Inmate Locator

Prison Inmate Search on the Web

If you're looking for a prison inmate, or just want more information about the United States criminal justice system, I've rounded up a few good sites.

• Corrections Connection is an excellent site that offers direct links to every state's prison inmate locator in America (at least, every state that HAS a prison inmate locator - I noticed that Oregon is not on the list).
• The Pampered Prisoner, which also has links to every prison inmate locator (including Oregon).
• If you're not looking for a state prisoner, try the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the Federal Prison Facilities Main Page.
• Various states place their Death Row inmates information online; a couple of these are Texas Death Row Home Page and the Florida Death Row Fact Sheet.

And now, for more general prison inmate and prison information:

Photographs from the Arkansas State Prison 1915-1937: Some haunting images here. Includes many female inmate images.

Prisoners' Inventions: Some of the ingenious contraptions that inmates come up with while serving their time.

Prison Statistics: from the US Department of Justice; lots of prison stats.

Alcatraz Official Web Page: The official home on the Web of one of the most infamous prisons in US history.

Archaeology at the Andersonville Civil War Prison Camp: Very detailed site; includes exhibits and historical information.

Nelson Mandela: Speech on Release from Prison, 1990: The full transcript of Mandela's speech.

Martin Luther King's Letter from the Birmingham Jail: My favorite of all MLK's writings.

Prison Information and Papers: a list of links to statistics, papers, and other information about the prison system.

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