Verification Tools
Use the resources below to confirm current addresses, inmate status, or case details before donating or writing.
Search Tip: When using court records, middle names, approximate ages, and sentencing documents (if available) can help you confirm you’ve found the correct person—especially for common names. Match case details to incarceration timelines for added certainty.
Instructions: Start with our Prisoner Registry—we focus our efforts on the people listed there.
If the person you’re looking for isn’t listed, try our Federal Tools or State Inmate Search.
For tougher cases, use Google with full names and keywords like the state, charge, or “sentencing.”
Finally, check Court Records to confirm case details or find charges not listed elsewhere.
If the person you’re looking for isn’t listed, try our Federal Tools or State Inmate Search.
For tougher cases, use Google with full names and keywords like the state, charge, or “sentencing.”
Finally, check Court Records to confirm case details or find charges not listed elsewhere.
The Solidarity Exchange
Federal Tools
- BOP Inmate Locator – Find people in federal custody by name or ID number.
- VINE Link – Tracks custody status for inmates in many state and county systems.
- PACER – View federal court records (most users won’t be billed if under ~$30/quarter or 250–300 pages).
We support RECAP, a free archive that mirrors documents shared by PACER users.
State Inmate Search
State & Local Court Records
- CourtListener – Search nationwide court dockets, including many state cases.
- Judici – Access local court records for participating counties in Illinois.
- Kansas Courts – Search public case information for Kansas district courts.
Additional State-Level Docket Searches
- Alabama – No free statewide access. Alacourt requires a paid subscription to view criminal dockets.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California – No statewide docket system. Criminal records are accessed through individual county court websites (e.g., LA, SF, SD).
- Connecticut – Includes criminal and motor vehicle docket lookup by name or case number. Click “Case Look-up” → “Criminal/Motor Vehicle.”
- Delaware – No public online access to criminal court dockets at either the trial or appellate level.
- Florida – No statewide criminal case search. Access is provided at the county level by each Clerk of Court.
- Georgia – No statewide case lookup. Criminal docket access is provided by county-level court systems.
- Hawaii
- Idaho – iCourt Portal provides statewide access to criminal case dockets.
- Illinois – No statewide search system. Criminal dockets are handled by counties such as Cook County.
- Iowa – Public case search includes district-level criminal dockets by name or case number.
- Indiana
- Kansas – District Court Public Access Portal offers partial statewide access; not all counties participate.
- Kentucky – eCourt system provides criminal case search by name, case number, or citation.
- Louisiana – No statewide criminal docket search. Records are handled at the parish level, and access varies by location.
- Maine – Statewide portal includes criminal case searches via Odyssey.
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi – Only appellate-level docket search is available; no statewide trial court criminal search.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska – Statewide search includes criminal cases by name or court type.
- Nevada – Appellate-level only. No statewide trial court criminal docket search available.
- New Hampshire – Odyssey portal provides statewide access to criminal case dockets.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico – Statewide case lookup includes criminal dockets by name or case number.
- New York WebCrims
- North Carolina
- North Dakota – Provides statewide public access to criminal court records.
- Ohio – Appellate-level only. No unified trial court criminal docket search; county-based access required.
- Oklahoma
- Oregon – Criminal dockets are available through OJCIN OnLine, a paid subscription service.
- Pennsylvania UJS Web Portal
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina – Public Index provides access to county-level dockets, including criminal cases. Not fully unified statewide.
- South Dakota – No public online access to statewide or county-level criminal dockets.
- Tennessee – No statewide criminal docket search. Access is provided at the county level only.
- Texas – No unified criminal docket portal. Records must be searched by county through local court or clerk websites.
- Utah – Xchange system provides statewide criminal case access by paid subscription.
- Virginia – Case Info System provides limited access; statewide criminal dockets are not publicly searchable online.
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
