PrisonDB

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.

PrisonDB publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Corrections, Criminal Justice, Detention, Open Data, and Prisons.

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15.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

CorrectionsCriminal JusticeDetentionOpen DataPrisons

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 15.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

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PrisonDB

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 insti...

Pricing Plans 1

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Prisondb Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

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Prisondb Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Prisondb Finops

FINOPS

Resources

Build 1

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Source (apis.yml)

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  url: https://github.com/PrisonDB
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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/prisondb.png
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'