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 on September 23, 2026.
Clarion County, Pennsylvania, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clarion County is held at the county jail, run by the Clarion County Sheriff's Office, 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.
Related guides: Clarion County public records, Clarion County arrest records, Clarion County warrants, Clarion County criminal records, Clarion County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Clarion County
The county jail, run by the Clarion County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Clarion County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Clarion County Sheriff's Office at co.clarion.pa.us/government/departments/corrections/index.php (page title: Clarion County, PA), phone (814) 226-9615, 309 Amsler Drive, Ste. 2 Shippenville, PA 16254, 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) 226-9615.
The Clarion County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 76 people, down from about 87 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 126 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clarion County has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clarion County Jail
The Clarion County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Clarion and Knox make the arrests that end in a booking in Clarion County.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, four state agencies, one campus police department and one other agency in Clarion County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Emlenton Borough Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Clarion County, so its arrests are not broken out for Clarion County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Clarion's 205 for 2024, Southern Clarion County Regional's 88 for 2025 and Knox's 7 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Clarion County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 95 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 Clarion County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Clarion County?
Ask the Clarion County Sheriff's Office at (814) 226-9615; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.clarion.pa.us.
How many people are in the Clarion County jail?
About 76 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 126 beds.
What is the phone number for the Clarion County jail?
(814) 226-9615, the number on the page of the Clarion County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clarion County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Clarion County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.