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Sentencing timing accounts for most of it. Until the state receives him, he stays in the county jail that held him through his case, and county records live in a separate system. He also won’t appear if he’s finished his sentence or his parole, or if his case ended up federal instead of state. One reason specific to Forest: the prison is young, so a record or a letter from before Oct. 28, 2004 can’t have named it, and the institution on that paperwork is where you should look for his history.
Run the name several ways first, including middle names and the spellings that show up on older documents. If he was sentenced but hasn’t appeared yet, ask the county jail when he transferred out. SCI Forest at 286 Woodland Drive answers at (814) 621-2110, and it’s worth a call before you commit to the trip to Marienville, because Forest County is rural and a wasted day on the road is hard to get back.
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Calls come from wherever he's housed at that moment, and the locator can trail a transfer by a few days, so a recent move into or out of Forest may not be posted yet. Search his name again with other spellings, and call SCI Forest at (814) 621-2110 if the record still disagrees with what he told you.
Inmate SearchYes. SCI Forest sits in rural Forest County, so most families are looking at hours on the road each way, and transfers can take a few days to catch up in the record. Search again the morning you leave, and call (814) 621-2110 if anything looks different from your last check.
Inmate SearchSCI Forest received its first inmates on Oct. 28, 2004, after Forest County commissioners pushed for the project. Nobody was housed there before that date, so earlier documents name whichever institution held him at the time.
Inmate SearchNo, and at Forest that gap matters. A man in Disciplinary Custody in the RHU gets 1 video visit a month, while Administrative Custody allows 1 a week, so his status changes what you can book even though the record looks the same either way. Call (814) 621-2110 before you schedule anything.
Inmate SearchSCI Forest takes men only after a state sentence, so people awaiting trial never appear here. The county that arrested him is holding him, and it keeps its own separate records with its own lookup.
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