The Beaver County Inmate Population
The Beaver County inmate population centers on Beaver County Jail, the county jail in Aliquippa. The research found no state prison, federal prison, or separate city jail physically operating as a public detention facility in Beaver County. That makes the local map simple, but the custody paths are not all the same. Beaver County Jail holds pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, work-release inmates, state-sentenced technical parole violators, and has had an immigration-detention role. A person can be in the same building while still belonging to a county, state, federal, or immigration lookup path.
The official jail page gives the local custody contact, while the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and federal systems cover people who have moved out of county jail authority. For data, the Beaver County inmate population is described through the 2018 PREA audit, the Pennsylvania DOC inspection schedule, Vera Incarceration Trends, the Pennsylvania DOC annual statistical report, and county financial reporting. Those sources measure different things. A jail population figure counts people physically held in the county jail. A state-prison committing-county figure counts people in Pennsylvania DOC custody whose case came from Beaver County.
Beaver County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local capacity figure is consistent across sources. The Beaver County Jail PREA audit listed a 402-bed design capacity, and the Pennsylvania DOC 2025 county prison inspection schedule also listed Beaver County Jail at 402 beds. Vera's county jail data reported a 2023 jail population of 234, below that rated capacity. That number is useful for a recent trend view, but it is not a live count and should not be used to confirm whether one person is in custody today.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 402 beds | Beaver County Jail PREA audit, 2018; PA DOC inspection schedule, 2025 |
| Audit-day jail population | 327 total | Beaver County Jail PREA audit, 2018 |
| Recent jail population | 234 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2023 |
| Jail admissions | 1,925 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2023 |
| DOC population from Beaver County | 333 | PA DOC Annual Statistical Report, 2024 |
Beaver County Inmate Population Trends
Recent jail-population trend data show a smaller count after 2019 and a partial rebound by 2023. Vera lists 297 for 2019, then 209.56 for 2020, 158 for 2021, 222.25 for 2022, and 234 for 2023. The research does not support a single cause for each movement, so the figures should be read as a measured trend rather than a policy diagnosis. The 2023 figure was still well below the 402-bed capacity.
| Year | Jail Population / ADP-Like Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 297 | Vera recent baseline before the sharp drop. |
| 2020 | 209.56 | Lower count during the COVID-era period. |
| 2021 | 158 | Lowest recent figure in the extracted trend. |
| 2022 | 222.25 | Population rose from the prior year. |
| 2023 | 234 | Below the 2019 level and below rated capacity. |
The November 2024 PREA monthly report adds a more recent intake signal. It recorded 118 inmates committed during that month and 1,627 PREA booklets distributed year to date. Those are booking and education counts, not a full annual admissions report, but they show active jail intake through the end of 2024.
Who Is in Beaver County Jail
The available demographic detail comes from both the 2018 PREA audit and Vera's 2023 county data. The PREA audit counted 327 inmates on the audit day: 268 male inmates and 59 female inmates. It also reported a race breakdown of 59 percent white, 39 percent African-American, and 2 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, biracial, or other. Vera's 2023 data reported 234 total jail population, including 162 male, 38 female, 84 Black, 116 white, 169 pretrial, and 65 sentenced. Some subtotals in public datasets do not always equal the total, so broad categories are more reliable than tiny percentage comparisons.
- Pretrial custody: Vera listed 169 people in pretrial custody for Beaver County in 2023.
- Sentenced jail custody: Vera listed 65 sentenced jail inmates in 2023.
- Other authority: The PREA audit says the jail can hold technical parole violators and ICE detainees.
- Work release: The audit and visitation schedule both identify work release or inmate-worker groups.
Beaver County Jail Capacity
Beaver County Jail was built as a purpose-built prison in 1998 and designed for 402 inmates. The 2018 PREA audit described one secure building with eight housing units, outdoor recreation yards for each housing unit, a full-size indoor gymnasium, and housing-unit meal service rather than a central dining hall. The audit-day count of 327 was about 81 percent of rated capacity. Vera's 2023 figure of 234 was about 58 percent of capacity.
No official source reviewed showed a current overcrowding order, federal consent decree, jail closure plan, or new jail construction project for Beaver County Jail. The documented recent updates are operational: the 2025 visitation schedule, PREA monthly reporting, and state inspection planning. That matters for the Beaver County inmate population because the known public data points show a facility below rated capacity in the extracted recent years, not a documented overcrowding crisis.
Beaver County Inmate Population Laws
Pennsylvania law separates public access from automatic online publication. Beaver County does not appear to publish a verified online jail roster, but that does not mean every jail or court record is closed. The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law presumes many local agency records are public unless an exemption, privilege, court rule, or other law applies. The Office of Open Records describes the RTKL process used for many county requests.
Key access rules:
Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law gives a request path for agency records, subject to exemptions and redactions.
Pennsylvania CHRIA governs criminal-history record information and treats court dockets, police blotters, and wanted lists differently from many investigative records.
Pa.R.Crim.P. 540 explains preliminary arraignment after arrest, including bail rights and use of two-way audio-video communication.
PA DOC County Inspections supplies the state oversight context for county correctional institutions.
Beaver County State Prison Population
No Pennsylvania state correctional institution was found inside Beaver County. Still, state custody is part of the Beaver County inmate population picture because a person sentenced from Beaver County may transfer from local jail custody into the Pennsylvania DOC system. The Pennsylvania DOC inmate and parolee locator covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees, updates daily, and does not include people held in a county facility.
The PA DOC 2024 Annual Statistical Report listed 85 DOC receptions from Beaver County in 2024, including 57 court commitments and 28 parole-violator receptions. It also listed 333 people in DOC custody by Beaver County committing county on December 31, 2024. Prison Policy Initiative reported 237 people in Pennsylvania state prison from Beaver County in 2020. Those figures are not jail counts. They are state-prison measures tied to where the case originated.
Search the Beaver County Inmate Population
No official Beaver County public jail roster or mugshot gallery was located on the county website or an official sheriff subdomain. The best current-custody search starts with the official jail and Regional Booking Center contacts, then checks VINE for custody status and UJS for court records. A person who has been sentenced to state prison is searched through PA DOC, not through the county jail. Federal and immigration custody use separate federal locators.
- Call Beaver County Jail for current jail custody status when the person may be held locally.
- Call the Regional Booking Center for a very recent arrest or intake question.
- Use Pennsylvania VINE or PA VINE by phone for custody notification.
- Search Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for charges, court dates, bail entries, and docket status.
- Use PA DOC, BOP, or ICE only when the custody authority matches that system.
Beaver County Current Inmate Lookup
The county roster field table is short because no official county jail search form was found. That absence should be stated plainly. Beaver County publishes jail contacts, jail leadership, PREA materials, visitation materials, and related county pages, but not a verified search form with public inmate profiles. The phone and records-request path is therefore part of the official access chain, not a backup after a web roster fails.
| Channel | Use It For | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jail phone | Current county jail custody | Beaver County Jail, 724-378-8177. |
| Regional Booking Center | Recent arrest or intake | RBC main desk, 724-512-2392; RBC Sergeant, 724-512-2391. |
| PA VINE | Custody status and alerts | Online portal or 1-866-972-7284. |
| UJS Case Search | Charges, bail, court dates | Filter to Beaver County or Judicial District 36. |
Beaver County Inmate Record Fields
Because no official Beaver County online jail profile was available for inspection, fields such as booking number, mugshot, bond amount, housing unit, and release date cannot be promised as public web fields. Official sources do support several related record categories. The Sheriff's Office says the RBC handles intake, processing, video arraignments, and data entry. UJS shows public court docket data. The Clerk of Courts handles criminal case records, bail bonds, commitments, fines, costs, restitution, and expungements.
| Record Item | Best Official Source |
|---|---|
| Custody status | Jail phone, RBC contact, or Pennsylvania VINE. |
| Booking or intake | RBC and open-records request when not published online. |
| Charges | UJS docket sheets after the case is filed. |
| Bail or detainer | UJS, Clerk of Courts, and jail confirmation. |
| Booking photo | Specific RTKL request, subject to review and exemptions. |
Beaver County Jail vs Prison
The most common search error is using the right name in the wrong system. County jail custody is local and short-term by design. State prison custody follows sentencing or state supervision action. Federal custody and immigration custody are separate from both. Beaver County Jail may be the physical building for different categories, but the authority behind the hold controls where the lookup belongs.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver County Jail | Pretrial detainees, county sentences, work release, some holds | Jail phone, RBC, VINE, records request |
| Pennsylvania DOC | State-sentenced inmates and parolees | PA DOC inmate and parolee locator |
| Federal BOP | Federal inmates from 1982 to present | BOP Inmate Locator |
| ICE | Adult immigration detainees in ICE custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
Beaver County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolves to one local detention page. Beaver County Jail is the local jail, the countywide Regional Booking Center location, and the facility tied to the official visitation schedule. State and federal locators remain important, but they do not create separate Beaver County facility pages because no state prison or BOP prison was found in the county.
- Beaver County Jail - county jail in Aliquippa holding pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, work-release inmates, state technical parole violators, and some other-authority detainees.
Beaver County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Beaver County inmate population?
Vera listed Beaver County's 2023 jail population at 234, while the PREA audit listed 327 on the 2018 audit day. The jail's rated capacity is 402 beds. None of those figures is a live roster count.
Is there a Beaver County jail roster online?
No verified official Beaver County public jail roster was located in the research. Use the jail phone, the Regional Booking Center, Pennsylvania VINE, UJS, and records requests instead of relying on unofficial roster sites.
Where are Beaver County court charges found after arrest?
Court charges are searched through Pennsylvania UJS Case Search. Name searches work, but docket number, OTN, complaint number, citation number, and Beaver County filters are stronger when available.
Does PA DOC show Beaver County jail inmates?
No. PA DOC says its locator covers state-sentenced inmates and parolees and excludes county-facility inmates. A current county-jail custody question starts with Beaver County Jail, the RBC, or VINE.