Sheriff’s Office

The Sheriff’s Office delivers services to the Philadelphia civil and criminal justice systems by providing courtroom security, county prisoner transportation in addition to state and national extraditions, and warrant service.

The Office maintains and operates a central holding complex including a vehicle garage for prisoner delivery, a cell block and the capacity to hold approximately 490 prisoners, 33 cell areas adjacent to 64 courtrooms, and attorney/client interview areas. There are two juvenile detention areas located in the basement of Family Court at 1801 Vine Street with 16 small cells that hold 8 to 10 juvenile defendants each, line up room and operations area.

The facilities are available whenever courts are not in session (approximately 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and, in most cases, any hour on weekends and holidays).

The Office maintains a fleet of vehicles for prisoner transportation consisting of unmarked autos, extra capacity vans, buses, station wagons and canine jeeps, all with Sheriff decal and modified for specific tasks. (Extras: stake body, utility van, jeep with snowplow.) The use of all Sheriff facilities, vehicles, uniforms and other insignia must not breach security. When using any Sheriff’s facility or vehicles, the production company will be responsible for the payment of Sheriff Officer(s), who must be present at filming site.