How to find my friend in jail?

Factual Questions
1

I had a buddy in Air Force boot camp who I haven’t talked to in a long-ass time. Last I heard from him, he was “going to jail, soon” because he had “done something real bad”. I didn’t get any details, and I assumed he meant “I have a trial coming soon, and I don’t have much of a case”, but ever since then his number is disabled so I think he was speaking literally. :smack:

Well, I really want to find a way to get back in touch with this guy. I think he’d be somewhere in Iowa or near Corpus Christi, Texas. Anyone know how I can go about finding out which jail he’s in and how to contact him?

2

You could always try committing a crime in Iowa or near Corpus Christi and hoping you get slotted into the right facility?

3

You could try Prison Search?

4

Texas: http://168.51.178.33/webapp/TDCJ/index2.htm

Iowa: http://www.doc.state.ia.us/OffenderInfo.asp

These will find those in the prison system. If the guy’s really in jail, he’ll be a lot harder to find.

This link http://www.ancestorhunt.com/county-jail-inmates-search.htm from the site Kimstu linked seems to be a pretty complete index of search engines.

5

Do those sites show records of people who were in jail but have been released?

6

Generally not. The ones that I checked didn’t anyway.

Here is a good guide to finding criminal records and inmate information: http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/criminal_records.shtml

7

No luck with any of the tools provided so far.

ETA: This was before Gfactor’s post. I’ll let you all know how it works. Thanks for everything so far, guys!

8

You can search for Iowa criminal case filings here: http://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TrialSimpFrame

9

A lot of the department of corrections websites (those for prison inmates, as opposed to jail inmates) do have information on discharged prisoners.

*E.g., * http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis2profile.asp?mdocNumber=145652