InmateLink trust center

Acceptable Use Policy

Use InmateLink to find information, organize next steps, and communicate lawfully—not to harm, exploit, deceive, surveil, or interfere with others.

Effective and last updated: August 24, 2026.

Safety and personal privacy

Do not threaten, harass, stalk, intimidate, exploit, traffic, abuse, or encourage violence or self-harm.
Do not publish or obtain another person's precise location, credentials, identity documents, financial details, medical details, custody details, or other sensitive information without permission and a lawful purpose.
Do not use InmateLink to evade protective orders, facility rules, court orders, release conditions, or lawful access restrictions.

Do not impersonate a person, provider, court, facility, government agency, employee, or authorized business representative.
Do not submit false listings, fabricated credentials, fake evidence, fake reviews, altered source material, misleading corrections, or deceptive advertising.
Do not misrepresent InmateLink as a government system, law firm, emergency service, official referral service, or guaranteed source of custody or legal outcomes.

Do not share accounts improperly, probe or bypass access controls, access another workspace, introduce malware, disrupt service, or test security without written authorization.
Do not scrape, crawl, harvest, index, bulk-download, reverse engineer, or use bots against the Service except through a written agreement or documented public interface that permits it.
Do not use InmateLink content or user data to train a model, create a competing directory, build dossiers, or identify sensitive traits without written authorization and a lawful basis.

Do not spam, send unlawful marketing, repeatedly contact someone after an opt-out, spoof sender identity, or use an invitation to conceal advertising.
Do not send illegal, defamatory, discriminatory, sexually exploitative, infringing, fraudulent, or malicious content.
Do not treat an InmateLink message as legal service, court filing, official notice, emergency dispatch, or proof of delivery.

Do not use InmateLink as a consumer report or for employment, housing, credit, insurance, education, immigration, benefits, or other eligibility decisions.
Do not use directory, custody-adjacent, court, or user-entered information for unlawful discrimination, retaliation, bounty activity, debt collection abuse, or unauthorized background screening.
Do not combine InmateLink information with other data to infer health, disability, addiction, victim status, protected class, or intimate personal details for advertising or adverse decisions.

We may limit, preserve, remove, investigate, or report content or accounts when reasonably necessary to enforce policy, comply with law, or protect people and the Service.
We consider context, severity, history, source integrity, safety, and applicable law. Where practical, a user may contact support to explain or appeal an enforcement decision.
Report misuse or urgent safety concerns to support@inmatelink.com. If someone is in immediate danger, contact 911 or the appropriate emergency service first.