Finding a loved one or a defendant in the prison system is surprisingly difficult. There is no "National Inmate Search" that covers every jail. You have to know if the person is in a municipal lockup, a county jail, a state prison, or a federal facility. If you guess wrong, you’ll find nothing.

 

The trend toward "privatized" jails has made this even harder. Private facilities often have their own proprietary databases that are not linked to the state’s Department of Corrections website. For an individual, this means checking four or five different sites just to find a location.

 

governmentdatabase.com solves this by grouping "State DOC," "Federal BOP," and "County Jail" links into one "Legal" category. We help you narrow down where to look based on the type of offense, saving you from searching dozens of irrelevant databases.