Potter Jail Release Destinations
Potter County Jail is a county jail in Coudersport. If it accepted a person for a Cameron case, Potter became the source for the physical booking and movement history. Release can follow bail, a court order, time served, expiration of a county term, or another authorized event. Some people then enter county probation. Others leave Potter only because another county, PA DOC, or a separate authority takes custody.
The event label matters more than a missing name. A current-custody view is built to show people held now, not to preserve a full release archive. Potter’s official page reviewed for this project did not establish a Cameron-specific released-person feed. A disappearance therefore needs an existing movement record, not an assumption.
| Source | What it establishes | What it cannot establish alone |
|---|---|---|
| Potter movement record | Physical exit, time, and recorded destination | Full legal case history |
| Cameron docket | Bail, disposition, sentence, or commitment authority | Exact jail exit time |
| PA SAVIN | Reported custody event and agency | Certified release documentation |
| PA DOC locator | State custody or state supervision | Ordinary county-jail release |
Confirm Potter Jail Release Records
The shortest reliable route begins in Emporium. Contact the Cameron County Sheriff with the legal name, arrest date, and docket or OTN. Ask which jail accepted custody. An OTN is Pennsylvania’s offense tracking number. If the Sheriff names Potter, continue with Potter’s official channels instead of a commercial page that claims Cameron operates a jail.
- Verify Potter as the physical custodian through the Cameron Sheriff.
- Call Potter County Jail and ask for current status or the office that handles movement records.
- Review the Cameron UJS docket for bail, disposition, sentence, and later orders.
- Search PA SAVIN under Pennsylvania and match the reporting agency and identifiers.
- Follow any transfer entry to the receiving jail, PA DOC, or other authority.
A current-custody answer and a historical release answer are not the same request. Ask Potter for the event that closed or changed its custody. The Cameron County release-record search explains how to reconcile a jail event with state, court, and notification sources.
Potter Jail Records Contact
The official Potter County Jail page identifies the facility at 102 East Second Street in Coudersport and gives its main telephone number. The research did not verify a public release hour, property-return process, pickup point, or Cameron-specific release list. Call before travel and ask what staff can confirm by phone.
102 East Second Street
Coudersport, PA 16915
Phone: 814-274-9730
Current Cameron placement: confirm with the Cameron Sheriff
For a record request, identify the person, approximate booking date, Cameron County case, booking number or OTN if known, and a narrow date range. Ask for the existing booking and release or movement entries, including the timestamp, event type, and receiving authority if recorded. A request for an existing record is clearer than asking Potter to compile a new list.
The official facility screen provides the verified local starting point.
Use that published identity and phone number only after Cameron confirms Potter was the custodian in the named case.
Cameron Release Routing to Potter
A 2018 Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network manual says Cameron County had no jail and used Potter, Elk, McKean, Jefferson, and occasionally Clinton. That list is significant because it explains why no single Cameron roster can answer every custody question. It is also old enough that it cannot prove a current contract, overflow order, or individual placement.
Begin with the Cameron County Sheriff. The Sheriff can identify which institution accepted a current prisoner or direct the inquiry to the right custodian. If Potter did not hold the person, its staff should not be expected to create a Cameron release record. The correct record remains with the jail that booked or moved the person.
This facility-first method avoids a common local error. Cameron court, sheriff, and probation work occurs in Cameron County, but physical jail custody may occur elsewhere. The legal file and custody file are related, not interchangeable.
Potter Jail Release Notifications
PA SAVIN through VINELink covers participating Pennsylvania county jails, state prisons, and state parole. For a Potter placement, search by the person’s legal name and then compare the agency, available identifiers, and case context. Read the stated event. Release, transfer, furlough, and escape describe different changes and should never be collapsed into one generic “out” status.
Notification methods can include telephone, text, email, or the VINELink app. Telephone registration uses a four-digit PIN, followed by the pound key when a call arrives. Unacknowledged calls may repeat. PA SAVIN is free and useful for notice, but the statewide service does not promise a public historical 24-hour or 72-hour release table.
- Current custody
- The person remains held by the reporting facility.
- Transfer
- The person moved to another custodian.
- Release
- The person exited the reporting facility, subject to any new authority.
- Probation
- Court supervision that can follow jail release without state parole.
Note: If Potter does not appear as the reporting agency, recheck the physical housing county before drawing a conclusion.
Potter Release and Cameron Courts
Cameron’s Magisterial District Court 59-3-01 handles preliminary criminal matters and sets or accepts bail. A bail entry or receipt can show that release was legally authorized. Potter’s physical record shows whether and when that order was carried out. Another hold may prevent the exit even after bail is posted on one case.
Common Pleas criminal files are kept through the Cameron County Clerk of Courts in the shared 59th Judicial District. The UJS docket can preserve disposition, sentence, commitment, and later revocation entries after a live jail view changes. A sentence of time served may end confinement yet lead to probation. A state commitment means leaving Potter for DOC is a transfer, not community release.
Judicial records follow court-access rules. Potter’s executive-agency records follow the applicable county process and Pennsylvania law. Submit each request to the office that created the record.
Potter Reentry Information Limits
Potter County publishes a 2025 Forensic Re-Entry Handbook. It can identify named services and local resource categories, but publication does not establish that each Cameron County person qualifies or that services are arranged at release. Confirm eligibility with the listed provider and ask whether residence, referral, supervision, or program requirements apply.
No verified research established that Potter provides a specific ride, release-day transport, gate discharge service, or property pickup plan for Cameron prisoners. Do not plan a pickup from assumptions. Call the jail after placement and release timing are confirmed, and ask where an authorized person may wait and what identification or property process applies.
This is also why the Cameron Sheriff remains part of the sequence. A family member may know the Cameron charge but not the housing jail. Potter logistics matter only when Potter actually holds the person.
Read Potter Release Records
A complete Potter record should be read for name, booking number or OTN, booking date, release or movement time, event type, and receiving authority. Compare those items with the Cameron docket. Name matches alone can be weak, especially where spelling, initials, or aliases differ.
If the result shows a state commitment, search the PA DOC locator. If it shows another county, contact that jail. Use federal or immigration locators only when the record independently points to those systems. A PA DOC search should not replace Potter’s record for a person whose custody ended at the county jail.
Finally, distinguish release from discharge. Release can end physical confinement while probation, parole, bail conditions, or another sentence remains active. Discharge means a stated authority itself has ended. Ask the correct office which event its record documents.
Release timing must also come from Potter. The Cameron research found no verified Potter release hour, weekend rule, exit door, property-return procedure, or transport arrangement for Cameron prisoners. A court order, projected date, or PA SAVIN notice should not be used to choose a pickup site. After Potter is confirmed as custodian, call the facility for instructions tied to the actual event.
If an expected release does not occur, compare all active cases and holds. A Cameron bail entry may be valid while another county or authority still requires custody. Ask Potter whether the movement record names that authority. Then contact the named recipient. This is more reliable than repeating a current search or assuming a delay means the court order was withdrawn.
The 2025 Potter Forensic Re-Entry Handbook is a resource directory, not a discharge log. It may help identify services after release, but eligibility, referral, and availability must be confirmed with each provider. Do not treat inclusion in the handbook as proof that a person left jail or received a service.
Note: A no-result screen is not proof of release; it may reflect the wrong jail, data timing, spelling, or a transfer.