This is a private reference site, not a Dauphin County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Route Dauphin County Record Questions
Use the office that matches the record type or custody stage. A person who was just arrested may still be at Central Booking before appearing in the Dauphin County Prison lookup, while formal charges and later court events belong in Pennsylvania court records.
Dauphin County Prison
Dauphin County Prison
501 Mall Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone: (717) 780-6800
Dauphin County Judicial Center / Central Booking Facility
451 Mall Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Hours: Central Booking operates 24/7 for arrest processing
Central Booking Desk: (717) 547-4040
Night Court: (717) 547-4010
Dauphin County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Nicholas Chimienti Jr.
Dauphin County Courthouse, 1st Floor, Room 104
101 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: (717) 780-6590
Dauphin County Open Records Officer
Vince Paese, Open Records Officer
P.O. Box 1295
Harrisburg, PA 17108
Email: openrecords@dauphincounty.gov
Phone: (717) 780-6300
Dauphin County District Attorney
District Attorney Francis T. Chardo
Dauphin County Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: (717) 780-6767
For common lookup needs, start with the page that matches the question:
- For someone held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and then call the prison if the record is missing or too new.
- For booking-photo questions, read jail roster mugshots because Pennsylvania treats some mugshot material differently from ordinary administrative records.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and search the Pennsylvania UJS portal.
- For a particular custody location, use the detention facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or parolee, use the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections locator, not the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.