Venango County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bail, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office for those services.
Release and Records Offices
Choose the office that created the record or controls the event. Venango County Prison handles local custody and movement questions. The Clerk holds criminal dockets, orders, and bail records. Court Supervision handles local probation and parole, while the county Open Records Officer receives formal Right-to-Know requests.
Venango County Prison
1186 Elk Street
Franklin, PA 16323
Phone: 814-432-9629
Fax: 814-432-9653
Prothonotary / Clerk of Courts
1168 Liberty Street, Courthouse first floor
Franklin, PA
Phone: 814-432-9577
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except legal holidays
Court Supervision Services
1174 Elk Street, Courthouse Annex third floor
Franklin, PA
Phone: 814-432-9620
Fax: 814-432-3093
Emergency: 814-676-4545
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except legal holidays
Venango County Open Records
Dottie Tawney
Courthouse Annex, 1174 Elk Street
P.O. Box 831, Franklin, PA 16323
Phone: 814-432-9508
Fax: 814-432-4741
Online request form
Venango County Sheriff
Eric Foy
1168 Liberty Street, first floor
P.O. Box 831, Franklin, PA 16323
Phone: 814-432-9565
Fax: 814-437-2324
Emergencies route through 911 and dispatch. The Sheriff is not identified as the prison release-record desk.
PA DOC Right-to-Know Office
Office of Chief Counsel
1920 Technology Parkway
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Phone: 717-728-7763
Email: RA-docrighttoknow@pa.gov
Use for existing state correctional release or discharge records.
Use the following route when the question concerns a search rather than an office contact:
- For a released person or formal release record, begin with the full Venango County search and records path.
- For active post-release oversight, use Probation & Parole and Court Supervision Services.
- For someone who may have left very recently, follow the official alternatives on Jail Releases: 24 Hours.
- For a possible date or custody alert, use Projected Release or VINELink Inmate Search.
- For the county facility, call Venango County Prison and review its facility page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Pennsylvania DOC locator or the PA DOC RTKL Office at 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050, 717-728-7763, RA-docrighttoknow@pa.gov.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP locator or ICE detainee locator.