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December 10, 2002 By Government Technology
Citizens and businesses can find information on individuals that have been convicted of a felony in Tennessee by using specific search criteria, such as a name or adult offender number. Online searches return a list of possible matches, and users accessing the system can view felony record details -- including supervision status, current location, parole eligibility and hearing dates, and sentence start and completion dates.
FOIL was cooperatively developed and is supported by the Tennessee Department of Corrections, the Board of Probation and Parole, the Department of Finance and Administration, and TennesseeAnytime, which manages the state's official Web site.
"This service benefits anyone searching for people believed to be incarcerated, and we believe it is especially valuable to those who have been victims of crime," said Donal Campbell, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
The Tennessee Department of Corrections receives dozens of inmate record inquiries every day from citizens, businesses, government agencies and law enforcement agencies. Officials said FOIL addresses many of those requests without the need for direct personal contact with the Department of Corrections or the Board of Probation and Parole.
TennesseeAnytime -- a subsidiary of NIC -- built, markets, operates and maintains Tennessee's official Web site, which was ranked as the nation's best government Web site this year by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.
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I think Tn needs to upgrade to a lot more information for the public ..Look up who is in jail and more detailed arrests records..This is for the victims..so they can keep track of there offenders and know when there getting out of jail or prison! ( It is public records)
would like to know when getting out of jail
One more example of the unfortunate, perhaps unconstitutional extension of governmental invasion of civil liberties. What happened to the notion that a person convicted who has served his time and sentence is able to return to society? This trend to making all offender data available to all who ask means that ex-offenders will bear the Scarlet A for their entire lives...be denied jobs, housing, credit, etc... and be driven into the underground. What do you think you would do if pushed into a corner like this? How would you react and respond to being isolated and stigmatized for a mistake once made?
look up my record
jmoore41... Brilliant point. Everybody makes mistakes (some just get caught) and having this system in place ensures that those folks will forever be judged regardless of debts paid. At that point, is the debt ever really paid? Think about this, People.
I agree with this thread. More info is needed. I feel the info is not up to date. Time already spent incarsrated would be great. Maybe more help is needed to get the records up to date.
I WOULD LIKE O KNOW THE PROBATION OFFCICER A FELONY OFFENDER WAS ASSIGNED TO , THEY ARE UNDER 8 YEARS SUPERVSIED PROBATION IN naSHVILLE CRMINAL COURT LAST YEAR.
used to be arrest and public humiliation was a deterrent to doing evil things. But the liberal minded idiots felt sorry for the criminal as soon as they were in jail and said they were sorry. Now they give money to get them out,and get the laws changed so the punishment is next to nothing. Now you feel sorry for them because their names are printed on a list of criminals. Flash: dont want your name on the list, Dont break the friggin law. I would agree to this: if you go five years once out of jail, without an arrest, then your name can be removed. Jail time does not count for obvious reasons.
It is really amazing that you go to the sites that says "FREE Felony" records but when you get on that site they want $19.95 to $29.95 just to have a sheet of paper to read "felony offense" or "no felony offense". The State of Tennesse should provide this free as a service to the residents of this state if you consider the taxes we pay here.