How to Get Daily Arrest Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has more that 70 county jails where those accused of crimes are housed until sentenced. Individuals serving sentences of less than two years and those waiting to be transported to state prison may also be placed in a county jail. Although there is no service that provides daily arrest records, you can contact individual facilities for inmate information. The sheer size of the Philadelphia prison and jail system makes it impossible for private citizens to obtain a daily copy of arrests. However, if you know the name of the person you are attempting to locate, there are steps to follow to obtain information about incarceration.
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Obtain the information about the person you are trying to find. You will need his full name, date of birth and an idea of which facility where he might be held. When a person is arrested, he is assigned a Pennsylvania Prison Number (PPN). If you have the PPN, you can reference it when attempting to retrieve inmate information.
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Access the Philadelphia Prison System's website, phila.gov/prisons, to obtain the arrest information for any inmate housed within the Philadelphia Prison System. When the page has successfully loaded, click "Inmate Locator" on the right side of the page. You will need to have the inmate's full name to complete the query.
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Scan the results of the query for inmate information. If there is more than one inmate with the same name, look at the date of birth to verify the person you are looking for. The results should provide you with the PPN assigned to the inmate, name, date of birth and the facility where the person is housed. If you do not receive any results from your search, you may have to contact each facility directly.
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