aid: prisondb
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/prisondb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: prisondb:prisondb
    name: PrisonDB
    tags:
      - Corrections
      - Criminal Justice
      - Detention
      - Open Data
      - Prisons
    humanURL: 'https://prisondb.github.io/index.html'
    properties:
      - url: 'https://prisondb.github.io/index.html'
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      PrisonDB is a project that aims to provide information and tools to help folks
      gain access to data about prisons, jails, immigrant detention centers and other
      correctional institutions in the United States.
name: PrisonDB
tags:
  - Corrections
  - Criminal Justice
  - Detention
  - Open Data
  - Prisons
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
description: >-
  PrisonDB is a project that aims to provide information and tools to help folks gain
  access to data about prisons, jails, immigrant detention centers and other correctional
  institutions in the United States.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'