Cameron County Supervision Paths
The 59th Judicial District serves Elk and Cameron Counties. Its Probation/Parole Department supervises adults and juveniles sentenced through the district, with a separate Cameron County office. A person released from Elk County Prison or another housing jail may begin or resume county supervision in Emporium. The jail's movement record proves the physical exit. The sentencing order establishes probation or county parole, and the local department handles reporting.
Probation is a court-ordered period of community supervision that can be imposed without a prison term or after time served. County parole is conditional release from a county sentence. Both differ from Pennsylvania Parole Board supervision after a state prison term. A sentence of time served may still include probation. Likewise, release on bail before final disposition is not probation unless the court later imposes it.
Verify Cameron Probation Supervision
No official Cameron County probationer or absconder search was found. Verification therefore starts with the public court record and continues through the local office. Some individual supervision details may not be public. Ask a narrow status question and be ready to use the court docket for what the office cannot disclose.
- Open UJS Case Search and search the participant in Cameron County.
- Confirm the docket number, identity, disposition, and sentence.
- Read for probation, county parole, revocation, or later violation filings.
- Contact the Cameron office with the docket number and sentence date.
- Ask where a released person must report or how an inaccurate status entry can be addressed.
The docket is a durable legal source, not a live reporting log. A later filing can document an alleged violation or revocation process, but the department controls day-to-day supervision. If the sentence instead shows state confinement, use the Pennsylvania supervised-person locator and Parole Board path. The Cameron County release search explains how the housing jail's physical record fits beside the court order.
Cameron Probation Record Sources
County supervision does not have one public locator record. The sentence, jail movement, department file, and any violation docket answer separate questions. Use the artifact that matches the fact being checked.
| Source | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| Cameron criminal docket | Disposition, sentence, probation term, and later public filings. |
| Sentencing order | The court's exact terms and whether confinement is followed by probation. |
| Housing jail movement entry | When the person physically left Elk or another confirmed jail. |
| Probation/Parole office | Reporting route and current status that may be disclosed. |
| Revocation filing | A public court event tied to an alleged violation or sanction. |
The shared district name can cause confusion because official material may appear on an Elk County page. Use the Cameron contact block for a Cameron sentence and the Cameron docket for the case. The 59th Judicial District page confirms the joint department and provides the local office information.
The official Cameron contact display shows the county-specific office and staff.
That local block, not the state parole locator, is the direct route for county court supervision.
Cameron Probation Office Contacts
The Cameron County office operates from the courthouse second floor at 20 East Fifth Street, Emporium, PA 15834. The main telephone is 814-486-1559 and fax is 814-486-2279. Published weekday hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with emergency on-call coverage. These details come from the official Cameron Probation/Parole page.
Cameron County Courthouse, second floor
20 East Fifth Street
Emporium, PA 15834
814-486-1559
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The page lists Chief Steven FinGado at 814-486-9341, Officer Cameron Horning at 814-486-9344, and Collections Officer Bobbi Jo Olivett at 814-486-9342. Use the main line when the right contact is not clear. Emergency on-call coverage does not mean that all records questions are answered outside regular office hours.
- Probation
- Court supervision imposed as a sentence or after a custodial term.
- County parole
- Conditional release tied to a county sentence and local court authority.
- Violation
- An alleged failure to follow a supervision condition, subject to court process.
- Discharge
- Formal completion of the ordered supervision term.
Cameron Probation Violations Records
An absconder is a person alleged to have stopped reporting or left supervision. An absconder or county warrant can change current status, but it does not erase the earlier jail release. No Cameron County public probationer, absconder, or warrant list was found. Do not substitute a commercial list for the department and court record.
Search the Cameron docket for public violation or revocation filings. A revocation is a court process that can continue supervision, change conditions, impose a sanction, or return a person to custody. The office may limit disclosure of individual supervision details. Ask for the public route, and request the specific court filing from the Clerk of Courts when a certified record is needed.
PA SAVIN covers participating county jails, state prisons, and state parole under the Commonwealth's description. It does not expressly promise ordinary Cameron County probation. A county probationer who is not in jail may therefore have no relevant SAVIN status. Use the local office and sentence instead of relying on a notification tool outside its stated coverage.
Cameron Court and Jail Sequence
Cameron County court records and the out-of-county jail record establish different points in the release sequence. Magisterial District Court 59-3-01 handles preliminary criminal matters, sets bond, and accepts bail. Its bail entry or receipt can show that legal authority for release existed. The housing jail then performs the physical release and records the actual time, event code, and any receiving authority. Another hold can prevent the door release even after bail is posted on the Cameron case. That is why the court event and facility movement entry must be reconciled before probation reporting is assumed to have begun.
The Cameron Clerk of Courts maintains criminal matters bound to Common Pleas within the shared 59th Judicial District. A sentencing order can impose time served followed by probation. “Time served” ends the custodial part addressed by that sentence, but it does not end the probation term. A county commitment can also produce county parole under the court's framework. When the order is unclear, ask the Clerk for the filed sentence and ask the Probation/Parole Department which office handles reporting. The department may restrict case-specific operational details, while the public docket remains the source for releasable court events.
The local probation office and the Sheriff both operate from the Cameron County courthouse, yet their records are not interchangeable. The Sheriff can identify transport and the receiving jail. Probation/Parole can address court supervision. The Clerk supplies filed orders. Sending one broad inquiry to all three risks an incomplete answer. Use the name, docket or OTN, relevant date, and the precise record sought with each office.
Cameron County Discharge Records
Completion of county supervision should be confirmed through the court or department record, not assumed from the passage of time. Consecutive terms, tolling, a violation case, or a new court order can affect the end date. Ask which existing document records discharge and whether it is available through the Clerk of Courts or another court access process.
The Cameron Clerk of Courts maintains Common Pleas criminal files at the same courthouse. Its phone numbers are 814-486-3349 and 814-486-3355. Judicial records use court access rules rather than an ordinary executive-agency Right-to-Know request. A sealed, expunged, juvenile, or limited-access matter may not appear in ordinary UJS results, so a missing docket cannot establish that supervision never existed.
A physical release and a supervision discharge also occur at different points. The confirmed housing jail may record a door time while the probation term continues for months or years under the sentence. If the person was held on more than one case, a discharge on one docket does not resolve the others. Match the office response to the exact docket number and ask the Clerk for the controlling order when terms appear to conflict.
Note: County supervision ends through its controlling court process; a failed state parole search is neither a discharge order nor a local status check.
Find Cameron’s Housing Jail
Cameron County's lack of a jail makes facility identification the first release step. The 2018 routing manual names Potter, Elk, McKean, Jefferson, and occasional Clinton housing, but current use must be checked with the Sheriff. The confirmed jail supplies the physical release record. The 59th Judicial District supplies the county supervision record that follows.
Elk Totals Are Not Probation Counts
Published Elk Prison Board minutes show 287 total bookings in 2024, compared with 334 in 2023, and 13 bookings with 11 releases at an early 2025 reporting point. They cover the whole Elk facility. They are not Cameron probation admissions, Cameron-only releases, or the local department's active caseload.