How to Search for a Florida Corrections Inmate

The Florida Department of Corrections aims at looking after the public safety and insuring society against an offender, who has been released from the hold of the law. These offenders are kept under strict supervision once they re-engage themselves within society. Timely records are maintained in regards to parole, the probation offenders, date of release, and statistics on prison admissions, release date, money orders for the inmates, transfers, death row lists, and so on. Reports on inmate escapes can also be found. You can find out more about the Florida Department of Corrections at http://www.dc.state.fl.us/.   

The Florida Department of Corrections hosts 139 prison facilities that are categorized into centers like work camps, road prisons, annexes, or work release centers. These training centers house convicts who are sentenced for more than one year. These convicts are branched out according to the custody types.

Florida Department of Corrections Databases

The department has certain databases that are very proficient for any kind of advanced search. Therefore, retrieving information about an inmate isn’t a tedious process. You can look for all types of inmates by a single, comprehensive search. These databases vary in types. The list is comprised of inmate escapes, total inmate population, the supervised inmate population, absconders, and inmate releases.
 
The search options given in all of these forms are almost similar to each other. Thus, the facts filled in are more or less the obvious information of the inmates like first, middle, and last name, dates relating to the admission, release, or sentencing of the inmates, addresses, DC number, offense category, age, sex, race, county, current location, weight range, and so on.

Florida Department of Corrections Information Access

The Florida Department of Corrections has made it easy for law enforcing agencies and the general public to browse through particulars about inmates, who are under the supervision of law, and view their respective photographs. This information is weekly monitored and updated, which makes the information reliable and current. Further details can be gathered by contacting the Florida Department of Corrections at:
Probation and Parole Field Services - (850) 487-2165
or at: co-supervision@mail.dc.state.fl.us.

You can process a supervised population search of the inmates that are freely moving around in society but are still under the control of law. Photographs and general details of the convicts are provided in this type of a search as well. To simply verify information about a person or an inmate in Florida, contact: central.classification@mail.dc.state.fl.us.

A search for absconded and/or runaway inmates can be conducted from the same department. This helpful tool is provided for the safety of the public. Hence, the law enforcement agencies of each county can insure the public safety and awareness.
 
If you want to report some information to the department in regards to escapees, contact your nearest law enforcement agency or call the Florida Department of Corrections at: 1-866-850-0355 or 850-922-6867.

If you are a victim and your offender is an inmate of the Florida Department of Corrections, you can also choose to be informed when your offender is release from prison. This system is advantageous in protecting the security of the victim after a convict is released. Complete information is provided to the seeker about the release date of the inmate. 

For more information, please contact:
Bureau of Classification and Central Records,
Release Management Section,
Florida Department Of Corrections
(850) 488-9167
 
Or, send an email to: dc.release@mail.dc.state.fl.us.

The Florida Department of Corrections offers an abundance of news about state prison inmates. However, it does not give any information in regards to the separate county jails. Different counties have different systems, and, therefore, a selective study about each of the counties will have to be conducted. However, please take note that not every county sheriff office offers online records. You can also search the directory of the respective counties to find out more information.