Did you know the United States Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons assign register numbers to federal prisoners? These numbers are important for loved ones to know if they want to visit an inmate or send money or mail to an inmate.
These eight-digit codes follow this format: XXXXX-OXX.
While the first five numbers in the register number are unique, the last 3 indicate the district where the offender was arrested and or processed into the federal correctional system.
Below are the different codes for the various district locations.
If you aren’t sure what an inmate’s register number is, you can always find it on the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ website on the Find an Inmate page. Click the “Find by Name” tab to perform a search by name. You will also require the race, sex and age of the inmate.
001 – Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
002 – Middle District of Alabama (M/AL)
003 – Southern District of Alabama (S/AL)
004 – Southern District of Florida (S/FL)
005 – District of the Northern Mariana Islands (D/MP)
006 – District of Alaska (D/AK)
007 – District of Columbia (Superior Court)
008 – District of Arizona (D/AZ)
009 – Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
010 – Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
011 – Northern District of California (N/CA)
012 – Central District of California (C/CA)
013 – District of Colorado (D/CO)
014 – District of Connecticut (D/CT)
015 – District of Delaware (D/DE)
016 – District of Columbia (DC/DC)
017 – Northern District of Florida (N/FL)
018 – Middle District of Florida (M/FL)
019 – Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
020 – Middle District of Georgia (M/GA)
021 – Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
022 – District of Hawaii (D/HI)
023 – District of Idaho (D/ID)
024 – Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
025 – Southern District of Illinois (S/IL)
026 – Central District of Illinois (C/IL)
027 – Northern District of Indiana (N/IN)
028 – Southern District of Indiana (S/IN)
029 – Northern District of Iowa (N/IA)
030 – Southern District of Iowa (S/IA)
031 – District of Kansas (D/KS)
032 – Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
033 – Western District of Kentucky (W/KY)
034 – Eastern District of Louisiana (E/LA)
035 – Western District of Louisiana (W/LA)
036 – District of Maine (D/ME)
037 – District of Maryland (D/MD)
038 – District of Massachusetts (D/MA)
039 – Eastern District of Michigan (E/MI)
040 – Western District of Michigan (W/MI)
041 – District of Minnesota (D/MN)
042 – Northern District of Mississippi (D/MS)
043 – Southern District of Mississippi (D/MS)
044 – Eastern District of Missouri (E/MO)
045 – Western District of Missouri (W/MO)
046 – District of Montana (D/MT)
047 – District of Nebraska (D/NE)
048 – District of Nevada (D/NV)
049 – District of New Hampshire (D/NH)
050 – District of New Jersey (D/NJ)
051 – District of New Mexico (D/NM)
052 – Northern District of New York (N/NY)
053 – Eastern District of New York (E/NY)
054 – Southern District of New York (S/NY)
055 – Western District of New York (W/NY)
056 – Eastern District of North Carolina (E/NC)
057 – Middle District of North Carolina (M/NC)
058 – Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
059 – District of North Dakota (D/ND)
060 – Northern District of Ohio (N/OH)
061 – Southern District of Ohio (S/OH)
062 – Northern District of Oklahoma (N/OK)
063 – Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
064 – Western District of Oklahoma (W/OK)
065 – District of Oregon (D/OR)
066 – Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E/PA)
067 – Middle District of Pennsylvania (M/PA)
068 – Western District of Pennsylvania (W/PA)
069 – District of Puerto Rico (D/PR)
070 – District of Rhode Island (D/RI)
071 – District of South Carolina (D/SC)
073 – District of South Dakota (D/SD)
074 – Eastern District of Tennessee (E/TN)
075 – Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
076 – Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
077 – Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
078 – Eastern District of Texas (E/TX)
079 – Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
080 – Western District of Texas (W/TX)
081 – District of Utah (D/UT)
082 – District of Vermont (D/VT)
083 – Eastern District of Virginia (E/VA)
084 – Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
085 – Eastern District of Washington (E/WA)
086 – Western District of Washington (W/WA)
087 – Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
088 – Southern District of West Virginia (S/WV)
089 – Eastern District of Wisconsin (E/WI)
090 – Western District of Wisconsin (W/WI)
091 – District of Wyoming (D/WY)
093 – District of Guam (D/GU)
094 – District of the Virgin Islands (D/VI)
095 – Middle District of Louisiana (M/LA)
097 – Eastern District of California (E/CA)
098 – Southern District of California (S/CA)
SOURCE: prisonerresource.com
I have visited several prisoners as a PVS visitor and the last 3 digits start with 1. These numbers aren’t listed here. I am guessing that -171 would mean South Carolina because of the 71, but what does the 1 mean?
did you use it?
It means that there were so many that the last one was 99999-071. Then it rolled over to 00001-171. It will keep repeating with XXXXX-271 and so on.
What 509 mean ? What location is that?
That means during covid they were put into another court to be processed that is not their court in the district they should have been in.
On your website, at the link below, you provide the 3 digit ending numbers for the different districts
https://inmatereleases.org/federal-inmate-register-number-codes/
However, recently, I have seen U.S. Marshal numbers ending in 506, 509 & 510 for Los Angeles and New York which do not fit the normal numbering pattern on the link above.
For example,
Ghislaine Maxwell, case out of NY, (Epstein girlfriend) Reg. # 02879-509
Dr. Darius Paduch, case out of NY Reg # 53470-510 just arrested last week. His case is in Southern District of New York and he was arrested Southern District of New York.
Why doesn’t his Reg # end in -054?
Do you know what 509 and 510 are for?
Steve
The federal judicial district/USMS district numbers all begin with zero. However, in some cases, inmates’ register numbers include a three-digit suffix that starts with something other than a zero (380, 480, or 509, for example.) In this case, the last two digits identify the court district, but the first number is unique to the individual inmate.
Steve you’re right on the money. Because I have a friend who was sentenced 2 weeks ago out of EDNY, Islip & he was given a 509 #.
From everything I have noticed and I got out of prison in January 2023 the 509 numbers all started showing up during/after COVID. So I would guess it has to do with inmates arrested during COVID times.
My husband’s last three are 510 which is the western district of Arkansas…. he should be 053 which is the eastern district of NC … I am not understanding why his 510 and other defendants in his case have the 053 which is correct.