Benefits of Using an Inmate Locator?

Answer 1

The internet has made it possible for citizens to research and find incarcerated inmates. Most inmate locator sites show a photograph of each individual, their legal name, aliases and their birth date. They also include a list of offenses committed by the individuals. Some sites list misdemeanor and felony convictions, but most of them only list felonies. Your reasons for performing the search should help you decide which site is best to use. Some websites also have information on individuals that are no longer incarcerated.

Victims of crimes are often scarred for life. Many depend on the judicial system to protect them. No system is perfect, and some victims want to stay informed about the status of the person convicted of harming them or their loved ones. They can use an inmate locator service to determine where an inmate is incarcerated and the inmate's anticipated release date. Some inmates are serving life sentences or on death row. Victims may still want to know which institutions house their attackers. The practice of staying informed provides a sense of relief for many.

There are a few cases where you may not find accurate records of an inmate. Some inmates work with prison and federal officials. For safety reasons, these inmates are often placed into protective custody or a witness protection program. Their actual incarceration locations are not listed on websites. Their names are usually changed to protect their identities. This may seem unfair to some citizens, but many of these individuals will never get paroled. They will die in prison, and they choose to become informants for better housing conditions in the penal system.

Have you ever seen a program on television that told the life story of someone wrongly convicted that was released from prison or someone currently incarcerated professing their innocence? Did you want to see what the person portrayed looked like in real life? Did you want to reach out to them and help? These are examples of other ways an inmate locator is helpful. Research has shown the systems work in favor of the majority of the population. The information contained on the websites is public record and site owners do not have to remove the information. Our research found inmate records available online dated back as far as 1982. You can conduct your own free searches too.