This is a private reference site, not a Franklin County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, arrange release, post bond, pull official booking records, change a court docket, or answer for the jail. For any official action or confirmation, use the government office that controls the record.
Official Franklin County Channels
Use the correct office for the question. Franklin County Jail handles local custody and jail operations, the Sheriff's Office handles warrants and prisoner transport functions, the District Attorney and court offices handle prosecution and criminal case records, and statewide or federal systems apply after a transfer.
- Franklin County Jail: 1804 Opportunity Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17201; phone 717-264-9513. Use this contact path for current county-jail custody questions, visitation schedule confirmation, mail rules, commissary questions, and facility procedures.
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 14 North Main Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201; phone 717-261-3877; hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The sheriff page identifies warrants, court security, prisoner transportation, and open-records contact Clinton Barkdoll at this office.
- District Attorney's Office: Courthouse Annex, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201; phone 717-261-3827; fax 717-261-3832; hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. DA open-records requests list David A. Frantz as the open-records officer.
- County open records: Franklin County's Right-to-Know page says requests may be made by mail, fax, email, or in person and must be specific. Agencies generally have five business days to grant, deny, or invoke an extension.
- For someone believed to be in Franklin County Jail, start with jail inmate records, the jail phone line, and Pennsylvania SAVIN/VINE.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and be aware that Franklin County did not publish an official online mugshot roster in the reviewed sources.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, UJS Case Search, PAeDocket, and the Clerk of Courts where appropriate.
- For facility-specific details, see Franklin County Jail.
- For a sentenced Pennsylvania state prisoner, use the Pennsylvania DOC Inmate/Parolee Locator, not the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal BOP locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Those systems are separate from Franklin County Jail.