The Rhode Island Department of Corrections runs the search for people in Rhode Island state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Rhode Island Department of Corrections
- Official search
- Inmate Search
How to search the Rhode Island DOC inmate list
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections runs its own search: Inmate Search. 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.
Rhode Island state prisons we list
We do not copy the Rhode Island prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Rhode Island directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center State prison in Cranston
- Gloria McDonald Awaiting Trial / Medium Sec Fac State prison in Cranston
- High Security Center State prison in Cranston
- John J Moran Medium Security Facility State prison in Cranston
- Maximum Security Facility State prison in Cranston
- Minimum Security Facility State prison in Cranston
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. Will they be in the Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Department of Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Rhode Island 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 Search, Rhode Island 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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