Armstrong County Jail Inmate Search

Armstrong County Jail Overview

Armstrong County Jail is a county jail at 171 Staley's Court Road in Kittanning. The official county jail page identifies Jessica M. Hicks as warden, gives the jail administration schedule as Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and lists the facility capacity as 158 inmates. The jail is operated locally through the Armstrong County Jail and the Armstrong County Prison Board rather than by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

The population held here can include pretrial detainees, people committed by a magisterial district judge, people sentenced by the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas, work-release-eligible sentenced inmates, classification or lock-up inmates, and transfers awaiting movement when another agency is involved. That mix matters for searches because a person in the Armstrong County Jail is not searched the same way as a state-sentenced Pennsylvania DOC inmate, a federal BOP inmate, or an ICE detainee.

The official Armstrong County Jail page is the source for the facility photo, warden, capacity, address, administration hours, and several visitor and vendor links.

The county jail page is the best starting point for facility-level details, while the separate inmate inquiry site is the search channel for a specific person in local custody.

Capacity and Local Custody Role

The official Armstrong County sources give a rated capacity of 158 inmates for the Staley's Court Road jail. A current public roster count, average daily population, annual booking count, and aggregate demographic breakdown were not located in the published research, so those figures should not be inferred from the capacity number. Capacity is the physical and operational rating of the jail, not a live headcount.

The jail history page says the current Armstrong County Jail opened in August 2003 and is the fourth county jail. No official source located a Pennsylvania DOC state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center physically inside Armstrong County. People with Armstrong County cases may still move into those other systems after sentencing, federal transfer, parole action, or immigration custody, but those searches use separate locator tools.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Armstrong County Jail

For current county jail custody, use the Armstrong County Inmate Inquiry. The indexed search page shows First Name and Last Name fields. Direct inspection of the search host timed out during research, so the refresh rate, released-inmate retention period, pagination behavior, and any error messages were not confirmed in official published text.

1. Open the Armstrong County Inmate Inquiry and search by the person's first name, last name, or both.
2. Review any matching result carefully because name spelling, middle names, suffixes, and recent releases can affect the result.
3. Open the person detail page if a match appears and confirm that the record belongs to the person you mean.
4. Use the booking number, inmate ID, booking date, release date, and demographic fields as identifiers when calling the jail or checking court records.

The indexed detail fields include Booking #, Inmate Id #, Booking Date, Release Date, Hair, Weight, Height, Sex, Race, Eyes, Age, Zip Code, ST, City, Suffix, Middle Name, First Name, and Last Name. Charges, bond, housing, and mugshot fields were not confirmed in the indexed detail text, so they should be checked in the live detail record rather than assumed.

If the person has been sentenced to state prison or placed on Pennsylvania parole, use the Pennsylvania DOC inmate and parolee locator service. The PA DOC locator covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees and excludes people currently held in county facilities. Federal custody uses the BOP Inmate Locator, immigration custody uses ICE ODLS, and custody notifications can be handled through Pennsylvania VINELink.

Armstrong County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail phone for custody, classification, visitation, mail, inmate account, and facility-specific questions. The sheriff's office handles courthouse security, civil process, warrants, firearms licenses, and prisoner transport, but the county jail page is the operating source for jail administration and inmate services.

The Prison Board officers listed in the research are Commissioner Anthony Shea, president; District Attorney Katie Charlton, vice president; and Controller Tammy Gaff, secretary. Other members include Commissioners Pat Fabian and John Strate, Judge Chase McClister, and Sheriff Frank Pitzer. That local board context is important because Armstrong County Jail is a county correctional institution, not a Pennsylvania DOC state prison.

Visiting Someone at Armstrong County Jail

Armstrong County Jail visitation is controlled through IC Solutions and The Visitor. Visitors must register with IC Solutions before participating in in-person or online visitation, and the county page describes registration as mandatory and free. After registration, visits can be scheduled online. Visitors without internet access may come to the jail lobby to register and schedule online. The IC Solutions jail-information page also notes that video visitation can be conducted on iOS through the ICS Mobile application.

The official visitation rules require visitors to be on the approved visitor list and to present current photo identification. Visits are first come, first served. No one under 18 is permitted on jail property for general visitation. Weapons, cell phones, cameras, and contraband are prohibited. Former inmates, co-defendants, and people restricted by a protection-from-abuse order or restraining order may be barred or require specific approval. SHU and lock-up visits have special notes, so confirm the person's housing or status before traveling.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Armstrong County Jail

The official inmate mail page explains the format and restrictions for Armstrong County Jail mail.

Mail should include the inmate's name, housing unit and cell number, the jail address, and a complete sender return address with the sender's full name. Third-party mail is prohibited. Stickers, glitter, crayon, paint, and marker drawings are not delivered. Personal mail can be checked or censored for security; legal mail is opened in the inmate's presence.

The official inmate accounts page is the source for Access Corrections deposit methods, kiosk availability, accepted bills, transaction-fee disclosure, and refund handling.

The jail says not to call for an inmate account balance because that information will not be released by phone. People released outright receive remaining funds by debit card, while transfers have a check mailed to the receiving institution or last known address. The jail does not accept cash, money orders, or personal checks for inmate accounts, apart from separate bonding exceptions.

The official inmate telephone page explains the one free commitment call, the 72-hour classification lockdown, and IC Solutions account setup.

A newly booked inmate receives one free commitment call. After that, the person is generally locked down in classification for 72 hours. Once classification is complete, housing-unit telephones are generally available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily.

Booking, Classification, and Property

The local intake sequence usually starts with arrest or court commitment, transport to Armstrong County Jail, identity and paperwork review, search and property inventory, booking entry, the free commitment phone call, screening, classification lockdown, housing assignment, and then regular housing-unit phone access. The county's public detail fields support this workflow because the inmate inquiry indexes booking number, inmate ID, booking date, release date, demographic fields, and physical descriptors.

Property release is more limited than many families expect. The official inmate-property material says property release to friends or family is approved only in rare cases where an inmate states a dire need, and the request must go to the warden in writing through a request slip. Unclaimed property can be disposed of after 30 days. Commissary ordered before release must be picked up within 48 hours, and transfer-property release requires proper photo identification.

Work Release, Programs, and Jail Accountability

The official work-release page describes work release as a privilege for minor sentenced offenders, not a guaranteed placement.

Applicants can request the application from jail staff or use the online form, then submit it to the Work Release Coordinator with a $20 money-order application fee and signed agreement. Approved participants provide their own transportation to and from the jail unless they are on community-service status, and travel-plan deviations must be reported to the jail.

Armstrong County Jail also has a documented medication-assisted treatment context. A Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency release reported local data tracked since 2016 showing a 69 percent recidivism rate for inmates who did not receive MAT and a 33 percent rate for inmates who did receive MAT. The jail audits/PREA page is the official source for sexual-safety policy, annual complaint reporting, investigation outcome material, and audit documents.

About Armstrong County Jail

The current jail opened in August 2003 and replaced the historic courthouse-era jail in Kittanning. The older jail, built from 1870 to 1873, had 24 cells, thick stone walls, and a castle-like exterior. That building now serves as the county records center and information technology space. The Staley's Court Road jail is the modern county custody facility for current inmate population and inmate lookup purposes.