Westmoreland County Inmate Population Overview
The adult Westmoreland County inmate population is centered on Westmoreland County Prison, the county prison in Greensburg. Pennsylvania counties often use "county prison" for the facility many searchers call the county jail. The county roster covers adults currently committed to that facility, including pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, court commitments, warrant holds, and people waiting for transfer. The roster is not a complete criminal case file. It is a custody index with limited fields, while charges and court events are handled through the Pennsylvania court system.
Population counts change for several reasons. New arrests, bench warrants, probation or parole holds, bail decisions, county sentences, and transfers to state prison all affect the number held on a given day. The strongest official annual source found for Westmoreland County is the county's 2022 Annual Prison Board Report, linked through the prison report archive. The live roster is useful for a same-day custody check, but the report is better for annual measures such as commitments, releases, and average daily population.
The county also has a separate juvenile detention and shelter facility, the Westmoreland County Regional Youth Services Center. Juveniles are not listed on the adult Westmoreland County Prison roster, and juvenile records are restricted. That distinction matters when a family member searches the Westmoreland County inmate population and does not find a youth placement in the public adult jail roster.
Westmoreland County Inmate Population Statistics
The 2022 Annual Prison Board Report provides the clearest official figures for the Westmoreland County inmate population. It reported hundreds of people held daily, with thousands of commitments and releases over the year. Those two types of numbers mean different things. Average daily population is a stock measure, showing how many people are held on a typical day. Commitments and releases are flow measures, showing how many people pass through the facility over the year.
| Measure | Figure | Source / date |
|---|---|---|
| Adult prison commitments | 3,482 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Adult prison releases | 3,518 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Inmates on hand January 1 | 628 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Inmates on hand December 31 | 587 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Average daily inmate population | 629 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Average daily housed-in population | 527 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Average daily housed-out population | 102 | Westmoreland County 2022 Annual Prison Board Report |
| Rated bed capacity | Not located in reviewed county sources | Research gap noted in county-source review |
Westmoreland County Inmate Population Trends
The annual report gives monthly commitments and releases for 2022, which is more useful than a vague trend claim. January opened with 286 commitments and 270 releases. March rose to 330 commitments and 323 releases. December closed with 265 commitments and 252 releases. The total flow for the year was nearly balanced, with releases slightly exceeding commitments, which fits the year-end count being lower than the January 1 count.
| Month / year | Commitments | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 286 | 270 |
| March 2022 | 330 | 323 |
| June 2022 | 302 | 321 |
| September 2022 | 322 | 332 |
| December 2022 | 265 | 252 |
| 2022 total | 3,482 | 3,518 |
The active roster snapshot from June 25, 2026 showed about 603 row markers. That count is close to the 2022 average daily population and above the 2022 year-end count, but it should be treated only as a dated roster observation. It is not a certified annual population rate, and it does not replace the county prison board report.
Westmoreland County Inmate Population Makeup
The roster shows date of birth and unit, but it does not publish sex, race, charge level, pretrial status, sentence status, or hold type for each public row. The 2022 Annual Prison Board Report gives a broader demographic view for commitments during that year. It reported 913 female commitments and 2,569 male commitments, for a total of 3,482. Race categories in the report included White, Black or African American, Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Unknown.
- Age at commitment: the largest reported group was age 26 to 35, with 1,241 commitments in 2022.
- Commitment authority: the report listed 1,504 held under various authority, 919 from court of record, and 823 from minor judiciary.
- Roster limits: the current-inmates table does not explain whether a person is pretrial, sentenced, or held on a detainer.
- Juvenile separation: youth-center placements are not part of the adult public prison roster.
Laws Governing Westmoreland County Inmate Records
Pennsylvania law shapes what the Westmoreland County inmate population records can show. The public roster is an official custody index, but it does not override criminal-history, investigative, juvenile, court-sealing, safety, or privacy limits. For records not online, the county public-information policy and Pennsylvania open-records process are the normal request route. Court docket access is separate, and criminal-history background checks are handled through Pennsylvania State Police PATCH rather than the jail roster.
Key records rules:
Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, Act 3 of 2008 sets the state framework for requesting agency records, subject to exemptions.
18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 91 regulates criminal-history record information and limits how some criminal data is shared.
61 Pa.C.S. Chapter 17 governs county correctional institutions in Pennsylvania.
37 Pa. Code Chapter 95 sets administrative standards for county correctional institutions.
Westmoreland County State Prison Search
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Inmate/Department Supervised Individual Locator covers sentenced state prisoners and supervised individuals. It is not the right system for a new arrest that has just reached Westmoreland County Prison. No active Pennsylvania DOC state correctional institution was located in Westmoreland County in the research file, and SCI Greensburg was noted as closed. A defendant can still move from the county jail into state custody after sentencing, but that transfer changes the lookup system.
The same custody split applies to federal and immigration cases. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for federal sentenced custody, and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for immigration detention. A federal hold or immigration detainer may affect release from county custody, but those systems do not become Westmoreland County jail roster records.
Search Westmoreland County Inmate Population
The official Westmoreland County Prison inmate-search form is free and does not require an account. It uses a category dropdown, a criteria field, a submit button, and a clear button. Searchers can use last name, commit date, booking number, unit, or all inmates. The all-inmates path opens the current roster table, which is useful when spelling is uncertain or the person may be listed under a middle name or suffix.
The official all-inmates roster is the broadest county view. It is still a current-custody list, not a history of every person ever booked. Use the booking number and commitment date to separate people with similar names, then use the VINE/SAVIN button for custody notification. Charges, bail, court dates, and case disposition must be checked in Pennsylvania UJS Case Search or with the Clerk of Courts.
- Open the county inmate-search form or the all-inmates roster.
- Select Last Name for a broad search, or All Inmates to browse the full active list.
- Use Commit Date only when the prison commitment date is known.
- Use Booking Number when the county booking identifier is already available.
- Confirm the name, DOB, booking number, commitment date, unit, and VINE link in the row.
- Move to UJS Case Search for charges, bail, court dates, and disposition.
Westmoreland County Roster Search Fields
The Westmoreland County roster form is more specific than many jail searches. It accepts a small set of categories instead of a modern multi-field profile search. The commit-date search validates date format, and the roster has sortable headers for Name, DOB, Booking, Commitment Date, and Unit. The visible unit is a public housing/location letter, but the county source reviewed did not explain what each unit letter means.
| Field label | Type | Required | Format notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Dropdown | Yes | Last Name; Commit Date m/d/yyyy; Booking Number; Unit; All Inmates |
| Criteria | Text | Required except All Inmates | Interpreted by the selected category; commit dates use mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy style. |
| Date picker | Calendar helper | No | Populates the criteria box for commit-date searches. |
| Submit Request | Button | n/a | Runs the chosen search. |
| Clear Criteria | Button | n/a | Clears the form. |
The official inmate-search form shows the category and criteria workflow before results are returned.
The form supports targeted lookup, while the all-inmates page is better when the exact search value is not known.
Westmoreland County Inmate Record Fields
A Westmoreland County inmate record on the public roster is compact. It shows enough to identify the current custody entry and register for notification, but it does not show the full booking packet. The roster rows inspected did not include mugshots, charges, bond amounts, case numbers, court dates, arresting agency, physical descriptors, or a county profile page. That makes UJS Case Search and the Clerk of Courts necessary for the court side of an arrest.
| Roster field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Last name, first name, and sometimes middle name or suffix. |
| DOB | Date of birth in numeric month/day/year format. |
| Booking number | County prison booking identifier, with examples in number-year format. |
| Commitment date | Date the person was committed to the prison, not always the arrest date. |
| Unit | Public unit letter; the source did not define unit functions. |
| VINE/SAVIN link | Custody-notification route for release or status alerts. |
The current roster table displays the listed custody fields and VINE link in a plain table.
The lack of charges and mugshots on this table is a key local limit, not a sign that no court case exists.
Past Westmoreland County Inmate Records
Released people may disappear from the county roster because the table is current-custody oriented. The research did not locate a public historical booking archive or a refresh schedule for how long a released person remains listed. For older booking details, use the prison public-information policy, county Right-to-Know channels, or the originating court or police agency, depending on the record. If the person was sentenced to state prison, the Pennsylvania DOC locator becomes the better custody search.
A county booking number is not the same as a court docket number. Westmoreland County Common Pleas criminal dockets commonly use the CP-65-CR format in Pennsylvania UJS. The prison booking number identifies a custody episode. The docket number identifies the court case. Matching name, DOB, commitment date, OTN, complaint number, and docket number helps avoid mixing two people or two cases.
Note: Treat a missing roster row as a prompt to check court, DOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, or the prison phone line.
Westmoreland County Jail vs DOC
The Westmoreland County inmate population crosses several systems, but each system covers a different stage. Westmoreland County Prison is for adult county custody. Pennsylvania DOC is for sentenced state prisoners and supervised individuals. BOP is for federal sentenced custody. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. Court records show the legal case that may move a person from one system to another.
| Question | County prison roster | State DOC locator |
|---|---|---|
| Who is listed | Adults currently committed to Westmoreland County Prison | Sentenced state prisoners and supervised individuals |
| Key identifier | County booking number and commitment date | DOC-related name or identifier fields |
| Common use | Current county custody confirmation | Post-sentence custody or supervision lookup |
| Not covered | State prison placement after transfer | New county jail booking before transfer |
Westmoreland County Detention Facilities
Two Westmoreland County facilities appear in the facility map. The adult prison is the public roster facility. The youth-services center is a restricted juvenile detention and shelter setting. No active Pennsylvania DOC, BOP, or ICE detention facility was located in the county research, so state, federal, and immigration custody are handled as locator channels rather than local facility pages.
- Westmoreland County Prison holds adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, court commitments, warrants, and holds pending court or transfer.
- Westmoreland County Regional Youth Services Center handles secure juvenile detention and child-care/shelter placements, not adult public roster records.
Westmoreland County Custody Terms
Several terms appear across the roster, court docket, and locator systems. The same person can have a booking record, court docket, bail entry, detainer, and later a DOC record. Read each term in the system where it appears.
- Booking
- The jail intake process that creates a county custody record after arrest or commitment.
- Commitment date
- The date Westmoreland County Prison shows for entry into custody.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or authority that may prevent release even when bail is posted.
- SAVIN/VINE
- The custody-notification system used for release and status alerts.
- DOC
- The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the state prison and supervision system.
Westmoreland County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Westmoreland County inmate population?
The 2022 Annual Prison Board Report listed a 629 average daily inmate population and 587 inmates on hand at year end for Westmoreland County Prison. A June 25, 2026 active-roster observation found about 603 row markers. The annual report is the stronger official source for population statistics.
Where is the Westmoreland County inmate search?
The adult county inmate search is on the official Westmoreland County Prison search form and all-inmates roster. Use the county roster for current adult prison custody, then use Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for charges, bail, docket dates, and disposition.
Does the Westmoreland County roster show mugshots?
No public mugshot column, booking-photo thumbnail, recent-booking gallery, or profile photo was observed in the county roster rows reviewed. The roster shows name, DOB, booking number, commitment date, unit, and a VINE/SAVIN link.
What if the person was sentenced?
Use the Pennsylvania DOC locator if the person moved from Westmoreland County Prison into state custody. Use the BOP locator for federal sentenced custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.