Welcome to Jail.Guru, your comprehensive guide through the complex world of incarceration information. Whether you're seeking insights on local jails, looking to understand more about the lives of inmates, or navigating the challenging times that come with having a loved one behind bars, you've come to the right place.
At Jail.Guru, we are dedicated to providing you with up-to-date, reliable information covering a wide range of topics, from visitation schedules and commissary accounts to inmate rights and support resources. Our mission is to bridge the information gap that often exists between jails and the outside world, ensuring that you have the knowledge you need at your fingertips.
We believe in the power of information to make a difference, to connect, and to empower. Whether you're here for support, education, or advocacy, Jail.Guru is committed to serving as your trusted resource. Welcome aboard, and let's navigate this journey together.
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We have released a new tool that you can use to ask any question about the Texas Penal Code. It will look through the penal code and draw conclusions based on what it finds, reporting back to you what it knows about the law. This is an early preview and the feature is limited to so many questions per month, which is currently shared among everyone. It will eventually be a part of a paid plan, offering additional questions and full Texas Code search. That includes health code, business code, family code, and more.
We're excited to announce the addition of Inmate Pages! Inmate Pages bring the inmate information into Jail.Guru, instead of linking directly to the jail website. When searching for an Inmate or visiting the recent arrests page you will be directed to an inmate page for that inmate. This page consists of all the known attributes, charges, and arrests for that inmate across all supported counties. You can also view all photos including historical photos.
Planned Features:
We plan to be releasing statistics for the counties we are collecting data for in the not so distant future. You will be able to see the number of arrests by day, week, month, or by year. You will also be able to see the most charged offense for the day, week, month, or by year. Compare results from the previous week, month, or year quickly to see if there is an increase with any given crime. The idea behind this is to help make data driven decisions for city and county officials that may not already have access to these kinds of reports. It is also useful for schools, non-profits, and for the public to know where to focus on. An example, say there is an increase in shootings this year over last year. What changed? Was there also an increase in drug charges? An increase in assaults that have escalated? What age group is offending the most, is it the younger generation or maybe people in their 30s?
The data will likely be queryable using natural language as a paid feature, with basic statistics being available as a free feature.
While not high on our list of priorities, we will be bringing back the notifications feature. Notifications allow you to receive an email or text when someone gets arrested, not just released. You can schedule these notifications in advance and monitor someone to know when they are back in jail after being released. Notifications don't quit after one arrest or release.
Notifications can be set up one of two ways:
Paid plans will offer MMS support, which means you can recieve a picture and the charges within a text message instead of the basic text message that will be sent with the free tier, that only includes a name and whether or not they were arrested/released.
With each notification, you can also set up what is called actions, which utilize either email, sms, mms, or webhook technology that trigger on the events. Zapier is a friendly interface to webhook technology and will be supported eventually. This allows you to create an excel spreadsheet based on everyone that was arrested or released.
In addition to arrests and releases, you can send notifications to anyone, including yourself, for specific charges. Example: Trigger a notification for every posession of a controlled substance, regardless of the person. This will be a paid feature.
No pricing has been announced yet, although you can expect it to start cheaper than a Netflix, Facebook, or X account. You can expect the pricing to be multiple tiers with an allocated limit on individual features by tier. While we can offer search for free, AI is compute intensive and can incur significant costs. We have decided to make sure that every feature has a free version, which will vary in implementation. Some features will have limits on the number of times you can use them per day, while others will offer limited functionality. For example, text notifications will be free for arrests/releases.
A current list of paid features that are planned: