How to Locate an Inmate in New Jersey

Locating an inmate in New Jersey is done through the Department of Corrections website. Inmates can be housed either in prison or local county jails. Individuals looking for inmates cannot contact the department by telephone to request information about an inmate. The department does not honor any requests for inmate information. Once you have located an inmate through their online system, you may call that specific prison for additional information. The online system gives users with even a little information the ability to locate an inmate.

Instructions

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  Visit the New Jersey State website.

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  Select "Departments/Agencies" located at the top right of the page to view all departments and agencies in the state.

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  Choose "Corrections" under the Departments heading. The Department of Corrections retains all of the information related to inmates located in the state of New Jersey. They provide the name and addresses of all prisons and jails located within the state.

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  Select "Offender Search" on the left side of the page. The offender search option allows you to search for offenders using various types of information such as ethnicity, eye color, name and county of commitment.