Juniata County Prison Closed
The official county prison page states that Juniata County Prison closed on July 25, 2012. Since then, Juniata County prisoners have been housed at Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown. That single fact controls the inmate search process. A search for a current Juniata County jail roster should not assume there is a live county jail page, because the county directs jail questions to the Mifflin County facility.
Mifflin County Correctional Facility is used for Juniata prisoners and also serves as a Central Booking Center for criminal fingerprinting and arraignment. The facility page lists Warden Jason Kormanic, a main phone of 717-248-1130, and a secure facility role that includes court-directed detention, treatment services, PREA materials, and inmate programs.
The Mifflin County facility is the local custody point to check when a Juniata County inmate search involves present housing, booking, bail, visitation, mail, or funds.
Search Juniata County Inmate Records
Mifflin County's inmate lookup page does not publish a conventional local roster with profile cards in the official materials reviewed. Instead, the page points users toward court and notification channels. Use the Mifflin County inmate lookup page, Pennsylvania UJS Portal, and Pennsylvania VINE together. Each channel answers a different custody question.
- Start with the Mifflin County inmate lookup page to confirm the official lookup path used for Juniata prisoners.
- Search UJS by participant name, docket number, OTN, complaint number, or SID to find court status, bail, and pending events.
- Search Pennsylvania VINE by name or offender identifier to check custody status and notification options.
- Call MCCF at 717-248-1130 for immediate facility questions that public systems do not answer.
- Use PennDOT, state DOC, or parole tools only when the person has moved from county custody to another system.
This lookup structure prevents a common mistake: treating a court docket as a full jail roster or expecting the county to publish a separate Juniata booking list.
Juniata Inmate Search Fields
Official custody information for Juniata prisoners uses a mix of VINE-style fields and court docket fields. VINE is built for custody status and alerts. UJS is built for court case status. MCCF can answer facility questions by phone, but some security, medical, account, and visitor-list information is not released to the public.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offender ID | Text | Optional if known | Useful in VINE when an exact custody identifier is available. |
| First Name | Text | Generally optional | Use with last name to reduce false matches. |
| Last Name | Text | Generally required for name search | Search the name as booked or as it appears in court records. |
| State | Dropdown | Yes | Select Pennsylvania for VINE custody searches. |
| Facility / agency | Dropdown or filter | Optional | Select a county or facility if the active screen exposes that filter. |
| Register / notification | Button or link | Optional | Used to receive release or status alerts through VINE. |
| OTN or docket number | Text | Optional | Used in UJS to find the court case tied to custody. |
VINE is the better channel for custody notifications, while UJS is the better channel for docket events, bail entries, and case outcomes.
What Juniata Inmate Records Show
The official sources reviewed did not show a public MCCF roster page with a fixed public profile layout. That means inmate profile fields may vary by channel. Court dockets can show case and bail details, while VINE can show custody and notification details. The facility itself will not disclose some private or security-related information.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offender name | Name tied to a VINE or court result. |
| Offender ID | Custody identifier when VINE or the agency exposes it. |
| Location / agency | Facility or agency holding or tracking the person. |
| Custody status | Whether VINE reports a current custody status or notification option. |
| OTN / docket | Court identifiers for the criminal or MDJ case. |
| Charges | Charge descriptions, statutes, grades, and dispositions when shown on UJS. |
| Bail | Bail amount, type, or docket entry if set by the court. |
| Court dates | Hearings, preliminary events, plea, sentencing, or other docket dates. |
Note: MCCF policy does not make inmate medical data, account balances, or visitor-list names public.
Juniata County Inmate Facility
For current Juniata inmate housing, the relevant facility is Mifflin County Correctional Facility. The county prison closure means the Sheriff's Office is not the jail roster office, although the Sheriff remains relevant for law-enforcement and warrant-service questions. MCCF also runs central booking functions tied to criminal processing.
The facility role is broader than overnight housing. MCCF detains people as directed by the courts, maintains a secure environment, provides treatment services, runs inmate programs, and handles central booking work that can include criminal fingerprinting, arraignment processing, Megan's Law processing, and fingerprinting for the general public. Those functions explain why a Juniata County inmate search may point to both custody records and court records. The jail can answer facility questions, while UJS explains the court case that led to detention.
Mifflin County Correctional Facility
103 West Market Street
Lewistown, PA 17044
717-248-1130
Warden: Jason Kormanic
Central Booking: 717-248-1130
Juniata County Sheriff
30 North Main Street
Mifflintown, PA 17059
717-436-2213
Sheriff: Joshua L. Stimeling
Use for sheriff process and service questions
Juniata Booking and Court Status
After an arrest in a Juniata County matter, the custody path and court path can move in parallel. MCCF may handle central booking and detention, while the docket can show preliminary arraignment, bail, charges, court dates, and later dispositions. A person may have a court record in UJS even if a public jail profile is not posted. The reverse can also be true for very recent custody changes, because online systems may lag behind facility processing.
For criminal matters, useful identifiers include the Offense Tracking Number, complaint number, docket number, defendant name, charges, bail entries, and the issuing Magisterial District Court. Those fields are especially helpful when a family member is trying to learn whether the case is still in MDJ court, has been held for Common Pleas, or has a bail condition that affects release.
MCCF also publishes PREA materials and states a zero-tolerance policy for institutional sexual harassment, assault, or abuse. PREA reporting is a facility safety channel, not an inmate roster search, but it is part of the official facility information for people concerned about custody conditions.
Juniata Inmate Visitation Rules
The January 2025 Mifflin County Correctional Facility Family Information Guide controls visitation for Juniata prisoners held at MCCF. Inmates receive one weekly regular visit, but actual booth time can be shorter because the hour includes changeover time. Visitors must be on the approved list, appear with photo identification, sign in, and follow screening and dress rules.
| Visit Type | Days / Times | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Regular main facility visits | Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday 8:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | One one-hour visit per week; closed major holidays. |
| Overflow / special visits | Weekdays 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Exceptions for travel or other considerations need approval before the visit. |
| RHU visits | Fridays only | One half-hour visit per week. |
| Religious visit | One per week | Separate from regular visits. |
| Video visits | Subject to facility rules | Monitored and recorded, with no recording, screenshots, three-way calls, nudity, drugs, or escape discussion. |
Visitors except children age 16 or under must show photo ID. Children on the visitor list count toward the eight-person limit and must be supervised by a parent or guardian age 21 or older. Visitors should arrive five minutes before the scheduled time. Cell phones, cameras, and electronic devices are not permitted in the booth, and lockers are available.
Juniata Inmate Mail Rules
Mail for Juniata prisoners housed at MCCF must use the inmate name and the facility address at 103 West Market St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Mail must be sent and received through U.S. Mail. Incoming mail is opened, checked for contraband, logged, scanned, and sent digitally to the inmate tablet system. Mail that cannot be scanned is disapproved.
The guide limits photos and bars many materials, including stickers, labels, tape, glue, whiteout, glitter, ribbons, layered cards, crayon or paint, lipstick imprints, perfume, stains, musical or battery cards, clippings, laminated items, internet printouts, photocopies, envelopes, stamps, unacceptable packaging, oversize photos, weapon or drug material, escape or gang content, medication, hygiene products, creams, lotions, and food. Mail is destroyed after 30 days, while photos are stored in property.
Note: Legal mail and attorney contact should be handled under facility rules, not through ordinary scanned family mail.
Juniata Inmate Phone and Money
MCCF does not allow incoming inmate calls or messages except for possible emergencies or special circumstances. Outgoing calls are made from housing units between 7:00 a.m. and 9:20 p.m. unless facility rules say otherwise. Family and friends can set up prepaid phone accounts through Combined Public Communications at 1-877-998-5678 or InmateSales.
The January 2025 guide lists local, in-state toll or long distance, and out-of-state long distance calls at $0.18 per minute plus taxes, with InmateSales app calls at $0.18 per minute and no taxes.
Funds may be deposited at the lobby ATM or kiosk, or through JailATM. The guide's FAQ says the kiosk is available 24 hours a day and accepts cash and debit cards.
Account deposits and phone accounts help with contact, but they do not prove current custody status. Use VINE, UJS, or MCCF for that question.
Posting Bail for Juniata Inmates
Bail is controlled by the court authority holding the inmate, not by a public roster. The MCCF family guide says bail should be posted through the appropriate court authority during business hours, such as the Magisterial District Court or Prothonotary, depending on the case. After-hours bail may be posted by money order at MCCF if a known bail amount is recorded on the court documents detaining the inmate.
The person posting bail should have photo identification. Release is not always immediate because paperwork and facility workload affect timing. For charge details or outcomes, use UJS and the relevant court docket. For the charge path after an arrest, Juniata County court charge records are separate from the custody lookup.
Private Juniata Inmate Data
Public inmate access has limits. MCCF will not disclose inmate medical information to the public except emergency-contact handling under policy. It also will not disclose inmate account balances or the names on an inmate's visitor list. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, limited-access, and confidential court material may be missing from public docket channels even when a person had a case.
A county inmate lookup is not the same as a Pennsylvania criminal-history check. UJS docket sheets can show charges, bail, dispositions, and court dates, but the judiciary warns that docket data may lag and should not replace official criminal-history access. VINE provides custody notifications, not a full criminal record.
Some requests also belong with a records custodian rather than a lookup screen. Sheriff records, court records, district justice records, and county agency records have separate Right-to-Know routing in Juniata County. Court records should go to the court custodian, while jail security, medical, and operational records may be withheld or redacted when a law, policy, or safety rule applies.