Connecticut runs a unified correctional system: both the jails that hold pre trial offenders and the prisons that hold sentenced offenders come under the Department of Correction, so its Offender Information Search is the one place to look for anyone in state custody. The form takes a CT DOC inmate number, a last name, a first name and a date of birth, and the department advises entering only the inmate number or only the first few letters of the last name for better results; a result lists the number, the inmate's name, date of birth and facility.
The department's disclaimer explains what a result means: a person's current incarceration does not necessarily indicate they have been convicted of a crime, since the system also holds people on accused status awaiting trial; the information is updated regularly but may change quickly and may not reflect the current status; release dates may change with the application of Risk Reduction Earned Credits; the computer system cannot show every statute's subsections; and the database leaves out offenders held under the Youthful Offender Statute and people the department holds for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Search: the Offender Information Search, by inmate number or last name, with first name and date of birth as narrowing fields; a location shown as PO followed by a number and a name means supervision by a parole officer at a regional parole office.
- Questions: the Public Information Office at (860) 692-7780, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, or Connecticut Department of Correction, Public Information Office, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, Wethersfield, CT 06109; ICE detainer questions go to the ICE regional office at 617-565-4946.
- Money: the Inmate Trust Fund, 860-692-7670, by mail with a money order or certified check payable to the inmate and the remitter form to Inmate Trust Fund, P.O. Box 290800, Wethersfield, CT 06129-0800, or electronically through JPay, TouchPay at ctdoc.net or Western Union; being on the visitor list is no longer required to send funds.
- Contact: letters to the inmate's full name and number at the facility, with no padded envelopes; no incoming calls, only outgoing collect or Securus calls to a list of up to ten numbers.
Written by SearchSystems.net from Connecticut's own systems: the Connecticut Department of Correction Offender Information Search, the department's Inmate Information page, the department's Inmate Accounts page, the department's Frequently Asked Questions, the department's Facilities page, the department's Parole Fugitive Investigations Unit page, each read on October 14, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
What the search returns and what it leaves out
A result gives the inmate number, name, date of birth and the facility, and the search page explains the one entry that is not a building: a location listed as PO followed by a number and a name indicates supervision by a parole officer at a regional parole office, listed on the department's Parole and Community Services page, while a facility entry leads to that facility's page with directions and the visiting schedule. The Inmate Information page repeats the disclaimer, says the information is updated on a daily basis, and sends further requests for offender information to the Public Information Office by phone or letter.
Two groups are absent by design, youthful offenders and ICE detainees, and the department warns that because of its computer system's limits it cannot process all statutes with their subsections, so an offense may appear without the subsection that defines it. Pen pal websites, the FAQ adds, are not the department's and may be misleading, since inmates have no internet access.
The facilities and the unified system
The department answers its own question on size: it has 18 correctional facilities, five of them currently closed because of a twenty year low in the offender population, twelve holding adult men, one teenage men and one women. The facilities page lists Bergin, Brooklyn, Cheshire, Enfield, Garner, Gates, MacDougall-Walker, Northern, Osborn, Robinson, Webster, Willard-Cybulski and York correctional institutions, the Bridgeport, Corrigan, Hartford and New Haven correctional centers, the Cybulski Community Reintegration Center, Manson Youth Institution and the Niantic Annex, each with its own page; Enfield has been closed since January 23, 2018.
Residents near a facility may register at ctalert.gov for emergency notices about prison matters.
Writing to an inmate
Anyone may write to someone incarcerated. All correspondence must carry the inmate's full name, the inmate number and the address of the facility, and there is no limit on the letters an inmate may write or receive at personal expense except as a disciplinary penalty under Administrative Directive 9.5. The department asks that padded envelopes not be used, since they raise security issues and slow delivery, and urges caution about releasing personal information to an offender.
An inmate may write to anyone except a victim of an offense the inmate has served, is serving or stands charged with, a person under 18 whose parent or guardian objects in writing, an inmate in another facility other than immediate family, a parolee or inmate on community confinement without the unit administrator's and the supervisor's permission, anyone a court order forbids, or anyone else where security, order or rehabilitation requires, under Administrative Directive 10.7.
Calling an inmate
Inmates have no access to incoming calls. Telephones let them place outgoing collect calls or calls billed through the Securus option, and each inmate completes a calling list of up to ten numbers for social contact; credit card calls, billing to a third party, call forwarding, transfers and any other means of routing a call are not allowed. The Family and Friends Handbook, which the FAQ names first, carries the rules in full and the role loved ones can play.
The Inmate Trust Fund: four ways to deposit
The Inmate Accounts page describes the Inmate Trust Fund office, which receives funds for incarcerated offenders, makes payments from their accounts and keeps the records, with account information at 860-692-7670; a notice dated September 29, 2026 says the issue affecting the Securus, JPay and Syscon systems has been resolved, and the page notes that it is no longer necessary to be on an inmate's visitor list to send funds. The fund accepts money four ways: by U.S. mail, by JPay electronic deposit, by TouchPay at ctdoc.net, and by Western Union.
Mailed funds may be a money order or certified or cashier's check, an attorney's check with a cover letter, an employer's check with a pay stub, a vendor refund, or a Social Security, social services, tax refund, unemployment or Veterans Administration check, every item payable to the inmate and accompanied by complete, legible remitter information: the inmate's first name, middle initial and last name, number and date of birth, and the sender's name and full address, with nothing else in the envelope, since cards, letters, pictures and notes are not forwarded.
The address is Inmate Trust Fund, P.O. Box 290800, Wethersfield, CT 06129-0800. A former inmate requests the remaining balance on the Request for Account Balance form to Inmate Trust Fund, 24 Wolcott Hill Rd., Wethersfield, CT 06109, and the department keeps a page on unclaimed inmate accounts.
Victims, fugitives and the end of death row
A victim who wants notice of an inmate's release contacts the department's Victim Services Unit. The Parole Fugitive Investigations Unit, at 2200 Thomaston Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06702, (203) 346-7800, seeks, locates and apprehends parole absconders and community supervision escapees in and out of state, working with the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force, and takes anonymous tips on its line at (203) 346-7830 or at DOC.FugitiveTips@ct.gov.
Connecticut has no death row: on August 13, 2015 the state Supreme Court held, four to three, that the administration of the death penalty violated the state constitution in light of the legislature's prospective repeal in 2012, and the eleven death sentences not covered by the repeal were reduced to life without the possibility of release.
Reading a Connecticut result
A result means the person is in the department's custody or under its parole supervision on the day of the search, and the department's own caution applies: custody is not conviction, since the same system holds the accused. The facility on the result is where letters go, with the name and number, and the Inmate Trust Fund takes money for that number from anyone; the number and facility are also what the visiting schedule on the facility's page turns on. Youthful offenders and immigration detainees never appear, and a release date can move with earned credits.
Questions about finding an inmate in Connecticut
Related Connecticut records
The department's search is one of the Connecticut records this site covers: the Connecticut arrest records guide explains what an arrest makes public, the court records guide covers the Judicial Branch's case look up, the sex offender registry guide covers the State Police registry, and the Connecticut county pages list each police department and court.