Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
DuBois, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County, has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in DuBois is held at the county jail, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in DuBois
A person kept in custody after an arrest in DuBois is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the sheriff's office at clearfieldcountypa.gov/216/Jail (page title: Jail | Clearfield County, PA), phone 814-765-7891, 115 Twenty First Street Clearfield, PA 16830, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 814-765-7891.
The Clearfield County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 180 people, up from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 226 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clearfield County has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 23 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clearfield County Jail
The agency that reports for DuBois (filed by the FBI as DuBois Police Department) makes the arrests that end in a booking in and around DuBois.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, one campus police department and one state police unit in Clearfield County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Clearfield's 554 for 2025 and Curwensville's 9 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Clearfield County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 563 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in DuBois arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Clearfield County serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in DuBois?
Ask the sheriff's office at 814-765-7891; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clearfieldcountypa.gov/216/Jail.
How many people are in the Clearfield County jail?
About 180 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 226 beds.
What is the phone number for the Clearfield County jail?
814-765-7891, the number on the page of the sheriff's office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clearfield County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official DuBois website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.