New Jersey Department of Corrections Prison Inmate Search (Mugshots)
The New Jersey Department of Corrections maintains a searchable public database of all of the inmates they have in custody.
The prison that an inmate is assigned to depends on factors such as security classification, remaining time of their sentence, gang affiliation, and location of their residence.
New Jersey's first prison with the Department of Corrections, the Penitentiary House, was established in 1798. The state currently has 9 correctional facilities, 11 Residential Community Release Programs, and 1 Assessment Center, overseen by 8,000 staff members. The number of inmates in custody fluctuates, however as of the end of 2023, they number just over 20,000, with no inmates on death row, as there is no longer a death penalty. There are tens of thousands more on parole and supervised release, with 16,000 of them on parole.
The following will explain the instructions, tricks and hacks you can use to find any inmate in custody with the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
The New Jersey DOC provides every bit of information you want to know about any inmate in their system.
To look up an inmate, you don't even need to know the spelling of their name.
1. Look up any inmate by their SBI Number.
2. Look up an inmate by first name, or first initial or by any combination of letters.
3. Look up an inmate by last name, or first initial or by any combination of letters.
4. Look up any or all inmates by Sex.
5. Look up any or all inmates by Hair Color.
6. Look up any or all inmates by Eye Color.
7. Look up any or all inmates by Race.
8. Look up any or all inmates by Ethnicity.
9. Look up any or all inmates by County of Commitment.
10. Look up any or all inmates by Current Facility Location.
11. Look up any or all inmates by Dates of Birth.
12. Look up any or all inmates by Age.
The results of your inmate search will look something like the image below.
You will first be able to see the following:
The results of your inmate search will look something like the image below.
You will first be able to see the following:
The Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator includes inmates that are not only in custody, but who have been in custody and have been released (or who died in custody) since 1982.
For inmates in custody prior to 1982, visit the National Archives Records Administration and provide the following information:
Searching by Name
Searching by Name Results
Searching by Number
Searching by Number Result
Things to Know About Federal Inmate Search Results
When someone that is not a US Citizen gets arrested in the United States, and they are here illegally, depending on what state or city they are arrested in, the person may be turned over to ICE.
Many states such as New York and California, as well as hundreds of US cities, have declared themselves 'sanctuary cities' and do not turn over foreigners here illegally, even if they are committing crimes in their jurisdiction.
However, when an alien here illegally is turned over to ICE, and sent to one of the over 100 Immigration Detention Centers in the United States, the only way to try and locate where they are being detained is using the Online Detainee Locator System.
You can look them up using their assigned A-Number.
You can also try and look them up by using their name.
