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Enter a name once and we route you to the official Federal Bureau of Prisons and state Department of Corrections locators. Then check the facility's address, visiting rules, and live operational status here.
Inmate records come only from official government locators. Your search opens the Federal BOP locator and the right state DOC locator, with the name pre-filled where the official site supports it.
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Institution profiles
Every match links to a facility page with the correctional institution address, phone, visiting days & hours, and official source links.
Live status & lockdowns
7 verified operational statuses — from Normal to Lockdown and Visitation Suspended — each with source and timestamp.
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Inmate records always come straight from the government source: the BOP Inmate Locator or the state DOC locator.
Jurisdictions covered
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