Check for immediate danger
If police, fire, or medical response is needed now, call 911.
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CrisisLinkOpen the right official help when the moment cannot wait.
CrisisLink puts verified official call and resource links in one clear path. InmateLink is not an emergency service, hotline operator, or live AI chat.
- 911 for immediate danger.
- 988 for a mental-health crisis.
- Childhelp for family safety.
Official urgent help
Start with the safest next call.
Choose the urgent situation first. Each option opens your phone and keeps the official source close.
Immediate danger
Call 911 for police, fire, or ambulance help when someone is in immediate danger.
Call 911Mental-health crisis
Call or text 988 for free, confidential support available 24 hours a day.
Call 988Child or family safety
Call Childhelp for support and resources related to child abuse or family safety.
Call 800-422-4453How it works
Name the risk. Open the official option. Make the call.
Do not work through every problem at once. Identify the immediate risk and use the responsible official service.
Choose the responsible service
Use 988 for mental-health crisis support or Childhelp for child and family safety.
Take the next safe action
Make the call, then use facility information or trusted contacts for the follow-up work.
Built for the first hard moment
Turn an urgent moment into the safest next action.
Put safety first, then move to the information and people your family needs next.
One urgent decision
Focus on the risk that needs attention before everything else.
A direct official call
Open the responsible phone option without searching through unrelated results.
The follow-up path
Return to facility information and trusted contacts after the urgent issue is addressed.
Safety comes before the rest of the plan.
Open the official option that matches the immediate risk.
A better first move
Stop searching through unrelated results in an urgent moment.
The scattered way
- Too many searches
- The whole story repeated
- No clear next action
The CrisisLink way
- Official urgent-help options
- Direct phone actions
- Facility and trusted-contact follow-up paths
Questions families ask
CrisisLink questions
What CrisisLink can open, what InmateLink does not provide, and where to start.
Is CrisisLink an emergency service?
No. InmateLink does not dispatch help, operate a hotline, or provide live crisis counseling. CrisisLink organizes links to official services.
When should I call 911?
Call 911 when someone is in immediate danger or needs police, fire, or ambulance help.
What does 988 provide?
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential mental-health, emotional, substance-use, and suicide-related crisis support.
Does CrisisLink offer AI chat?
No. The current CrisisLink experience provides official resource links and direct phone actions, not a live AI conversation.
What can I do after the urgent issue is addressed?
Open your trusted contacts, LifeLink instructions, facility information, or InmateLink support for the next non-emergency step.
CrisisLink
Open the safest next call.
Choose the official option that matches the immediate risk, then return to the family plan.