Locate SCI Laurel Highlands Releases

SCI Laurel Highlands Release Outcomes

Release from SCI Laurel Highlands ends confinement at that prison. It does not always end PA DOC custody. A transfer to another SCI is a routine custodial move. State parole ends prison confinement but begins conditional supervision. Maximum discharge may end DOC authority on the sentence, though another sentence, case, or authority can still matter. The result must name both the release type and the next location or status.

A parole grant is a decision, not the executed movement. The Pennsylvania Parole Board can grant, refuse, defer, or rescind within the governing process. Release may follow later because plans, conditions, detainers, or administrative steps remain. A Board Action documents the decision. The DOC locator's supervised record or an executed release transaction documents the later move to supervision.

Search SCI Laurel Highlands Releases

The PA DOC locator is the proper first search because SCI Laurel Highlands is a state prison. Search the inmate population by DOC number when possible. A name search can be refined with first name, sex, race, age or date of birth, location, and county. A match at Laurel Highlands or another state institution means incarceration continues as reported.

1. Check the inmate side for a current PA DOC custody match.
2. Check the Department-supervised side by parole number or verified name.
3. Compare photo, identifiers, committing or residence county, and displayed location.
4. Treat Release Date as an executed release into current supervision, never as a projected date.
5. If both searches are blank, use the sentencing docket, Board Action, and DOC records request rather than declaring discharge.

The current locator is updated daily, but its scope is current state jurisdiction or supervision. It excludes county-only detainees and does not serve as a permanent archive for every former prisoner. A no-match result may reflect a name problem, full discharge, a move beyond DOC scope, or another custodian.

SCI Laurel Highlands Release Programs

SCI Laurel Highlands is a security-level 2 adult male institution. PA DOC describes a medical-special-needs role and programming linked with State Drug Treatment and Short Sentence Parole. Those institutional roles do not prove that a named person qualifies for a program or has an approved date. Health details about any person remain outside a public status check.

Short Sentence Parole under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6137.1 is a defined state pathway with eligibility and misconduct limits. It is not a broad good-time credit. Pennsylvania also uses RRRI for eligible cases under its own statute and conditions. Neither route should be inferred from the facility name. The individual sentence, eligibility record, Board process, and executed movement still control.

The Reentry Service Office works with people within 18 months of their minimum and/or release date. It offers navigation, workshops, and community-service links. That planning period does not create a public countdown or guarantee release.

Laurel Highlands Offender Search Fields

The inmate side may show name, inmate number, date of birth or age, gender, race, current location, committing county, photo, and update time. The supervised side may show name, parole number, Release Date, current or permanent location or district, county of residence, photo, and update time. A wanted or absconder marker means a released person is sought for a supervision matter. It does not establish a new conviction or current jail booking.

The Pennsylvania inmate and supervised-individual locator keeps current custody and current supervision in separate search paths.

No public field is labeled projected release date, tentative release date, minimum date, maximum date, or controlling date. The visible Release Date belongs to a person already released into current supervision.

SCI Laurel Highlands Release Records

Historical release and discharge records belong to PA DOC. A precise state Right-to-Know request should identify the DOC number and period and name the existing final release or discharge transaction. Ask for the recorded release date and type. If the event was a transfer, request the receiving authority or location field if it can be released. Do not ask DOC to create a forecast or explain an entire case.

Mail goes to Department of Corrections, Right-to-Know Law Office, Office of Chief Counsel, 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. Email goes to RA-docrighttoknow@pa.gov. DC-ADM 003 governs release of information. Record-specific exemptions and redactions may apply. Parole reports and Board decisions can carry separate confidentiality limits.

The official PA DOC records-request service provides the form and submission route.

This is a state records path. Somerset County's Chief Clerk does not control release records created by SCI Laurel Highlands.

SCI Laurel Highlands Contact

Use the institution for facility operations and the central DOC office for formal state records. A sentencing order or certified docket copy comes from the court that handled the case. A Board Action comes through the parole case or an appropriate Board records channel. Keeping those sources distinct preserves what each one can prove.

A call to the institution cannot replace an executed release record. The public locator is strongest for current status. The Board Action is strongest for the parole decision. The sentence and later court orders define legal authority, while the final DOC transaction records the state custodial event.

SCI Laurel Highlands Release History

SCI Laurel Highlands opened on July 1, 1996, on former Somerset State Hospital property. That origin and its security-level 2 role distinguish it from SCI Somerset, which was dedicated in 1993, and from Somerset County Jail, which is county-run. All three sit within Somerset County, but their records and release systems are not interchangeable.

The official SCI Laurel Highlands profile documents the institution's history and specialized role.

The former hospital setting is local context, not evidence about any named person's custody or health. Person-level release findings must still come from the locator, Board, docket, or DOC record.

Interpret Laurel Highlands Release Dates

Pennsylvania's usual indeterminate sentence has a minimum and maximum. The minimum is generally the first point at which parole may be considered. It is not a promised release day. A maximum may mark the end of the judicial term, subject to lawful calculation, recommitment, other sentences, or orders. Credit for qualifying custody can affect both terms under state law.

Keep the date sequence intact. The sentencing order creates the term. A Board Action records a parole choice. An executed DOC release date records movement from prison into supervision. Maximum-out can later end supervision and cause the person to fall outside a current-jurisdiction locator. A hand calculation should never be presented as DOC's official release date because sentence credit, detainers, concurrent or consecutive terms, and later court action can change the result.

Verify Laurel Highlands Discharge Proof

For a person last known at SCI Laurel Highlands, record the correct DOC number and search both locator populations. If a supervised result appears, preserve the Release Date and supervision district without publishing an unnecessary residence. Next, compare the sentencing docket and Board Action. For a fully discharged person who no longer appears, request the final DOC discharge transaction for the identified period.

A blank result is not a release record. Nor is a prison transfer a discharge. The same method should be used when a person moves between SCI Laurel Highlands and SCI Somerset: follow the inmate locator, then seek the movement record if the destination must be documented. The Somerset County released-inmate search explains how to shift to county, federal, or immigration systems when the facts point beyond PA DOC.