Kentucky Jails Use Web-Based Inmate Information Database

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Officials in Kentucky have implemented a Web-based program that allows law enforcement officials and others access to a real-time database of inmates housed in correctional facilities throughout the state.

JusticeXchange provides law enforcement officials and others information about offenders through a secured Web site. The information is gathered from local jail management systems and provides users with historical information about offenders, including biographical information, charges, photographs and behavioral reports.

JusticeXchange tracks 100 percent of jail beds in Kentucky and data from 27 other states, including Arkansas, New York, Washington, Utah, Texas and Florida. The system tracks 43 percent of all jail beds in the country, according to the company.

The company already touts one success story from the system’s implementation in Kentucky. The Louisville Metro Police Department had four felony warrants out for the arrest of an individual wanted on drug charges, according to a company statement. By using the JusticeXchange system, the police department was able to determine that the individual was already incarcerated in Oldham County. The warrants were then served to the suspect before he was released.

A Louisville Metro Urban Area Security Initiative grant, the Louisville Metro Criminal Justice Commission, the Unified Criminal Justice Information System, and the National Criminal History Improvement Program provided funding for the system’s implementation in Kentucky.