FCI Loretto Release Destinations
FCI Loretto is a low-security federal correctional institution operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The official institution also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp. Its location in Cambria County does not place it within the county criminal-justice system. Cambria County Prison release records, county probation, and the Cambria Clerk of Courts cannot certify a person's release from FCI Loretto.
Ending BOP custody has several possible outcomes. A person may return to the community and begin a term of federal supervised release. Another sovereign, such as a state or local authority, may assume custody. A person can also move through community corrections while still under BOP authority before final release. The BOP locator marks the federal custody boundary. The federal judgment and docket describe the sentence and supervised-release term, while another agency's locator or record may show continued confinement.
| Federal display or event | What it means |
|---|---|
| Named BOP institution | The person is shown at a federal facility, not released. |
| In Transit | A BOP custody movement is underway; this is not release. |
| Community corrections | The person may be outside a prison building while BOP custody continues. |
| Released or Not in BOP Custody | BOP custody ended, but another authority or federal supervision may remain. |
| Deceased | The record must not be described as a return to the community. |
Confirm an FCI Loretto Release
The BOP Inmate Locator is the first public source for federal prisoners incarcerated from 1982 onward. A federal register number is the strongest search key because names may be shared, changed, or listed with aliases. A name search can be narrowed with age, race, and sex. Open the correct result and read the location or status together with the Release Date.
- Search by BOP register number when it is known. Otherwise enter the full name and use the available identity filters.
- Compare the register number, age, race, sex, and other known case facts before treating the result as a match.
- Read the Location field. An institution, transit, or community-corrections entry does not mean BOP custody has ended.
- For a past release, look for a Release Date paired with Released or Not in BOP Custody wording.
- Check the federal judgment and docket when supervised release, a transfer, or another authority's custody may follow.
The Cambria County released inmate search compares federal results with the separate county, Pennsylvania DOC, PA SAVIN, and ICE paths. Those systems should not be blended. Each has its own coverage, identifiers, and event terms.
FCI Loretto Official Contacts
The official FCI Loretto institution page is the source for current facility identity and contact details. Use the physical address for the institution and the separate mailing address as BOP directs. Calling can help route a facility question, but staff should not be expected to disclose protected information about a current or former prisoner.
Federal Correctional Institution Loretto
Physical address:
772 Saint Joseph Street
Loretto, PA 15940
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1000
Cresson, PA 16630
Main telephone: (814) 472-4140
The official BOP institution page shown below gives the proper federal context for FCI Loretto contacts and notices.
The institution page identifies the facility, while the separate BOP locator supplies public person-level custody and release fields.
FCI Loretto Federal Custody
FCI Loretto houses federally sentenced people under BOP authority. It is not a county jail for Cambria arrests and not a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. A state or county conviction does not become federal merely because the person was once near Loretto. The prosecuting court, judgment, register number, and holding agency should agree before a federal result is attributed to the person.
The BOP locator is updated daily. That cadence does not make a future Release Date final. BOP warns that sentence reviews and federal time-credit recalculation under the First Step Act can change a displayed date. Court orders, credits, or another legal event can also alter the path. Record the exact field label and the date it was observed, then check again after the expected event.
- Release Date
- The date displayed by BOP for the federal record; a future value may change and needs later confirmation.
- Released
- Status wording that indicates BOP custody has ended.
- Supervised release
- A court-ordered federal supervision term that follows imprisonment and is administered outside the prison.
- Register number
- The federal identifier that gives a more reliable locator search than a name alone.
PA SAVIN is important for Cambria County Prison and Pennsylvania custody, but it is not the federal BOP record. Likewise, the PA DOC locator does not establish release from FCI Loretto. A federal inquiry stays with BOP, the sentencing court, and the appropriate federal supervision or records office.
FCI Loretto Locator Fields
A BOP result contains a small but important field set: the person's name, register number, age, race, sex, Release Date, and location or status. These fields help distinguish one person from another and show what BOP currently reports. They do not provide the full judgment, reasons for every calculation, a transfer receipt, or all post-custody supervision terms.
| Register number | Federal record identifier and preferred search key. |
|---|---|
| Name and traits | Identity checks used to reduce a false name match. |
| Release Date | BOP's displayed date, which must be read as past or future. |
| Location or status | Shows an institution, transit, community corrections, Released, or Not in BOP Custody. |
A past date without the related status can be misunderstood. Read both fields. If the result still names FCI Loretto, another federal institution, In Transit, or a community-corrections location, do not report the person as outside BOP custody. If the result pairs the past date with Released or Not in BOP Custody, it supports the end of BOP custody on that date.
Federal supervised release is not the same as BOP incarceration. The federal judgment sets that term, and the appropriate U.S. Probation office administers it after custody. The public BOP row does not prove that supervision ended. It also does not identify a new state, local, or immigration custodian that may have taken the person.
Request FCI Loretto Release Records
For a specific BOP custody or release file, use the BOP Freedom of Information Act process. Give enough detail to locate the record, including the full name, register number, facility, and a focused date range. Identify the existing document or data sought rather than asking BOP to answer an open-ended question. Third-party privacy rules, proof of identity, consent requirements, and federal exemptions may limit disclosure.
The sentencing court holds the federal judgment and docket. Those records show the sentence imposed and any supervised-release term, but they do not automatically establish the moment BOP completed release. PACER is the usual public federal docket system. If the person was prosecuted outside the Western District of Pennsylvania, the correct court may be far from Cambria County even though confinement occurred at Loretto.
A U.S. Marshals record can matter before BOP placement or when a federal detainee is moved under marshal authority. USMS does not offer a public historical locator that works like BOP's. For marshal detention or transport history, use the USMS FOIA process and name the record with a tight date range. Once a sentenced person enters BOP, the BOP locator and BOP records become the main federal custody sources.
Records from before 1982 require a different route because the online locator principally covers people incarcerated from that year forward. BOP directs older historical research toward archival sources such as the National Archives and Records Administration. A closed or older institution reference should be treated as history, not as proof of current custody.
Note: BOP, the sentencing court, and U.S. Probation each create different records, so send each request to the custodian of the needed fact.
After an FCI Loretto Release
When the BOP locator shows Released or Not in BOP Custody, check what question remains. For the prison exit date, the locator and any BOP record are central. For the court-ordered supervision term, read the federal judgment and use the appropriate U.S. Probation office. For custody by a different sovereign, search that authority's system and obtain its record.
A Pennsylvania SCI result means state incarceration, not federal release to the community. A county jail result likewise means local custody. An ICE result can identify current immigration detention, but ICE ODLS is not a historical archive. No result in another system is not enough to infer where the person went. Spelling, timing, coverage, and identifier differences can all affect a search.
When another authority takes custody, record the sequence without collapsing the events. The BOP date may establish the exit from federal prison, and the receiving agency may establish a new admission on the same or a later date. Federal supervised release may be delayed, interrupted, or governed by the judgment depending on that custody. The correct claim is limited to what each agency record actually shows.
The key is to state the boundary precisely: BOP reported that its custody ended on the displayed date. Any broader claim needs another source. This wording respects the limits of the federal record and keeps an FCI Loretto departure distinct from county release, state parole, federal supervised release, or a transfer to another authority.