API | JailBase

Method: search - search for individuals by name
Example: http://www.jailbase.com/api/1/search/?source_id=az-mcso&last_name=smith
Parameters:

last_name
- The last name to search for. Partial names accepted.
- Type: String
- Required
first_name
- The first name to search for. Partial names accepted.
- Type: String
source_id
- The id of a specific organization to search. See list.
- Type: String
page
- The page number to return. Only 10 records are returned per page. See total_records, current_page and next_page values in the results.
- Type: Integer
- Default: 1
json_callback
- If using JSONP, specify the function name here.
- Type: String

Results:

status
- The status of the call. If successful, then the value 1 is returned. If there was an error (incorrect parameters for example), 0 is returned. See 'msg' returned below.
- Type: Integer
msg
- The error msg if status = 0, else empty string.
- Type: String
total_records
- Only 10 records are returned at a time so this tells you how many total records were found (limited to 100 max).
- Type: Integer
current_page
- The current page number of the results that has been returned.
- Type: Integer
next_page
- The next page number of the results. If no more pages, then 0.
- Type: Integer
records
- An array of record objects:
  - name - The name of the individual.
  - mugshot - The image url of mugshot.
  - id - A unique string id for the record.
  - source_id - The id of the source.
  - source - The name of the source.
  - county_state - The county and state of the booking.
  - book_date - Book Date string in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  - book_date_formatted - Book Date string in MMM DD, YYYY format.
  - details - An array of details about the individual. Each array item is a two element array with the first index a description and the second index a value.
  - charges - A string array of charges.
  - more_info_url - The url on JailBase.com to get more info.
- Type: Array

Method: recent - get recent arrests
Example: http://www.jailbase.com/api/1/recent/?source_id=az-mcso
Parameters:

source_id
- The id of a specific organization to search. See list.
- Type: String
- Required
page
- The page number to return. Only 10 records are returned per page. See total_records, current_page and next_page values in the results.
- Type: Integer
- Default: 1
json_callback
- If using JSONP, specify the function name here.
- Type: String

Results:

status
- The status of the call. If successful, then the value 1 is returned. If there was an error (incorrect parameters for example), 0 is returned. See 'msg' returned below.
- Type: Integer
msg
- The error msg if status = 0, else empty string.
- Type: String
total_records
- Only 10 records are returned at a time so this tells you how many total records were found (limited to 100 max).
- Type: Integer
current_page
- The current page number of the results that has been returned.
- Type: Integer
next_page
- The next page number of the results. If no more pages, then 0.
- Type: Integer
records
- An array of record objects:
  - name - The name of the individual.
  - mugshot - The image url of mugshot.
  - id - A unique string id for the record.
  - book_date - Book Date string in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  - book_date_formatted - Book Date string in MMM DD, YYYY format.
  - details - An array of details about the individual. Each array item is a two element array with the first index a description and the second index a value.
  - charges - A string array of charges.
  - more_info_url - The url on JailBase.com to get more info.
- Type: Array

Method: sources - all the organizations we collect information for
Example: http://www.jailbase.com/api/1/sources/
Parameters:

json_callback
- If using JSONP, specify the function name here.
- Type: String

Results:

status
- The status of the call. If successful, then the value 1 is returned. If there was an error (incorrect parameters for example), 0 is returned. See 'msg' returned below.
- Type: Integer
msg
- The error msg if status = 0, else empty string.
- Type: String
records
- An array of record objects:
  - source_id - A unique string id for the source.
  - name - The name of the source.
  - state - The state (abbreviated) the source is located in.
  - state_full - The state (full name) the source is located in.
  - has_mugshots - A boolean value stating if mugshots are available for this source.
- Type: Array

List of Sources

ID	State	Name	Mugshots
ak-apd	Alaska	Anchorage Police Department *	N
al-bcso	Alabama	Baldwin County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-ccj	Alabama	Chambers County Jail	N
al-ccso	Alabama	Calhoun County Sheriff's Office	N
al-chso	Alabama	Cherokee County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-fcso	Alabama	Fayette County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-jcso	Alabama	Jefferson County Sheriff's Office	N
al-mcsd	Alabama	Madison County Sheriff's Department	Y
al-mcso	Alabama	Mobile County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-mlso	Alabama	Marshall County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-mnso	Alabama	Morgan County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-myso	Alabama	Montgomery County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-scso	Alabama	Shelby County Sheriff’s Office	Y
al-tcso	Alabama	Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office	Y
al-tpd	Alabama	Trussville Police Department	Y
ar-bcso	Arkansas	Baxter County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-beso	Arkansas	Boone County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-bnso	Arkansas	Benton County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-ccso	Arkansas	Cross County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-hcso	Arkansas	Howard County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-jcso	Arkansas	Johnson County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-jnso	Arkansas	Jefferson County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-mcso	Arkansas	Marion County Sheriff's Office	Y
ar-sfso	Arkansas	St. Francis County Sheriff's Office	Y
az-ccso	Arizona	Cochise County Sheriff's Office	N
az-mcso	Arizona	Maricopa County Sheriff's Office	Y
az-meso	Arizona	Mohave County Sheriff's Office	N
az-ncso	Arizona	Navajo County Sheriff's Office	N
az-pcso	Arizona	Pima County Sheriff's Office	N
az-plso	Arizona	Pinal County Sheriff's Office	Y
az-spd	Arizona	Scottsdale Police Department	N
az-ycso	Arizona	Yavapai County Sheriff's Office	N
ca-lcso	California	Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department *	N
ca-ocsd	California	Orange County Sheriff's Department	N
ca-rcsd	California	Riverside County Sheriff's Department	N
ca-sdsd	California	San Diego County Sheriff's Department *	N
fl-bcso	Florida	Brevard County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-bso	Florida	Broward Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-ccso	Florida	Clay County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-hcso	Florida	Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-jso	Florida	Jacksonville Sheriff's Office	N
fl-lcso	Florida	Lee County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-mdc	Florida	Miami-Dade County Corrections	Y
fl-occ	Florida	Orange County Corrections	Y
fl-occd	Florida	Osceola County Corrections Department	Y
fl-pbso	Florida	Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-pcso	Florida	Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-pkso	Florida	Polk County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-pso	Florida	Pasco Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-slcs	Florida	St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office	Y
fl-vcc	Florida	Volusia County Corrections	Y
ga-dcso	Georgia	Dawson County Sheriff's Office	Y
ga-fcso	Georgia	Fulton County Sheriff's Office	Y
ga-gcsd	Georgia	Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department	Y
ia-pcso	Iowa	Polk County Sheriff's Office	Y
id-acso	Idaho	Ada County Sheriff's Office	Y
il-ccso	Illinois	Cook County Sheriff's Office	Y
in-dcso	Indiana	Dearborn County Sheriff's Office	N
in-mcso	Indiana	Marion County Sheriff's Office	N
in-rcso	Indiana	Ripley County Sheriff's Office	N
in-wcso	Indiana	Whitley County Sheriff's Office	Y
ky-acdc	Kentucky	Allen County Detention Center	Y
ky-bcdc	Kentucky	Ballard County Detention Center	Y
ky-bddc	Kentucky	Breckinridge County Detention Center	Y
ky-bldc	Kentucky	Boyle County Detention Center	Y
ky-bndc	Kentucky	Barren County Detention Center	Y
ky-bsdc	Kentucky	Big Sandy Regional Detention Center	Y
ky-budc	Kentucky	Bourbon County Detention Center	Y
ky-bydc	Kentucky	Boyd County Detention Center	Y
ky-cadc	Kentucky	Carter County Detention Center	Y
ky-ccdc	Kentucky	Carroll County Detention Center	Y
ky-ccj	Kentucky	Calloway County Jail	N
ky-ckdc	Kentucky	Clark County Detention Center	Y
ky-cldc	Kentucky	Clay County Detention Center	Y
ky-ctdc	Kentucky	Crittenden County Detention Center	Y
ky-cyj	Kentucky	Casey County Jail	Y
ky-dcdc	Kentucky	Daviess County Detention Center	Y
ky-fcdc	Kentucky	Fulton County Detention Center	Y
ky-fcrj	Kentucky	Franklin County Regional Jail	Y
ky-gcj	Kentucky	Grant County Jail	Y
ky-hcdc	Kentucky	Hardin County Detention Center	Y
ky-hcj	Kentucky	Hart County Jail	Y
ky-hedc	Kentucky	Henderson County Detention Center	Y
ky-hndc	Kentucky	Harlan County Detention Center	Y
ky-hocj	Kentucky	Hopkins County Jail	Y
ky-jcdc	Kentucky	Jackson County Detention Center	Y
ky-kcdc	Kentucky	Kenton County Detention Center	Y
ky-lccc	Kentucky	Laurel County Correctional Center	Y
ky-lcdc	Kentucky	Larue County Detention Center	Y
ky-ledc	Kentucky	Leslie County Detention Center	Y
ky-lnrj	Kentucky	Lincoln County Regional Jail	Y
ky-lsdc	Kentucky	Lewis County Detention Center	Y
ky-madc	Kentucky	Mason County Detention Center	Y
ky-mccj	Kentucky	McCracken County Jail	Y
ky-mcdc	Kentucky	Madison County Detention Center	Y
ky-mecc	Kentucky	Monroe County Correctional Center	Y
ky-mgrj	Kentucky	Montgomery County Regional Jail	Y
ky-mndc	Kentucky	Marion County Detention Center	Y
ky-mrdc	Kentucky	McCreary County Dention Center	Y
ky-ocj	Kentucky	Oldham County Jail	Y
ky-pcdc	Kentucky	Pike County Detention Center	Y
ky-pudc	Kentucky	Pulaski County Detention Center	Y
ky-rcdc	Kentucky	Rockcastle County Detention Center	Y
ky-rsdc	Kentucky	Russell County Detention Center	Y
ky-scdc	Kentucky	Simpson County Detention Center	Y
ky-tcdc	Kentucky	Taylor County Detention Center	Y
ky-tfrj	Kentucky	Three Forks Regional Jail	Y
ky-ucj	Kentucky	Union County Jail	Y
ky-wcdc	Kentucky	Whitley County Detention Center	Y
ky-wcj	Kentucky	Webster County Jail	Y
ky-wddc	Kentucky	Woodford County Detention Center	Y
mi-kcsd	Michigan	Kent County Sheriff's Department	Y
mi-mcso	Michigan	Macomb County Sheriff's Office	Y
mn-hcso	Minnesota	Hennepin County Sheriff's Office	N
mn-scj	Minnesota	Scott County Jail	Y
mo-bcso	Missouri	Barry County Sheriff's Office	Y
mo-jcso	Missouri	Johnson County Sheriff's Office	Y
mo-lcso	Missouri	Lawrence County Sheriff's Office	Y
mo-lnso	Missouri	Livingston County Sheriff's Office	Y
mo-scso	Missouri	Stone County Sheriff's Office	Y
ms-acso	Mississippi	Adams County Sheriff's Office	Y
ms-jcso	Mississippi	Jones County Sheriff's Office	Y
ms-tcso	Mississippi	Tunica County Sheriff's Office	Y
nc-gcso	North Carolina	Guilford County Sheriff's Office	Y
nc-mcso	North Carolina	Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office	Y
nj-bcso	New Jersey	Bergen County Sheriff's Office	N
nj-ecdc	New Jersey	Essex County Dept of Corrections	Y
nv-ccdc	Nevada	Clark County Detention Center	N
nv-chn	Nevada	Henderson Detention Center	N
nv-clv	Nevada	City of Las Vegas	N
nv-wcso	Nevada	Washoe County Sheriff's Office *	Y
ny-nyc	New York	New York City Department of Corrections	N
oh-bcso	Ohio	Brown County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-btso	Ohio	Butler County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-ccso	Ohio	Clark County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-clso	Ohio	Clermont County Sheriff's Office	N
oh-dcso	Ohio	Darke County Sheriff's Office *	Y
oh-fcso	Ohio	Fayette County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-gcso	Ohio	Green County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-hcso	Ohio	Hamilton County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-hiso	Ohio	Highland County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-lcso	Ohio	Logan County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-mckj	Ohio	Montgomery County Kettering Jail	Y
oh-mcso	Ohio	Montgomery County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-pcso	Ohio	Preble County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-scso	Ohio	Summit County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-shso	Ohio	Shelby County Sheriff's Office	Y
oh-tcrj	Ohio	Tri-County Regional Jail	Y
oh-wcso	Ohio	Warren County Sheriff's Office	Y
or-dcso	Oregon	Deschutes County Sheriff's Office	Y
tn-kcso	Tennessee	Knox County Sheriff's Office	Y
tn-scso	Tennessee	Shelby County Sheriff's Office	Y
tx-ccso	Texas	Collin County Sheriff's Office	Y
tx-dc	Texas	Dallas County Sheriff's Department	Y
tx-dcso	Texas	Denton County Sheriff's Office	Y
tx-gcs	Texas	Gregg County Sheriff	Y
tx-hcso	Texas	Harris County Sheriff's Office	N
tx-kcso	Texas	Kaufman County Sheriff's Office	Y
tx-scso	Texas	Smith County Sheriff's Office	Y
tx-tc	Texas	Tarrant County Sheriff's Office	Y
ut-slcs	Utah	Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office	Y
wa-kc	Washington	King County Department of Detention	N
wi-lcsd	Wisconsin	La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department	Y
wi-mcs	Wisconsin	Milwaukee County Sheriff	Y
wi-rcs	Wisconsin	Racine County Sheriff	Y
wv-rj	West Virginia	West Virginia Regional Jail	Y

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