Sunday Sites #7 - Inmate Locators

People like to email me sometimes and ask how to find someone they know is locked up. It's different for every state and the information available to you is different in every state, so I thought I would list how to find an inmate in every state and the Federal system as well.

Federal - Online inmate locator here: http://www.bop.gov/

Alabama - Online offender search here: http://www.doc.state.al.us/

Alaska - Uses the VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) system as well as a toll free number to call for inmate information. More info here: http://www.correct.state.ak.us/

Arizona - Online offender search here: http://www.azcorrections.gov/

Arkansas - Online inmate search here: http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/

California - CDCR has a number you can call for information on the location of an inmate and nothing further. More info here: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

Colorado - Online inmate locator here: https://exdoc.state.co.us/

Connecticut - Online offender search here: http://www.ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us/

Delaware - Delaware also uses the VINElink web site :https://www.vinelink.com/

Florida - Online offender search here: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/

Georgia - Online inmate locator here : http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/

Hawaii - The Hawaii Department of Public Safety is skeletal at best. Very little information is available, however there are several phone numbers that could be of use to finding an inmate, listed under Corrections on this page: http://hawaii.gov/

Idaho - Online offender search here: https://www.accessidaho.org/

Illinois - Online inmate search here: http://www.idoc.state.il.us/

Indiana - Online offender search here: http://www.in.gov/

Iowa - Online offender search here: http://www.doc.state.ia.us/

Kansas - Online offender search here: http://doc.ks.gov/

Kentucky - Online offender lookup system here : http://apps.corrections.ky.gov/

Louisiana - Also uses VINElink and has a phone number to call as well. More info here: http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/

Maine - There is an email address available to ask for details regarding an inmate. More info here: http://www.state.me.us/

Maryland - Online inmate locator here : http://www.dpscs.state.md.us

Massachusetts - VINElink again, more info here : http://www.mass.gov/

Michigan - Online offender search here: http://www.michigan.gov/

Minnesota - Online offender locator here : http://info.doc.state.mn.us/

Mississippi - Online inmate search here : http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/

Missouri - Online Offender search here: https://web.mo.gov/

Montana - Uses VINElink, more info here : http://www.cor.mt.gov/

Nebraska - Online inmate locator here : http://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/

Nevada - Online offender search here: http://www.doc.nv.gov/

New Hampshire - Online inmate locator here : http://www4.egov.nh.gov/

New Jersey - Online offender search here : https://www6.state.nj.us/

New Mexico - Online offender search here: http://corrections.state.nm.us/

New York - Online inmate lookup here : http://nysdocslookup.docs.state.ny.us/

North Carolina - Online offender search here : http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/

North Dakota - Online inmate lookup here : http://www.nd.gov/

Ohio - Online offender search here: http://www.drc.ohio.gov/

Oklahoma - Online offender lookup here: http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/

Oregon - Online offender search here : http://docpub.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania - Online inmate locator here : http://www.cor.state.pa.us/

Rhode Island - Online inmate search here: http://www.doc.ri.gov/

South Carolina - Online inmate search here: http://www.doc.sc.gov/

South Dakota - A phone number is available for you to call here : http://doc.sd.gov/

Tennessee - Online offender lookup here: https://www.tennesseeanytime.org/

Texas - Online offender search here: http://168.51.178.33/

Utah - Online offender search here: http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/

Vermont - Online offender locator here : http://www.doc.state.vt.us/

Virginia - Online inmate search here: http://www2.vipnet.org/

Washington - Online offender search here: http://www.doc.wa.gov/

Washington, DC - Uses VINElink, more info here : http://doc.dc.gov/

West Virginia - Online offender search here: http://www.wvdoc.com/

Wisconsin - If you are registered, you can utilize Victim's Voice and search for an inmate here : https://www.wivictimsvoice.org/

Wyoming - Uses VINElink and more information can be found here : https://www.vinelink.com/

To see an archived list of all Sunday Sites, click here.

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