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SCI Albion Release Paths

SCI Albion is a state correctional institution operated by PA DOC. Its residents serve state sentences under the statewide correctional system. They are not on an Erie County Prison roster merely because the institution has an Albion address. The committing county can help refine a state search, but it does not determine the current prison, the parole field office, or the eventual residence.

A person can leave SCI Albion through state parole, maximum-sentence discharge, transfer to another SCI, transfer to another authority, or placement in a DOC community corrections setting. Parole means conditional release before the maximum while the state sentence continues under supervision. Maximum discharge means the sentence reached its lawful endpoint as recorded. A community placement may remain custody or supervision, so it is not automatically final discharge.

Confirm an SCI Albion Release

Open the PA DOC Locate an Inmate or Parolee service and choose a mode. The Inmate Locator holds current state-custody information. Search by inmate number when possible. Otherwise use the full name plus date of birth or age, sex or gender, race, committing county, or current location fields shown in that mode.

Then use the Parolee Locator. A matching result can display a Release Date, inmate and parole numbers, photograph, current location, last update, and an explicit wanted-parole-absconder flag where applicable. Report that flag exactly. It is evidence of state supervision status, not a new conviction. Daily updates mean the locator is not a real-time gate record.

1. Search inmate mode for current PA DOC custody and an SCI assignment.
2. Search parolee mode for a release date and current state-supervision information.
3. Compare identifiers across both modes and record the update time.
4. Review the sentencing docket and any public Parole Board decision.
5. Request an existing DOC release or discharge history if the live locators no longer cover the event.

Important: A missing inmate result does not prove SCI Albion release because the person may be paroled, transferred, discharged, or outside current locator coverage.

SCI Albion Release Date Evidence

The public locator does not show a general projected release date, regular minimum date, or maximum date for every Pennsylvania prisoner. Its relevant parole-side field is labeled Release Date. Do not rename that field as final discharge. Pennsylvania's minimum is earliest parole eligibility. The maximum is the sentence endpoint subject to lawful computation and change.

A Parole Board grant does not create an immediate door date. The legal minimum must be met. Programming, an approved home plan or community-corrections bed, and resolution of detainers can also affect timing. A detainer is a hold from another case or authority. It can redirect a person even when the Board approved parole. Pennsylvania does not apply a general rule that every prisoner must serve eighty-five percent of the maximum before parole.

Minimum date

The earliest parole eligibility point, not a promise of release.

Board Action

The formal Parole Board decision document.

Release Date

The date labeled on a qualifying parolee result.

Maximum discharge

The supported endpoint of the state sentence.

Keep the Board decision, minimum, actual release, and discharge as separate milestones. The UJS sentencing docket and commitment material can supply sentence context, while the DOC record establishes the correctional event.

SCI Albion Records and Contact

The official facility page is the source for current SCI Albion operational contact information. The research identifies SCI Albion at 10745 Route 18 in Albion. For person-level release evidence, PA DOC records staff and the statewide locators are more relevant than Erie County government. County Corrections cannot produce a state file it does not possess.

A focused state request should identify the inmate number, SCI Albion, and a bounded date range. Ask for an existing public status history, release record, face sheet, transfer record, or discharge record. Expect lawful redaction of protected personal, medical, investigative, or security information. Ask for the record, not a newly written explanation.

Official SCI Albion Release Source

The Commonwealth's official SCI Albion page confirms the institution and its PA DOC operator.

The image identifies the correct state facility channel. It does not show a person-level release, so pair it with the appropriate locator result, Board record, PA SAVIN event, or DOC response.

SCI Albion Release Notifications

PA SAVIN covers state prisons and state parole as part of Pennsylvania's custody notification system. Access it through VINELink, the mobile app, or the statewide phone route. Search Pennsylvania by first and last name, then refine with age, identification, or facility details when displayed. Save the exact status, location, and time checked.

A SAVIN notification can help mark a release, transfer, movement, or other custody change. It should not be expanded beyond its wording. The Commonwealth warns against relying on one alert system for urgent safety needs. For state-custody services and notifications, the Office of Victim Advocate is another official PA DOC channel. A formal DOC record remains the fallback for an old completed discharge.

The UJS docket supplies the judicial side of the same timeline. It can show sentence terms, credit, violation entries, and later orders, but a docket does not certify SCI Albion's physical departure time. If the public Parole Board material shows a grant, compare it with the locator Release Date and DOC status record. Decision, actual release, and maximum discharge answer different questions.

A correction request should begin with the source that displays the disputed fact. Supply the inmate number, institution, date range, and saved result. This gives PA DOC a precise record to review. Do not infer that a later locator change rewrote the historical event; keep both access dates and seek the agency's existing status history.

Note: PA SAVIN can lag a correctional event, so confirm a consequential SCI Albion status through PA DOC and the originating record.

SCI Albion Erie County Distinction

SCI Albion creates Erie's key operator distinction. Someone incarcerated in Erie County at SCI Albion is held by Pennsylvania DOC, not Erie County Corrections. Someone at Erie County Prison is held by the County. The two facilities use different locators, record custodians, parole structures, and release evidence.

Committing county, present institution, residence, and supervising office are separate fields. An Erie County judge can commit a person who is later housed at another SCI. A person at Albion may return to a home outside Erie and report to a different PA DOC district office. Put the operator beside every saved result. The Erie County Prison release process should be used only for the separate county custody episode.

After an SCI Albion Release

A parolee remains under state supervision and may appear in parolee mode. Current location can mean a field office or supervision area rather than the person's precise residence. An approved community corrections placement may still impose residential rules. If the person returns to an SCI, switch back to inmate mode and confirm the new assignment.

At maximum discharge, an older person may disappear from both current views. No match then proves only that no current DOC custody or supervision match was found. Use the docket, PA SAVIN event, Board material, and DOC response to document the historical result. If another authority received the person, follow that authority's system instead of calling the transfer unrestricted release.

The PA DOC Erie District Office may matter when supervision occurs in the Erie area, but assignment follows residence and supervision needs rather than the former prison alone. Verify the current office through the official directory before relying on an old contact listing.

Note: Record the result date and source mode because movement between inmate, community placement, parole, and discharge can change the public view.