This is a private reference site, not a Philadelphia government office. It cannot confirm custody, arrange a release, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Direct those requests to the government custodian below.
Philadelphia Record Contacts
Choose the office by the record needed. The Sheriff's Office is not the PDP jail custodian, so a PDP booking-photo request should identify PDP or the arresting agency rather than assume that the Sheriff holds it.
Philadelphia Department of Prisons
7901 State Road
Philadelphia, PA 19136
Current-custody help: (215) 685-8394, (215) 685-8395, or (215) 685-8396, available 24 hours through the city service information.
Philadelphia Police Department Right-to-Know Officer
Philadelphia Public Services Building, 400 North Broad Street, Suite 72
Philadelphia, PA 19130-4015
Police.RightToKnow@phila.gov
Fax: (215) 686-1183
Philadelphia Sheriff's Office
100 South Broad Street, Fifth Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19110
Main Filing Desk: (215) 686-3559 or (215) 686-3560
Warrant Unit PFA line: (215) 686-3574
Department of Records, Public Safety Records Unit
City Hall Room 170, 1400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(215) 686-2266 | policereports.info@phila.gov
- Use the home page for the PDP locator, focused record requests, and custody-state alternatives.
- Use the Most Wanted page for public wanted-notice and safe warrant-resolution information.
- Use PA DOC's locator for state-sentenced or parolee status, not local PDP custody.
- Use the BOP locator or ICE locator only when the person is in that custody system.
For an emergency or immediate safety threat, use 911 rather than a records office. A written RTKL request must be non-anonymous, sufficiently specific, and sent to the correct Open Records Officer. Philadelphia's usual statutory response framework begins at five business days, subject to lawful extensions.