How to search for a prisoner in Federal Prison?

The BOP (Federal Bureau of Prison) has their official Inmate Locator which lets you search for incarcerated people in the federal prison system.

However, the government's tool is dated, works poorly on mobile, doesn't have very good filters, etc.

So, we at Parakeet Chat decided to build our own free tool, in line with our mission to support incarcerated people and their families.

Comparison table:

Feature	Inmate Locator by BOP	Inmate Search by Parakeet Chat
Speed	Slow	Fast
Modern, Mobile-Friendly interface	✕	●
Can filter by released/ in-custody status	✕	●
Shows incarcerated person's address	✕	●
Copy and share direct URL to inmate's search results	✕	●
Can easily contact incarcerated person (digitally or via paper mail)	✕	●

Parakeet Chat's free Inmate Search tool lets you search the federal prison database to find and contact your incarcerated loved ones.

It works perfectly on mobiles and all devices.
You can filter by released / in-custody status, so you don't waste time scrolling through irrelevant results.
It shows incarcerated people's addresses without extra clicks.
You can copy and share direct URLs to incarcerated people's search results.
Once you find incarcerated people, you can easily contact them digitally or via paper mail.

If you have any issues or have suggestions for improvements, let us know on Twitter.