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Bradford County Correctional Facility Overview

Bradford County Correctional Facility is the primary adult county detention facility identified in the Bradford County research. The county describes the building as the West Burlington correctional facility, first occupied in 1991 after construction in the 1980s. It replaced the former Bradford County Jail in Towanda, which the county says was deeded to the Bradford County Historical Society in 1998 and now serves as a museum and research library.

The facility holds local pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, people in classification, people transported or sentenced by Bradford County courts, and approved work-release or community workforce inmates. It is not a state prison and it is not a federal or ICE detention facility. Sentenced state prisoners from Bradford County move into Pennsylvania DOC custody and are searched through the DOC locator after transfer.

Bradford County Correctional Facility Population

The current county facility page does not publish a live headcount or current rated-capacity figure. Older Pennsylvania county-jail award material reports that Bradford County Correctional Facility was designed for 207 inmates, with 173 male and 34 female beds, and refers to a renovation or expansion completed in 2007. A BJS-derived Prisoners of the Census extraction lists a 2013 local jail average daily population of 186. Those figures are useful history, but they are not a live roster.

The public visitation schedule confirms housing labels used by the jail: Max Unit, A and B Units, D Unit, W/R Unit, F Unit, and RHU Unit. The W/R label is treated as an internal work-release unit because no separate work-release building was located.

Look Up Bradford County Correctional Facility Inmates

No official Bradford County PA online jail roster was located. For this county jail, the first lookup channel is the correctional facility phone line, followed by county records requests and court/state/federal systems as needed. The Bradford County jail inmate records page gives a broader custody-search workflow, but the facility-specific point is simple: county jail custody starts with BCCF, not with the PA DOC state-prison locator.

1. Call Bradford County Correctional Facility at 570-297-5047 for local custody-status routing.
2. If staff cannot release a detail by phone, ask which office owns the record or whether a written Right-to-Know request is required.
3. Search Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for charges, bail entries, docket events, and court dates after arrest.
4. Use the PA DOC locator only after the person enters state prison or parole supervision.
5. Use VINELink for custody notifications, and BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody.

Bradford County Correctional Facility Contact

The facility address is used for jail visits and facility business. Court, sheriff, clerk, district attorney, and open-records offices are generally in Towanda, so visitors should avoid assuming the courthouse and jail are the same location.

Visiting Bradford County Correctional Facility

Bradford County's visitor rules say inmates must call visitors to set up visit times. The jail says visitors should not call the facility asking for a visit time because that information will not be given out. Visitors must sign in and out and present photo identification. The secure visitation area bars food, drinks, hats, coats, keys, purses, diaper bags, weapons, cell phones, bags, and other items. Lockers are available for a 25-cent deposit, and visitors should bring only photo ID, keys, or cash for inmate deposit.

New inmates may be in classification for up to 10 days. During classification, they cannot have visits but can make phone calls. The unit-by-unit Bradford County visitation schedule is published by housing assignment.

The county's visitor-rules page was captured for this build.

The screenshot reinforces that visits are controlled by facility rules, identification checks, dress standards, and housing-unit schedules rather than an open walk-in process.

Mail and Money at Bradford County Correctional Facility

Bradford County's mail page routes personal mail through Smart Communications in Seminole, Florida, rather than directly to the Route 6 facility. Letters need a return address with the sender's first and last name or the letter will be returned. The county allows one package of up to five books per month from approved publishers only, and used books are not allowed.

The telephone and commissary page says vendors charge nominal fees. Confirm custody status before sending money, because state DOC, federal, and ICE systems use different rules.

Booking at Bradford County Correctional Facility

Bradford County's incarceration details provide an important local intake fact: new inmates can spend up to 10 days in classification. During that time, inmates must see Medical, Mental Health, the Corrections Counselor, and Security Staff. Visits are not allowed during classification, but phone calls are allowed. This rule explains why a person may be in custody yet not immediately visit-eligible.

The BCCF PREA policy adds that inmates are assessed during intake and transfer for risk of sexual abuse or abusiveness within 72 hours, then reassessed within 30 days based on new information. Screening information can affect housing, work, education, and program assignments. Family and friends may not bring items into the jail, and the facility is tobacco-free.

Programs at Bradford County Correctional Facility

Bradford County publishes more program detail than many county jails. The facility page and program PDF list Bible study, AA and NA meetings, A New Direction through Bradford County Drug & Alcohol, GED and literacy programs, Troy High School online classes for younger inmates, CareerLink services, Narcan training, parenting programs, emotional literacy, trauma group, SMART Recovery, ministry, Safe Bet Interactive Journaling, and social-skills programming.

The Community Workforce Inmate Program is a local detail worth preserving. Approved work-release inmates may provide labor to community groups, charitable organizations, and local governments after court approval, medical fitness approval, a nonviolent-history review, and skills screening. Worksite supervision is by a correctional facility officer, and the research notes no more than six inmates on a jobsite.

Bradford County Correctional Facility Records

For a booking record, jail log excerpt, booking photo, or other non-posted county record, use Bradford County's written Right-to-Know process. The county designates Michelle Shedden as Open Records Officer at 301 Main Street, Towanda, PA 18848; phone 570-265-1727; fax 570-265-1729; email sheddenm@bradfordcountypa.gov. The policy says public records are available at the courthouse during established business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except weekends and holidays.

Paper copies are 25 cents per page per side, certification is $1.00 per record, postage is charged when mailing is requested, and the county requires prepayment for all requests. The Open Records Officer must respond as soon as possible and no later than five business days after receiving a written request. A denial or deemed denial can be appealed within 15 business days.