Cambria County PA Prison

Cambria County PA Prison basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 814-472-7330

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Cambria County PA Prison is a medium-security detention center located at 425 Manor Dr in Ebensburg, PA. This county jail is operated locally by the Cambria County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Cambria County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Ebensburg Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

There are new detainees delivered to the jail daily, you can see arrest records here. Some are released after putting up bail, are released to a pretrial services caseload, are placed under supervision by a probation agency, or are released on their own recognizance with an agreement to appear in court. If there is no release, the inmate must wait here at the jail for their court appearance as a guest of the County, getting a bed and three square meals.

Trustees are inmates who work in the jail as cooks, as orderlies for the staff, in the laundry or in the commissary. The trustees are paid a very small amount for their time and some jail gives the trustees a few days off their sentence in exchange for their work.

When an inmate arrives in jail they are put together in a large holding cell with other inmates in the intake. While in intake they are under heightened observation. Violent and out of control inmates are segregated.

Can I Get Work Release?

Work release is when you are released from jail during the day so that you can go to work. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. There are a number of requirements to be able to get into the work-release program. Most programs require your employer to fill out some paperwork. If you want to get into the work release program then apply prior to being sentenced to jail. This will minimize the amount of time you spend in jail waiting to get into the program.

Can I call my family in Jail?

Cambria County PA Prison has a phone program where inmates make outbound calls only, you cannot call into jail. Since you are paying for those calls don't make it a habit of accepting collect-calls, they are over $15 each. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. You are paying for them to call you. Click here if you are going to speak a lot and need a discount on the calls.

Remember – These phone calls are recorded and conversations can be used against you or the inmate so do not discuss your case over these phone lines.

visitation Info

Cambria County Prison – Visitation

• Visiting Schedule
• Visitation Guidelines

The visitation policy is designed to give all inmates the opportunity to visit with family, friends, legal representation and community resources. Everyone is given the opportunity to be eligible for visitation.

Guidelines that govern visitations include:

• Legal or professional visitors may visit between 9am and 9pm. These visits do not have to be pre-scheduled.
• For personal visits, check the schedule for your visiting day and time. All personal visits will be appointment only and must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. You are responsible for scheduling your visit. No more than three (3) visits are permitted in one week. The week is defined as Monday through Sunday.
• You must list the visitor’s name on the Visitors Request Form. If your visitor fails to show for your scheduled visit, you will be charged for the visit.
• No inmate is permitted to sign the visit list more than three times a week. Signing the visit list in excess of three times a week may result in disciplinary action.
• If you sign the visiting list and no visits appear for three consecutive visits, you will not be permitted visits the next week.
• Visitors must show a valid State Photo ID, Driver’s License, or Federal Photo ID to be admitted into the Prison for a visit.
• All visitors are subject to be searched and be at the prison no later than 10 minutes prior to the visits start time. Anyone later than 10 minutes past the start time, will be denied a visit.
• All visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
• Visitors must be dressed appropriately. (No halter-tops, half shirts, short shorts, see through blouses, mini- skirts, etc.)
• Any visitor suspected to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be denied a visit.
• Visitors leaving the Visitors Room for any reason may not return.
• Visitors are subject to the rules of this prison. Any violation of these rules may result in termination of a visit and / or suspension of future visitation privileges.
• You may not share your visit with another inmate
• Visitors will be limited to one (1) adult and a maximum of two (2) children per visit.
• Only legal documents permitted to be taken to visits. No food, candy or writing instruments.
• Visiting privileges may be restricted or discontinued in the event of an emergency situation or as a result of Disciplinary action by the In House Hearings Committee.
• Only cash and Postal money orders will be accepted. Cash will only be accepted through the kiosk. Postal money orders will be accepted at the desk in the lobby between the hours of 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Signed receipts will be issued on all Postal money orders.
• Visits by former inmates:
  • The following practice will be followed when an inmate wants a former inmate to visit him/her…
    • The inmate must submit a request form to their appropriate counselor requesting the former inmate be permitted in. The request must include the person’s name and relationship to the inmate. The relationship must be of a legal nature (parent/child, spouse/spouse, etc.,) OR there must be a verifiable relationship in place (such as the inmate is a parent of child in custody of released inmate or the inmate lives at the same address as the released inmate, etc.).
      • Former inmates who do not meet the ‘relationship’ criteria must wait one year before being permitted to visit.
    • The following restrictions will prohibit any former inmate from entering the institution for an inmate visit:
      • The former inmate must not be on bail for current charges.
      • The former inmate must not be a part of the inmate’s current criminal case.
      • The former inmate must not be on probation or parole.
      • The former inmate must not have been a disciplinary problem while he/she was incarcerated at CCP.
    • Once the relationship is verified and the restriction criteria are met, the inmate will receive approval or denial for the visit, and the lobby clerk/visiting officer will receive a photocopy of the request. No former inmates will be permitted to enter without an approved request.

Approval or denial of any visitor is at the discretion of prison administration.