| There are those occasions where you find that you | | | | access to the databases of some of the country's |
| know someone is in jail but do not where. Find out | | | | prisons. There are locators that have access to the |
| about the resources that you can use to try and find | | | | national database and some only have records |
| the person you are looking for from the following | | | | relating to certain states. |
| article. | | | | If I want to find a prisoner I would probably use the |
| I will point out some things that I would do if I want | | | | ones that cover all the jails in the country. Unless of |
| to find a prisoner. You can also try some of these | | | | course I know in which state the person I'm looking |
| ideas and I'm sure you will be able to find the person | | | | for is incarcerated in then I would access the records |
| you are looking for. The resources that are | | | | for that state directly. The idea is to try and avoid |
| mentioned here are designed to locate the general | | | | getting multiple results for similar names in other jails. |
| prison population. Those that are under protective | | | | Besides the sites that have this data, there are also |
| custody and other high profile prisoners will not be | | | | official inmate locators. These are government sites |
| traced using these ideas. | | | | that host information regarding inmates in the various |
| Other than the group of prisoners that I described | | | | jails across the country. If I want to find a prisoner I |
| above, information regarding the rest of inmates is | | | | would also look up these locators and try them out |
| free information. The information can be retrieved | | | | as well. This information is available from a lot of |
| from inmate locators. These are sites that have | | | | sources, you should not have any problems searching. |