Inmate Search Questions — Ask The Inmate

Trust the locator over what the inmate tells you, at least as your starting point for getting to the truth. State and federal inmate locator databases pull directly from official department of corrections records. The admission date in the system reflects when that person entered the custody of that correctional system, and those records are maintained by the government with no incentive to misrepresent them. They are not perfect and data entry errors do occasionally happen, but they are far more...

One of the quickest free resources for locating an inmate at a local jail is VINELink. It is a national victim notification network that also serves as a public inmate locator, covering most county and municipal jail systems across the country including facilities in Illinois. You can search by name and get current custody status and location information without any cost. For Bloomington specifically, the McLean County Detention Facility is the primary jail serving that area. McLean County may also have...

The inmate profiles are set up by the member/users of the website. We do not monitor, verify or update the profiles unless requested by the member/user. If you would like to create an inmate profile we would be happy to do it for you. Please send us the inmate's name, their ID number and the facility where they are incarcerated and we'll notify you when it's ready. If you need information on someone's whereabouts, we recommend using the Background Search button to...

The first step is locating him, and for that, you need a little more than just a name. There are about 2.4 million people incarcerated across the country at any given time, and no inmate search system can reliably find someone on a name alone. At a minimum, you need the state where he is likely being held, and his date of birth helps narrow it down further. If his sister told you he is in a specific facility or...

You need the correct SID number, which is the state identification number assigned to each inmate, to properly set up an inmate profile on InmateAid. Without it the profile cannot be accurately linked to the right person in the system. The most direct way to get the number is to contact the facility where the inmate is housed and ask the administrative office or secretary for the SID number. Have the inmate's full legal name and date of birth ready when...

Title: Can You Email David Sweat Through InmateAid? (44 chars) Snippet Answer: (47 words / 284 chars) Yes. The InmateAid profile for David Sweat is correct and current. He is incarcerated at NY DOC Mid State Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York. If the release date on the record caused confusion, disregard it. All InmateAid services for this inmate are active and properly synced. Expanded Answer: David Sweat became one of the most widely covered escape cases in recent American correctional history...

InmateAid is a support platform built specifically for families and loved ones of incarcerated people. The site was founded by a former federal inmate and is designed to make every aspect of staying connected easier, from finding where someone is held to sending letters, photos, money, books, and setting up affordable phone service. Here is how the basics work. To find a specific person, use InmateAid's facility directory or the inmate search feature. You can search by name and state to locate...

To find the current address, the most reliable resources are the facility's official website, the state Department of Corrections offender search tool which is publicly accessible in most states, and VINELink.com which aggregates custody data nationally. For federal inmates, the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator at bop.gov shows current placement and facility address. If the inmate was recently transferred, the database may take a day or two to update, in which case calling the facility directly and asking the records...

This is a common and frustrating experience that has several straightforward explanations worth working through before assuming something is wrong. The most frequent reason a search comes up empty despite knowing someone is incarcerated is a timing issue. When an inmate is newly arrived at a facility their information has not yet been entered or updated in the public facing database. Depending on the system and how current the database is, there can be a lag of several days to a...