North Carolina Inmate Search

How to Perform North Carolina Inmate Lookup

North Carolina makes it easy for you to locate someone in prison or jail. The offender locator form allows you to select criteria like name, ID, gender, race, status, birth date or age range. From there you will see a list of results. You can click on each one to see the full details. Some of them have a mug shot. Most have the name, gender, race, birth date, age and the facility they are detained in. You can also read details of their offenses and incarceration records. You may also use a North Carolina prison inmate search online to find someone in prison.

Creating Public Jail Records

When someone enters the state jail system, a file is opened, and from there on, their jail record is updated frequently. NC creates and uses jail records to monitor, manage and facilitate rehabilitation for each inmate. These records follow each prisoner as they navigate through the penal system. Each time they visit the courthouse, receive sentencing, are moved or participate in prison programs, the record is updated. Jail records are shared among law enforcement and kept online. You can find them via using North Carolina inmate records search tool.

Jail and Inmate Search in North Carolina

NC’s Department of Public Safety operates and maintains their 97 jails and 57 prisons. They are committed to the safety and security of their 37,143 inmates. The state also oversees another 83,746 people on probation and 12,150 inmates on parole. Most inmates in North Carolina are male (34,099), and the rest (3,044) are female. 39% of inmates are in because of property crimes, 38% public order crimes, 23% of crimes against another person, 1% unreported. 21% are age 26-30 years old. 1,366 inmates are engaged in full-time education, and another 1,423 participate in part-time educational programs.

Criminal Justice Quick Facts

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North Carolina Imprisonment Rate

34,596

Prison Population

85,634

Probation Population

11,744

Parole Population

4.3:1 (Black : White Ratio)

1.0:1 (Hispanic : White Ratio)

Racial Disparity in Incarceration Rate

60

Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100 000)

91,179 (1.18%)

Disenfranchised Population

42,905 (2.63%)

Disenfranchised African Americans

2,031

Corrections Expenditures (in millions)

North Carolina Parole Population

North Carolina parole population as of the beginning of 2016 counted 11,744 people, 161 paroles per 100.000 population. That’s by 982 people more compared to the previous year, which has increased by 8.4%.

North Carolina Prisons

The state has 97 jails over 100 counties and another 57 prisons. NC works off an annual budget of $1.5 billion and a staff of 19,018 employees. Their current inmate population includes 18,520 people in jail and 37,143 in prison. The state community corrections system is also responsible for 83,746 on probation and another 12,150 inmates who have been released on parole. Based on one hundred thousand residents, North Carolina’s violent crime rate is 372, their property crime rate is 2,738, and their overall incarceration rate is 339. It costs North Carolina $29,965 per inmate per year.