How to Find Out About a Person in Jail

Video Transcript

"You just received a call in the middle of the night and you found out that one of your neighbors children are in jail. How do you find out about a person that's in jail? It is going to vary from state to state and municipality to municipality but if you're not sure what jail the person is located in, you may check at your statewide database for the jails, in the state in which you are residing. If you have an idea of the identity of the jail, where this individual is located, you may call that jail or you may access that jail by the Internet and if that person has been booked, within the last twenty-four hours from the time of your call, you way want to talk to the booking department because they will have the most knowledge. After twenty-four hours then, generally, there is a specific department of the jail that will deal with your questions. You want to find out what that person's charged with, how long they're expected to be in and possible bail. I'm Robert Todd and thank you for watching."