, or court date. State systems may show state-custody details, and court dockets may show the criminal case details, but those are separate records.

Montour County Prison Contact Card

Montour County has one county prison identified in the research. County records list Samuel Kranzel as Warden, Todd Leffler as Deputy Warden, Jeffrey James as Records Officer, and Peggy Long as Bookkeeper/Clerk, with prison-related extensions under the county phone system and fax 570.849.8010. The prison is close to the courthouse, but it is a separate facility from the court offices at 253 Mill Street.

DOC, VINE, and Court Lookup Comparison

Different custody systems answer different questions. The DOC locator is not a county jail roster. VINE is a notification and custody-status system where records are available. UJS Case Search is a court docket tool, not a live jail population list. Keeping those systems separate prevents a common error: assuming that a failed DOC search means a person is not in Montour County Prison.

The ConnectNetwork Montour County PA-County Jail facility page identifies vendor services for the local jail.

ConnectNetwork helps with communications and trust-fund services; it should not be described as a county inmate roster or court docket database.

Booking, Court Status, and Records

After an arrest in Montour County, a person may be taken to the prison while the criminal or summary case proceeds through Magisterial District Court or the Court of Common Pleas. The court record may show an OTN, charges, grading, bail, docket entries, attorney, court events, costs, restitution, disposition, and sentence. The Clerk of Courts is the adult and juvenile criminal-records custodian, while the prison handles custody and institutional records.

For a new case, use UJS Case Search by participant name, OTN, complaint number, incident number, citation number, or docket number. For a defense-appointment question, the Montour County Public Defender application research notes that applicants must attach the criminal complaint and court date for new cases. For a warrant-related custody question, check the Sheriff and court docket in addition to the prison contact.

Visitation Hours and Rules

The posted Montour County Prison visitation schedule lists weekend visitation blocks, with each inmate assigned a visitation day and time. Visitors must have valid photo ID and be on the approved visitation list. The visitation center is at the East Market Street entrance to the prison. Family members under 18 must visit with a legal guardian, and non-family members under 18 are not permitted to visit.

Storage lockers are available for personal property that is not allowed in the visitation area, but the prison is not responsible for property left in lockers. Alcohol, tobacco, and weapons of any type are not permitted on prison property. All visitation calls are recorded and monitored. The posted guideline includes screening language, so visitors should confirm current screening and arrival rules before going to the facility.

Mail, Phone, and Legal Calls

Incoming and outgoing mail is handled Monday through Saturday. Mail should be addressed with the inmate's full name, including Jr., Sr., II, III, or similar suffix when applicable, followed by Montour County Prison, 255 Church Street, Danville, PA 17821. A return address is required in case the mail must be returned. Incoming mail is opened and checked for contraband, and mail that violates rules may be returned, destroyed, or placed in inmate property if there is no return address.

All letters must be sent and received by U.S. Mail. Inmates may not correspond by mail with currently incarcerated persons without prior approval from the warden of each facility. Publications, paperback books, and newspapers must be new from the publisher, and inmates expecting a publication must notify prison staff. Pornographic materials, Polaroid photos, revealing photos, and colored drawings or paintings are not accepted under the posted rules.

Montour County Prison uses GTL as the inmate phone provider. Inmates can make debit or prepaid calls, and calls are recorded and monitored except legal calls. The county telephone and commissary PDF lists 1-814-949-3303 for prepaid account information. For attorney communications, use the facility's legal-call procedures rather than ordinary monitored call channels.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

Money orders are accepted at the prison to place funds on an inmate account. The posted rules say money orders may be dropped in the Money Order Slot at the Church Street entrance or mailed to the inmate in care of Montour County Prison, 255 Church Street, Danville, PA 17821. No cash is accepted at the prison. Funds can also be added through offenderconnect.com, and the account can be used for debit calls and commissary purchases such as general hygiene products and small food items.

The Montour County JailCanteen portal is one of the vendor resources associated with commissary access.

Vendor pages support deposits or commissary-related services, but the county prison address remains the preferred facility address because ConnectNetwork lists a vendor location as 117 Church St while the county prison page uses 255 Church Street.

Property Rules and PREA Reporting

General population property rules allow limited clothing and personal items, including five pairs of underwear, five white logo-free tee shirts, five pairs of socks, a religious necklace not over 20 inches with an emblem no larger than a quarter, a religious book, one wristwatch under $50 value, glasses or contacts, legal material, and up to ten photographs no larger than 5x7. Polaroid photos and pornography are not permitted. Property is not received during listed meal or operational windows, including weekday blocks from 6:45-7:30 AM, 11:15 AM-12:15 PM, and 4:15-5:15 PM, with separate weekend restrictions.

The prison posts a PREA zero-tolerance notice for institutional sexual harassment, assault, or abuse. Reports can be emailed to tleffler@montourcounty.gov or mailed to PREA Coordinator / Warden, Montour County Prison, 255 Church Street, Danville, PA 17821. PREA reporting is separate from routine inmate lookup, visitation, commissary, or court-record questions.