Penitentiary records search.

Penitentiary records are public records of correctional facilities. State penitentiary records are records of people who have been convicted in crimes and sentenced to spending time in a state correctional facility.

Penitentiary records can be a great source of information if you need to find out if somebody has been in prison or in other detention center. They provide information about the type of the crime the person has committed and where and for how long they have been imprisoned. People often search for penitentiary records when they want to find out more about an individual. Business owners often check penitentiary record registers when they are about to hire somebody to work in their company.

How to obtain state penitentiary records.

Anybody interested in getting state penitentiary records can start they search at the state correctional facilities. Most of them maintain registers with state penitentiary records. If you decide to search for records this way, you will need to know in which jail the person has been sentenced to or check all of the state prisons and other correction facilities.

If you have no idea where to search or if you doubt that the person you are checking may have records in more than one state, you can search for state penitentiary records via the internet. This will save you the trouble of visiting state jails and searching for records. There are public record databases that can be searched online only with the name of the person whose records you want to view.