Official inmate locators
Find an Inmate
Not sure which facility someone is in? Every state runs its own official inmate locator. Pick a state for a step-by-step guide and pen pals from that state, or tap the ↗ arrow to go straight to that state's official search tool. Those are government sites, not run by PenPalsOnly.
FederalFederal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator
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Links go to each state's official department of corrections (or, for a few states, the shared VINELink victim-notification system used by that state). Availability, search fields, and accuracy are entirely up to each state — we just link to them.