Search SCI Camp Hill Releases

SCI Camp Hill Classification Gateway

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates SCI Camp Hill as a male state correctional institution. It also serves as the diagnostic and classification center for male admissions. A Cumberland County prisoner with a state commitment may arrive there while PA DOC evaluates and assigns an appropriate institution.

That role changes how a location result should be read. Camp Hill can be a temporary state placement even when the sentence lasts much longer. A later move from Camp Hill to another SCI is an institutional transfer, not release from incarceration. Search the locator again when a result changes, and read the current institution field. A county roster disappearance followed by a Camp Hill result is also a transfer from county to state custody.

SCI Camp Hill Release Routes

A sentenced state prisoner can leave an SCI through parole, maximum-expiration discharge, a court-directed event, transfer outside DOC, or another authorized movement. Parole does not end the sentence. It allows service of the remaining term in the community under PA DOC field supervision. Maximum expiration generally ends that sentence and its DOC supervision, though another case or authority may still control the person.

The record must identify the named custodian and event. “Released from Camp Hill” does not necessarily mean free from all control. The destination field, Board Action, and receiving-system result resolve that ambiguity.

Search SCI Camp Hill Status

Pennsylvania’s combined official locator has two populations. “Inmate Locator” covers people currently under PA DOC prison jurisdiction. “Department Supervised Individual Locator” covers people currently supervised by PA DOC in the community. The service says it updates daily, so it is not a minute-by-minute movement log.

1. Search the Inmate Locator by surname, then add the first or middle name.
2. Use an inmate number when known because it is a stronger identity key.
3. Narrow with committing county, current location, birth date or age, gender, or citizenship when needed.
4. Open the correct result and read the institution and committing-county fields.
5. Repeat the search in the Department Supervised Individual population using a parole number when known.
6. For an actual historic event date, obtain the Board Action or DOC movement record.

A current supervised-person result supports that the person is outside prison under state supervision. It does not mean the sentence or all legal duties have ended. A no-result in both populations also fails to prove discharge. Spelling, timing, identity mismatch, jurisdiction, or full discharge can all produce an empty result.

SCI Camp Hill Search Fields

The locator allows a detailed identity search. Its public controls include first, middle, and last name; inmate number; parole number; gender; committing county; current location; citizenship; birth date or approximate age; and sorting. Public results may include name, inmate or parole number, race, birth date, institution or parole district office, committing county or county of residence, and a photograph when available.

The public locator is scoped to current DOC jurisdiction or supervision. It is not a permanent archive. Fully discharged people may vanish from both sides, and people serving only county sentences may never appear. Save the result date and seek the underlying record when historical proof is required.

SCI Camp Hill Release Dates

Pennsylvania sentences commonly have a judicial minimum and maximum. The minimum is the first ordinary eligibility point for parole, not a guaranteed release date. The maximum is the sentence-expiration endpoint, subject to valid recalculation, time credit, concurrent or consecutive terms, and later orders. Pennsylvania’s Parole Board expressly rejects the common claim that a person must always serve 85 percent of the maximum.

A Board Action may state a future parole date after a grant, but processing, conditions, detainers, rescission, or transfer can still affect the actual event. A detainer is notice that another authority may seek custody. PA SAVIN notification and the final DOC movement entry are better evidence that the physical transition occurred. The public locator documentation does not guarantee that every result displays a field literally named “Projected Release Date.” Read the labels actually shown.

Minimum date

The first parole-eligibility milestone in an ordinary state sentence.

Maximum date

The endpoint of the sentence, subject to lawful calculation and other orders.

Board Action

The written state parole decision, which may grant, deny, defer, or alter parole.

Discharge

The formal end of the controlling DOC term or supervision.

Note: A future parole date is planned, while the final movement record confirms whether and when release was carried out.

Request SCI Camp Hill Records

For a past transfer, parole, or discharge, submit a narrow request to PA DOC’s Right-to-Know Law Office. Ask for records sufficient to identify the date and type of final release, parole, transfer, or discharge for the named person and DOC number. Do not ask the agency to build a new life history. DC-ADM 003 governs release of information, and Pennsylvania public-record exceptions may limit or redact material.

No verified universal retention period for DOC movement and release histories was found in the research. Do not assume the public locator preserves an old result. A focused request should give the person’s full name, DOC number, committing county, known institution, and a useful date range. Other paper records are listed at $0.25 per page, while non-paper reproduction can be charged at actual cost.

When state parole is the issue, a Board Action or public brief statement of reasons may help. Parole files are confidential under 37 Pa. Code § 61.2, but a brief statement of reasons for granting or refusing parole is open to public inspection at Board offices. The individual or counsel may also hold the written decision.

SCI Camp Hill Contact

The institution’s official address is 2500 Lisburn Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011, and its main phone is 717-737-4531. That line can route an institution question, but a current custody search belongs in the statewide locator. A formal historical release request belongs with the DOC records office rather than Cumberland County Prison.

SCI Camp Hill is geographically in Cumberland County, but it is not governed by the county Prison. County Inmate Records cannot certify a later PA DOC discharge. Conversely, the state locator does not reconstruct a county-only booking that never entered DOC jurisdiction. Route the question to the custodian that held the person at the event time.

SCI Camp Hill Release Alerts

PA SAVIN, delivered through VINELink, covers Pennsylvania state prisons and state parole as well as county jails. Search for the specific person, check the participating-agency context, and register for notice when available. A custody-change alert is useful event evidence, but it may not name every legal basis or prove freedom from another authority.

The Office of Victim Advocate offers separate services for eligible state cases, including parole-related matters that ordinary custody alerts do not replace. PA SAVIN does not cover federal BOP or ICE custody. If a DOC movement record identifies another sovereign, use that system.

SCI Camp Hill ICE Boundary

The historical Cumberland County ICE handoff evidence concerns county defendants and does not make SCI Camp Hill an ICE contract facility. It can serve only as a cross-system reminder: an exit from one custodian may be entry into another. For SCI Camp Hill, the DOC movement destination is the controlling starting point.

The source is dated 2017 and applies to Cumberland County Prison activity described at that time. It does not prove a present county contract, an SCI Camp Hill practice, or the destination in a later case. If a current PA DOC movement names a federal or immigration authority, use that dated state record and the receiving agency's own system.

Confirm SCI Camp Hill Discharge

Reconcile the strongest evidence in time order: the sentencing docket, current or saved locator result, Board Action if parole applies, PA SAVIN notice, and final DOC movement or discharge entry. Court records explain the sentence and orders. DOC records document state custody. A supervised locator result describes current field supervision. No single source should be forced to answer every question.

The Cumberland County released inmate search explains how to move between county and state custody systems. A male county prisoner sent to SCI Camp Hill has not been released from incarceration. A later transfer to another SCI still is not release. Community parole or a final discharge must be shown by the correct PA DOC and parole evidence.