Florida Inmate Search

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) aims to uphold public safety by providing information on inmates freely. It provides this service through the Florida state offender locator tool on its website. 

Here are the steps to follow to do a Florida state inmate search. 

1. Visit the Florida DOC website. 
2. Navigate to and click on "Offender Search" in the menu section. 
3. Click on "Search All Corrections Offender Databases." There are other search parameters that you can use if you wish to do a more refined search. They include; 

• Inmate population information search 
• Inmate release information search 
• Inmate escape information search 
• Supervised population information search 
• Absconder/ fugitive information search 

      4. Fill in the requested inmate details. Information to input includes; 

• Last and first name. 
• DC number 

      5. Tick the appropriate boxes according to how you want your searches to appear. For example; 

• If you wish to receive the aliases of the inmate, tick the "Search aliases" box.  
• To speed up the offender search process, you can tick the "Do not show photos on the offender list pages." 
• There is also an option to list only the inmates that have photos. 

      6. Click on "Submit Request." The search results yield inmate names that resemble your search criteria. To view a specific inmate, click on an inmate's name in the name column. 

The inmate search in Florida will give the following information about the offender:

• Their demographics – These include name, aliases, race, and sex 
• The correctional facility that currently holds them. 
• Their day of incarceration as well as their release date. 
• Type of custody 
• Their sentence history includes the offense committed, offense date, sentence date, county of incarceration, and duration of the prison sentence. 

The Florida Department of Corrections provides the following disclaimer in the search for inmates. 

• Inmates may occasionally move or transfer. So information displayed on the website may not necessarily reflect the current whereabouts of an inmate. However, Florida DOC does its best to update the information regularly. 
• The website displays only the information of inmates in state prisons. Contact the local sheriff's department for the jail roster if you wish to locate inmates in county jails.