This is a private reference site, not a Tioga County office. It cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull official booking records. For those actions, use the official office or locator that controls the record.
Official Tioga County Contacts
Use these contacts according to the type of record or custody question involved. Tioga County Prison is the direct local jail contact for present county custody, while the Sheriff's Office handles sheriff functions such as warrants, courthouse security, and prisoner transport.
- Tioga County Prison: 1768 Shumway Hill Road, Wellsboro, PA 16901; phone (570) 724-5911; office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; Warden Ryan Fish.
- Tioga County Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Frank Levindoski, 118 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901; phone (570) 724-3491; hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Tioga County Right-to-Know Officer: Jennifer Cochran, 118 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901; phone (570) 723-8200; fax (570) 723-8206; email jcochran@tiogacountypa.us. Written requests are required under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008. Inspection is listed as 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except weekends and holidays; copy fees are 25 cents per page per side, certification is $1, and the county states a five-business-day response period.
- Tioga County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts: 118 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901; phone (570) 724-9281; hours 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for court record questions after charges are filed.
Where to Look First
The right source depends on whether the person is in local custody, state custody, federal custody, immigration detention, or only appears in court records.
- For a person held at Tioga County Prison, start with jail inmate records and the prison phone line.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots to understand why Tioga County does not publish an official mugshot gallery and how RTKL requests may apply.
- For charges, bail, hearings, and docket entries after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, UJS Case Search, PAeDocket, or the Clerk of Courts.
- For facility address and visiting context, use the Tioga County Prison page.
- For a sentenced Pennsylvania state prisoner or parolee, use the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Inmate and Parolee Locator; PADOC does not list county jail inmates.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Pennsylvania VINELink may help with custody-status notifications.