Authority: North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Website: https://www.ncdps.gov/
Address: 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: (919) 733-2126

Jails and prisons are far from country club caliber, but they can be made a bit brighter when those on the outside keep contact with inmates. In order to keep contact, you will need basic DOC information such as an address, possibly a phone number to call to schedule visits, and any forms that are required to send packages or schedule those visits. DOC information is not always well organized or easy to find, so InmatesPlus has gathered the information for you and placed it together in an organized manner. If the DOC information you need is available to the general public, it can be found through InmatesPlus. While DOC information can vary between facilities and may change on occasion, InmatesPlus updates as much as possible to keep you well informed.

Once you have found the information you need, you may still be overwhelmed or be uncertain of what to do with all the information. InmatesPlus can help with that as well. Take time to look through the blog articles to understand the importance of keeping contact with inmates while they are serving sentences or awaiting trial. All of this can help both you and your loved one handle a bad situation a bit better. The most important piece of DOC information that you can find is the inmate ID number, this number will be necessary for all correspondence, money added to books, or packages sent, if allowed. This number can often be found on the specific facilities page once a person has been placed into custody.

When you have little information beyond a name to go on and are unable to locate an inmate in North Carolina, then InmatesPlus can help. It can be scary and overwhelming when you are unable to locate an inmate in North Carolina through one of the many institutions, but InmatesPlus streamlines the process with a couple options. The first, if you know the general area in which the inmate was sent is to check specific facility websites in the area. All of these links are found together within InmatesPlus. However, if you are still unable to locate an inmate in North Carolina, then there is still another option. All you need to have knowledge of is a state and name for an inmate, then you can use VINELink to help you locate a specific inmate. This third-party site was created to help victims of crimes track inmates and feel safer.

In fact, VINE stands for Vine Information and Notification Everyday. This site, which is updated every 24 hours is available to all concerned citizens and provides information about the sentence received, time served, and possible release dates. Though the site is free, you must register with all information being kept confidential. There are three ways to use VINELink that includes a toll-free number, mobile app, and website. To take this further, VINE offers the ability to register so that updates on a specific inmate can be sent through email, text, phone or even TTY services. Feel safer or keep track of someone you know.