Maine inmate search

In Maine, county facilities serve as the local jails. Local jails are not operated by the Maine Department of Corrections. Under mandatory state jail standards and inspections, counties manage their own detention centers instead.

The York County Sheriff's Office includes the York County Jail, for example. Officers take the person to the local county jail for booking after an arrest.

State and county systems are separate, so someone held on a new arrest remains in county custody. To get custody details, you'll need to reach out to the county jail where the arrest happened.

Since local facilities aren't run by the state, custody records are kept by each county. Look at the county's own roster first, or reach out to the jail directly. County staff can tell you whether your person is there.

You can also use Maine VINE to look for an offender. It lets you search online or call 1-866-358-0005 for help locating someone at any hour.

Following an arrest, intake paperwork and booking at the jail take a while. Call the jail itself when booking happened within the last few hours; recent arrests need time to appear online.

State prisons, plus adult community corrections, are run by the Maine Department of Corrections, or MDOC. For an adult in state custody, start with the Adult Resident/Adult Community Corrections Client Search.

People on community corrections and adult residents in MDOC prisons appear in it. This isn't the same as searching a county jail.

Right after an arrest, people are held in a county jail. After a court sentences adults to state prison, MDOC facilities hold them. Check with the county jail, not MDOC, if police arrested your person last night.

You get free help finding an offender in custody through Maine VINE. It's available online or by phone, so you can check custody status and register for free alerts.

When you need help right away, toll-free phone support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Call 1-866-358-0005 to speak with an operator.

You can get help with 3 tasks from phone line staff:

• Finding an offender being held.
• Signing up for custody alerts.
• Getting victim services near you.

Commercial bail bondsmen aren't used; pretrial release follows the Maine Bail Code. Title 15, Section 1026 has a judicial officer consider personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond first. Under personal recognizance, a person promises in writing to come to court and pays nothing first. With an unsecured appearance bond, the person promises to pay money only if a court date is missed.

Financial conditions are limited by state law. Most Class E crimes can't carry them. The court can require the following when a judicial officer orders extra conditions:

• A designated person or organization takes custody.
• Forfeiture of money or designated property.
• Other people guarantee the bond amount through a bail bond with sureties.