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PICC Jail Overview

Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center, commonly called PICC, is operated by the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. The official facilities page says PICC opened in 1986 and was the first PDP facility built to use unit management. Unit management divides the incarcerated population into smaller groups so that operations, services, and supervision can be organized at the unit level rather than only at the full-building level.

PICC is a local Philadelphia jail facility. The research source set says it houses adult men today. It has 13 housing units, and each unit has a yard, laundry facilities, medical triage areas, counseling rooms, and staff offices. The units have access to classrooms, vocational training areas, law libraries, and chapels. Those details make PICC different from a generic intake-only jail page and should be kept distinct from Curran-Fromhold or the Detention Center.

The PDP facilities page is the best public source for PICC's unit-management description.

The source helps place PICC in the broader State Road campus while preserving the facility-specific unit and program details.

PICC Capacity Notes

The daily headcount source snippet captured for this project listed PICC with 574 and 183, likely capacity and headcount, but the page is dynamic and should be checked for current numbers before treating any figure as today's count. The safer content rule is to say that 574 appeared in the PDP daily census snippet and to qualify it as a dynamic source, not a permanent building rating.

Philadelphia's systemwide population context comes from the May 2026 report, which listed 3,251 people in PDP custody on May 31, 2026 and a 2026 average through May of 3,336. Those figures are not PICC-only counts. A person assigned to PICC may move if classification, court action, release processing, medical needs, discipline, or another custody hold changes.

The PDP daily headcount and census page is the source to check for current figures.

Use the census page for current population context and the locator for a specific person's facility assignment.

PICC Inmate Lookup

PICC is searched through the Philadelphia Incarcerated Person Locator. The locator maps the PICC code to Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center. It requires either the person's six or seven digit PID, or full first name, full last name, and date of birth. A public last-name-only roster is not available from the official app.

1. Open the Philadelphia locator and search by PID when possible.
2. If no PID is known, enter full first name, full last name, and date of birth.
3. Confirm that the facility field says Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center or PICC.
4. If the result is missing, check timing, release, transfer, court dockets, DOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, or PDP phone help.

The public result gives limited custody data. It does not show mugshots, charges, bail, court dates, arresting agency, or housing unit. Court information belongs in UJS Case Search, while sentenced state-prison custody belongs in the Pennsylvania DOC locator. PICC is local jail custody, so do not use the BOP locator unless the person has moved into federal custody.

PICC's unit-management design also means the public facility name is only the outer layer of the custody record. The locator does not tell a visitor which housing unit, program area, or internal appointment applies. For those practical questions, use the facility assignment from the locator, then confirm through PDP before relying on an older message, court note, or family report.

PICC Address and Contact

PICC is located farther along State Road than CFCF, ASD, RCF, and DC. The facility address matters for visits, mail routing, and arrival, but custody confirmation still runs through PDP's Classification, Movement, and Registration lines. Those lines are available 24/7 and are the practical fallback when the locator returns OJ, no record, or a result that does not match the court status.

Formal records requests, including records not visible in the locator, should be made under the City of Philadelphia Open Records Policy using the statewide Right-to-Know form. The request should describe the person, PID if known, date range, facility, and exact record sought.

PICC Visit Schedule

The official PDP visitation page lists PICC weekday visits at 9-10 a.m., 1-2 p.m., and 3-4 p.m. The captured visitation table gives PICC 10 visits per slot. That slot count is different from CFCF, DC, and RCF, so a visitor should not assume one State Road schedule is the same for every building.

Visitor approval, screening, identification, dress, property, lockdown, and emergency rules can affect access. Confirm the PICC assignment and current visit status before travel, especially when a court hearing or release decision happened recently.

PICC Mail and Money

PICC mail follows PDP system rules. Before mailing anything, check the PDP mail instructions and include the person's name and PID when known. Because PICC is part of a multi-building system, confirm the person has not moved before sending mail that needs quick delivery.

PICC Court and Programs

Charges and case events after a PICC assignment are searched through UJS Case Search, not through the PDP locator. Philadelphia Municipal Court initially processes every criminal arrest, and felony cases can later connect to Common Pleas. A PICC custody result and a court docket are related facts, but they are maintained in different systems.

PICC's facility description supports program detail more strongly than several other PDP buildings. The official page describes access to classrooms, vocational areas, law libraries, and chapels, along with counseling rooms and medical triage areas in the unit structure. PDP also lists systemwide reentry, education, parenting, substance-abuse, behavioral-health, counseling, group therapy, and vocational services. Availability for one person depends on classification and operations.

If a PICC inmate is later sentenced to state custody, the search path changes from PDP to the Pennsylvania DOC locator after transfer. If a federal hold or immigration issue is involved, BOP or ICE may become relevant, but that should be based on a record or agency confirmation. A PICC locator result alone is a local jail fact, not proof of state or federal custody.

Unit management

A jail design that organizes people and services into smaller units.

PID

The police identification number used by the Philadelphia locator.

Detainer

A hold that can keep a person in custody after bail or case action.