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.

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.