FCRA and Consumer Reporting Notice

FCRA notice

FCRA and Consumer Reporting Notice

This website is not a consumer reporting agency, does not provide consumer reports and must not be used for employment, tenant, credit, insurance, licensing or similar eligibility decisions.

We are not a consumer reporting agency

jailinmate-search.org/ is an informational website. We do not prepare, sell, furnish or verify consumer reports. We do not provide background checks for employers, landlords, lenders, insurers, licensing bodies, volunteer organisations or similar decision-makers.

Our pages are designed for general education about public inmate search resources. They are not designed to determine a person’s eligibility, character, creditworthiness, tenant suitability, employment fitness, insurance risk, professional status or legal status.

Prohibited uses

You may not use this website, any page on this website or any information found through links on this website for:

  • Employment screening, hiring, promotion, retention or reassignment decisions.
  • Tenant screening, housing eligibility or rental decisions.
  • Credit, lending, insurance or financial eligibility decisions.
  • Professional licensing, certification, admission or volunteer screening.
  • Any decision that requires a legally compliant consumer report, background check or official record process.

Why this notice matters

Criminal-record and custody information can be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated or legally restricted when used for screening. Screening laws can require disclosure, authorisation, accuracy procedures, dispute rights and other protections. Our website does not provide those processes.

Do not misuse this site: If you need to make a regulated decision about a person, consult qualified legal counsel and use a compliant screening provider/process. Do not rely on this website.

For individuals concerned about misuse

If you believe someone used our website improperly for a regulated decision, contact the decision-maker, the source agency, a qualified attorney or the relevant consumer protection authority. If a page on our site needs correction or privacy review, contact us with the page URL and details.