Bedford County Correctional Facility Overview
Bedford County Correctional Facility, often abbreviated BCCF, is operated by Bedford County through the correctional facility administration. The official county page describes the facility as a place that confines individuals with different charges, and the research identifies it as the only detention facility located in Bedford County and confirmed through official county and state sources. The leadership listed in the research is Joseph Eichenlaub, Warden; Lisa Conklin, Deputy Warden for Facility Services; and Robert Harper, Deputy Warden for Facility Management.
BCCF holds the local county jail population. That includes pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, people held on local criminal charges, and people awaiting transfer or release after court action. It is not a PA DOC state prison and should not be searched like one. A person sentenced to state prison after a Bedford County case may later appear in the PA DOC locator, but a recent arrest or local jail hold starts with the Bedford County Correctional Facility custody path.
The facility's local character matters. The jail is on Imlertown Road, while the sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk of Courts, and Common Pleas courthouse offices are downtown at or near South Juliana Street. Court records, custody records, transport, prosecution, and public-records requests are connected, but they are not handled by one office.
Bedford County Correctional Facility Population
The 2024 Pennsylvania Department of Corrections county statistics workbook is the strongest source for Bedford County Correctional Facility capacity and population. It lists Bedford County with 170 beds, 110 hard-cell beds, and 76 dorm or day-room beds. The same workbook reports 142 average in-house daily population for 2024, 3 average housed elsewhere daily population, 770 admissions, and 768 discharges. A population snapshot in the workbook reported 110 people on January 31, 2025.
The workbook also reports local cost and fee data. Bedford County's annual prison budget spent for 2024 was listed as $4,329,310.96, with an average cost per day per inmate of about $83.53. Those budget figures should not be confused with bail. Bail is a court release condition, while booking fees and medical co-pays are jail cost items reported in the county statistics workbook.
Lookup Bedford County Correctional Facility Inmates
No official Bedford County public jail roster, current-inmate list, or inmate-profile search form was located on the county or sheriff pages. That means a Bedford County Correctional Facility inmate lookup starts with direct official channels instead of an online roster. Call the facility for current custody information, use Pennsylvania VINE for custody notifications where available, check UJS for court dockets, and file a specific Right-to-Know request if a booking record is needed and not released by phone.
- Call Bedford County Correctional Facility at (814) 623-2955 with the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date.
- Search Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for charges, bail action, hearings, and docket events after the arrest.
- Use Pennsylvania VINE for custody-status notifications, not as a full booking-record source.
- Use the PA DOC locator only when the person may be state-sentenced or on parole.
- Send a specific Right-to-Know request to Bedford County for booking sheets, commitment records, release dates, or booking photos tied to a named person and date.
The Bedford County inmate records page explains the fallback chain in more depth. For the facility page, the key distinction is that BCCF covers county jail custody, while state, federal, and immigration systems use separate locators.
Bedford County Correctional Facility Contact
The official county correctional facility page gives the main public contact block for BCCF. Public questions may be sent to the facility email, but current custody, visiting, mail, and money questions should be confirmed directly before travel or payment. The county also publishes separate fax lines for administration, records, and medical contact.
Bedford County Correctional Facility
425 Imlertown Road
Bedford, PA 15522
(814) 623-2955
Records Fax: (814) 623-2946
Administration Fax: (814) 624-2649
Public email: bccfquestions@bedfordcountypa.org
For county public-records requests, Bedford County lists Holly Clark as Agency Open Records Officer at 200 South Juliana Street, Bedford, PA 15522, with email hclark@bedfordcountypa.org, phone 814-623-4807 ext. 2372, and fax 814-623-0991. The county says RTKL responses are issued within 5 business days.
Visiting Bedford County Correctional Facility
BCCF visitation starts with the Authorized Visitor List. Newly committed inmates receive the list, and the list may include up to 10 people. The visitor's name, address, date of birth, and gender must match the driver's license or state photo ID. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance by calling the facility and selecting option 1 and option 2, or by an inmate in-house request slip.
| Rule | Bedford County Detail |
|---|---|
| Visitor list | Up to 10 approved people with name, address, date of birth, gender, and relation. |
| Scheduling | At least 24 hours before the visit by phone or inmate request slip. |
| Frequency | One visit per inmate per week. |
| Length | 45 minutes. |
| Visitor count | One adult and one child at one time unless approved by executive staff or shift supervisor. |
| Check-in | Visitors may check in five minutes before the scheduled time. |
The visitation policy also says there is no waiting area inside the facility, and anyone accompanying the visitor must wait in the vehicle. Visitors may not gather outside vehicles, loiter in the parking lot, or loiter on facility grounds. Vehicles must be locked with windows up when unattended.
Mail and Money at Bedford County Correctional Facility
The county correctional facility sidebar links official BCCF materials for mail, TextBehind publication ordering, Keefe and Access Corrections accounts, secure packs, and friends-and-family phone, messaging, and video calls. Some PDF text was not extractable in the research pass, so the safest rule is to use the current official PDFs before sending mail, books, magazines, money, or secure packs.
| Service | Bedford County Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail policy | Use the current BCCF inmate mail policy PDF from the county correctional facility page. |
| Books and publications | Use the county's TextBehind publication-ordering PDF before ordering. |
| Commissary | Inmate Services says commissary can cover hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, clothing, and many over-the-counter medications. |
| Money order | Inmate Services says a money order can be sent for commissary account funds. |
| Booking fee | The 2024 PA DOC workbook lists a Bedford booking fee of $150. |
| Medical co-pays | The 2024 workbook lists provider co-pay 8, nurse co-pay 5, medication 0, and dental 0. |
Bedford County Correctional Facility Intake
BCCF's official classification language gives useful detail on intake. The county says classification starts when an inmate is received and continues until release. It is used to manage housing, programming, and facility work assignments. The county says classification considers present functioning and personal, criminal, institutional, psychological, medical, and social histories.
A Bedford County booking can begin after arrest by a local police department, Pennsylvania State Police, sheriff or court authority, or another agency. Intake usually includes identification, property handling, security search, medical and mental-health screening, booking records, and placement. The public research did not find a county-published timing rule for how long booking takes, and no official online roster was located to show when new bookings appear.
- Classification
- The jail's ongoing housing, program, work, medical, safety, and risk review.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that may block release even when a local case changes.
- Remand
- A court order that keeps a person in custody.
About Bedford County Correctional Facility
Bedford County's official materials show that BCCF is more than a holding site. The Inmate Services PDF lists facility work opportunities, scheduled barbering, religious activities with chaplain support, representatives from other faiths upon request, counseling by Treatment Specialists in housing units, problem-solving support, and referrals to AA, NA, educational programs, and work programs. The FAQ says no inmate shall be denied medical or dental services based on ability to pay.
The facility also publishes a PREA information page that states zero tolerance for institutional sexual harassment, assault, or abuse. Reports can go to the shift supervisor at the facility, PREA Coordinator Lisa Conklin by email or mail, or the PA DOC PREA Hotline at 1-844-429-5412. The county inspection page links inspection material, while PA DOC explains county prison inspections under 37 Pa. Code Chapter 95.
The official BCCF page includes the facility contact block and facility photo.
The county page is the best starting point for current facility documents because mail, commissary, phone, PREA, inspection, and visiting links may change over time.
Note: Confirm custody and visiting approval with BCCF before traveling to Imlertown Road or sending money.