How Do I Find Out What A Inmate Is Charged With To Be Put In Jail ?

There is only so much information that you will be able to find out because some of it is confidential. However, most jails will release some information on their websites but you will need some information of your own to be able to input.

• Information that you may need

Besides having the name of the person that you are interested in, you will probably also need a booking number. In some institutions you will just need one or the other.

It will also depend on where the person was arrested. If you do an Internet search using the name of the county and the sheriff department, you may also find out more information.

• Classification systems in jails

The classification systems in jails can vary between county, state and federal, but there are some common types. These include pre-release; minimum; low; close security; medium; high; maximum, administrative; and supermax.

• Supermax

This is the level of security that is designed to segregate the worst criminals and terrorists. These particular inmates do not share their cells with anybody else, and are kept locked up, or as it is termed, in lockdown, for 23 hours a day.

These prisoners receive their meals through what are known as 'chuck holes' in their cell doors. The hour that they are allowed out of their cells is spent for exercise, and this takes places alone as well.

They have no contact with other prisoners whatsoever, and they are kept under constant surveillance through closed circuit television cameras.

• Minimum

At the opposite end of the jail scale, is the lowest level of security. This type tends to be a work oriented facility for petty criminals.

• Pre-release

This is a custody level that is meant to reflect the objective of restoring the inmate control of their own behavior. Intermittent observation may be necessary under some conditions, but inmates may be allowed some access to the community unescorted.