The New Jersey Department of Corrections runs the search for people in New Jersey state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- New Jersey Department of Corrections
- Official search
- Inmate Finder
How to search the New Jersey DOC inmate list
The New Jersey Department of Corrections runs its own search: Inmate Finder. Search by the person's full legal name. If you have their department ID number, use it: it finds one person, even when the name is common.
New Jersey state prisons we list
We do not copy the New Jersey prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our New Jersey directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center State prison in Woodbridge
- Albert Elias Residential Community Home State prison in Bordentown
- Ancora Psychiatric Hospital - Holly Hall State prison in Hammonton
- Ann Klein Forensic Center State prison in West Trenton
- Bayside State Prison State prison in Leesburg
- Bayside State Prison - Ancora State prison in Hammondton
- Bayside State Prison Farm State prison in Leesburg
- Central Reception and Assignment Facility State prison in Trenton
- Costello Preparatory Academy State prison in Tabernacle
- Craf Jones Farm State prison in Trenton
- D.o.v.e.s. Residential Community Home State prison in Hopewell
- East Jersey State Prison State prison in Rahway
- Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women State prison in Clinton
- Green Residential Community Home State prison in Ringwood
- Mid-State Correctional Facility State prison in Wrightstown
- New Jersey State Prison State prison in Trenton
- New Jersey Training School State prison in Monroe Township
- Northern State Prison State prison in Newark
- Ocean Residential Community Home State prison in Forked River
- Pinelands Residential Community Home State prison in Chatsworth
- South Woods State Prison State prison in Bridgeton
- Southern State Correctional Facility State prison in Delmont
- Southern Transitional State prison in Egg Harbor
- Trenton Psychiatric Hospital State prison in West Trenton
- Vineland Preparatory Academy State prison in Vineland
- Voorhees Residential Community Home State prison in Glen Gardner
- Warren Residential Community Home State prison in Oxford
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The New Jersey Department of Corrections holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our New Jersey page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in New Jersey. Will they be in the New Jersey DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the New Jersey Department of Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the New Jersey Department of Corrections or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Inmate Finder, New Jersey Department of Corrections. The department's own search.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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