The Maine 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.
Maine's first prison, the Maine State Prison, was erected in 1824 in Thomaston. The Maine Department of Corrections runs 5 adult prisons, 1 juvenile facility and 6 community corrections centers. The number of inmates in custody fluctuates, however as of the end of 2023, they number just over 2,700. There are another 1,700 on parole and supervised release.
The following will explain the instructions, tricks and hacks you can use to find any inmate in custody with the Maine Department of Corrections.
The Maine 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.
Further...
1. Look up any inmate by their MDOC Number.
2. Look up any and all inmates by their First name or first letter of their first name.
3. Look up any and all inmates by their Middle name or first letter of their middle name.
4. Look up any and all inmates by their Last name or first letter of their last name.... or list all inmates and those on supervised release by typing a % in this field.
5. Look up any or all inmates by their Gender.
6. Look up any or all inmates by their Age range.
7. Look up any or all inmates by their Weight range.
8. Look up any or all inmates by their Height range.
9. Look up any or all inmates by their Eye color.
10. Look up any or all inmates by their Hair color.
11. Look up any or all inmates by their Race.
12. Look up any or all inmates by their Scars, Marks and Tattoos.
13. Look up any or all inmates by their Current Status - Either Incarcerated or on Supervised Release.
14. Look up any or all inmates by their Location (which prison).
15. Look up any or all inmates by their Offense type... (Murder, Burglary, Drugs, etc.)
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.
