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Inmate Lookup
free nationwide inmate search

With more than 1,799,965 people incarcerated in the United States, doing an inmate search for a specific person might be difficult. Adding to the intricacy, each state keeps its own inmate database, making the search even more difficult if you are uninformed of the state of imprisonment.

If you're wanting to conduct an inmate search for someone who is currently serving time, you've come to the perfect place.

Our website simplifies the inmate search process, saving you valuable time that would otherwise be spent scouring multiple websites for inmate information. We provide a comprehensive inmate search facility that covers over 18,000 jails and prisons in the United States.

To start an inmate search, simply input basic information about the inmate, such as their first and last names.

We additionally give guidelines on the best way to contact the inmate, send cash/mail, visitation rules for each jail and much more.

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Start your inmate lookup. Select the state of detainment:

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How to lookup
someone in prison / jail

Finding an inmate isn't a simple assignment. Because of headway in innovation, the vast majority of the inmate records are accessible on the web and available to people in general. In any case, the vast majority of the inmate records are scattered and one needs to experience different government and private sites to discover it.

For instance, if the inmate is as of now serving their opportunity in a Government Prison, at that point one should query data in Administrative BOP database. In any case, if an inmate is imprisoned in a state jail, one needs to look through the bureau of amendments site of that specific state. In the event that the inmate is as of now in a police imprison, at that point one needs to check the inmate list page of that specific police division imprison.

The objective of inmate-lookup.org is to give a solitary stage to inmate look. Regardless of whether you are looking data on a government inmate or state jail inmate, one can straightforwardly look through the data on our site. Be that as it may, in order to lead an effective lookup, one must give the accompanying data:

Step 1

Search for Jail/Prison

Step 2

Visit Jail/Prison website through the link provided on our website

Step 3

Search for Inmate by their personal informations

Note: Please provide as accurate information as possible. Despite the fact that not compulsory but rather, the more accurate data you give, the more precise results would be.

Our website currently provides information on inmates held in: County Jail, City Jail, State Prison, Police Department Jail, Military Prisons, State Prison Administration, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Re-entry & Treatment Facility, Regional Facility, Private Facility, Federal BOP Reentry & Treatment Facility, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), County Jail Administration, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Administration, US Immigration & Customs Enforcement Administration, City Jail Administration, Immigration Detention Facility.

Information for Prison/Jail
provided through Inmate Lookup

The main goal of our inmate lookup website is that we provide inmate details as well as ways on how people can contact their inmates. They can get extensive information from our inmate lookup website.

Jail/Prison
Name

Jail/Prison
Address

Jail/Prison
Contact Number

Jail/Prison
Fax Number

Mailing
Address

Send Mail/Money
to Inmates

Rules & Information
for Visitation

Driving Directions
for all Jails/Prisons

With all these details available at your disposal, one can easily contact and reach out their inmate in their respective jails using our inmate lookup portal.

With more than 17610 correctional facilities/jail in our database, we are one of the biggest and most updated jail data index. For any inquiries and questions one can connect with the help group at support@inmate-lookup.org

General Stats

1,799,965

US Total No. of Inmates

3,053,742

Number of people under Probation Supervision

350

Prison population rate: 100,000 residents

862,113

Parole Population

203,865

Incarcerated individuals with sentences of 50 years or longer

100,151

Inmates sentenced to more than 1 Year in private prisons

Sex

Total

Male

93.22

1,084,717

Female

6.78

78,948

Youth

Type

Total

Committed

57.95

21,141

Detained

39.32

14,344

Diverted

1.37

500

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