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SCI Somerset Release Paths

SCI Somerset is a PA DOC state prison, not a county jail. A person can leave through state parole, maximum-sentence discharge, another lawful DOC release, or a prison transfer. Parole is conditional release before the maximum term and keeps the person under DOC supervision. Discharge ends the sentence or DOC jurisdiction reflected by that record. Transfer changes the institution while state confinement continues.

The public evidence must fit the event. A current inmate result at any SCI shows continuing state custody. A supervised-individual result with a field labeled Release Date can confirm that imprisonment ended and DOC supervision began. A Board Action records a parole grant, refusal, deferral, or other decision, but a grant date is not the date the prison gate release took place. Conditions, detainers, planning, or rescission may intervene.

Confirm an SCI Somerset Release

Search the PA DOC locator twice. Begin on the inmate side, using the inmate number when known because it is more precise than a name. A last name also works, with first name, sex, race, institution, age or date of birth, and county available as refiners. A result at SCI Somerset or another SCI means the person remains in state custody as of the locator's daily data.

1. Search the inmate population by inmate number or verified name.
2. If no current inmate match appears, search the Department-supervised individual population by parole number or name.
3. Compare the identifiers, photo, county, and location before accepting a match.
4. Read Release Date only as an already executed release to current supervision.
5. Use the sentencing docket, Board Action, and DOC records route when neither current population supplies a historical answer.

A wanted or absconder marker on the supervised side means the person was released but is now sought for a parole matter. It is not proof of a new conviction or current physical custody. No match also does not prove discharge. Spelling, data scope, a transfer outside DOC, or completion of supervision can explain it.

SCI Somerset Offender Search Fields

The inmate detail can show name, inmate number, age or date of birth, gender, race, current location, committing county, photo, and last update. It answers whether PA DOC currently holds the person. The supervised detail can show name, parole number, release date, supervision location or district, county of residence, photo, and update time. It answers whether a person released from prison remains under DOC supervision.

The PA DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator presents those two distinct search populations.

The public locator does not display projected, tentative, minimum, maximum, or controlling release dates. A fully discharged former prisoner may fall outside both current populations, so the absence of a result calls for a docket and DOC records check.

Request SCI Somerset Release Records

PA DOC, not Somerset County, is the custodian for SCI Somerset release and discharge records. A focused Right-to-Know Law request should identify the person by DOC number, provide a narrow period, and name the existing record. Ask for the final release or discharge transaction, its recorded date and type, and the receiving authority or location if the event was a transfer and that field can be disclosed.

Send the state form to Department of Corrections, Right-to-Know Law Office, Office of Chief Counsel, 1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050, or RA-docrighttoknow@pa.gov. The request does not require DOC to create a calculation or narrative. DC-ADM 003 governs release of information, and exemptions or redactions can apply. If parole is central, identify the document as the Board Action and use an authorized or Parole Board records route.

The PA DOC Right-to-Know service describes the official state request process.

This state route is the proper historical fallback because the county does not control records created by SCI Somerset.

SCI Somerset Records and Contact

The institution can address facility operations, while central DOC offices control formal release-of-information requests. Court sentence records belong with the sentencing court, and parole decisions belong with the Pennsylvania Parole Board. Asking each office for its own record avoids requests that seek a county-jail transaction from a state prison or a DOC movement from the county.

A facility call cannot replace a release transaction. For a past parole case, keep the sentence, Board decision, and executed movement separate. The sentence sets the legal range. The Board Action records the decision. The supervised-individual locator or final DOC record establishes that release was carried out.

SCI Somerset Release History

SCI Somerset was dedicated on April 13, 1993. PA DOC says two residential units were added in 1997. The institution has ten residential units, 63 acres inside the perimeter, and 300 acres outside. These facts describe the institution, not its current count or the release history of a named person. They also distinguish SCI Somerset from the county jail and SCI Laurel Highlands.

The official SCI Somerset profile provides the facility description and current institutional information.

Somerset County's unusual mix of one county jail and two state prisons makes operator and facility name essential. A transfer from Somerset County Jail to SCI Somerset is not community release. A later move from SCI Somerset to another SCI is also continued confinement.

SCI Somerset Release Reentry Office

SCI Somerset's Reentry Service Office works with people who are within 18 months of their minimum and/or release date. It provides navigation, workshops, and links to community services. The service window is a planning measure. It is not proof of parole approval, a public release forecast, or a guarantee that release will happen on a particular day.

Pennsylvania generally uses indeterminate sentences with minimum and maximum terms. The minimum is usually the first parole-eligibility boundary, not a promised release. RRRI and Short Sentence Parole are defined statutory routes for eligible cases rather than blanket good-time rules. Detainers, sentence credits, Board decisions, release conditions, and other orders can affect the event. The Somerset County release search shows how to keep state-prison, county-jail, federal, and immigration custody records separate.

Interpret SCI Somerset Release Proof

Three dates often appear near a state release. The judicial minimum marks possible eligibility. A Board decision date records parole action. The executed release date shows when imprisonment ended and supervision began. They are not interchangeable. Maximum-out can later end supervision, causing a former individual to disappear from a locator designed for current DOC jurisdiction.

For a historical case, start with the inmate and supervised searches, then read the sentencing docket. Request the Board Action if parole was involved and the final DOC transaction when exact release or discharge proof is needed. A transfer field must be followed to the next institution. A blank public search should remain an unresolved result until the identifiers, sentence, and records response are reconciled.

SCI Somerset Release Record Responses

A PA DOC records response can grant access, provide a redacted record, deny access, request clarification, estimate fees, or state that no responsive record was found. None of those procedural outcomes should be expanded beyond its wording. A redaction does not show that the hidden fact was absent. “No responsive record” means the office did not identify a record within the request as construed, not that release or transfer did not occur. Keep the request, date range, DOC number, correspondence, and stated legal grounds together.

The next step depends on what remains unresolved. If DOC confirms a transfer, search the receiving institution rather than calling the move a discharge. If the sentencing terms are unclear, obtain the docket and exact court order. When parole was involved, identify the Board Action by person, parole number, and approximate decision date through an appropriate case or Board channel. A public supervised-person result may confirm an executed Release Date, while the Board record explains the decision. Reading both preserves the difference between permission to release and the later event at SCI Somerset.