How to find an offender number for Catawba Correctional Inst. and what to include when contacting NCDAC

When you contact NCDAC about someone at Catawba Correctional Inst. (or anyone under NCDAC supervision), staff need enough details to pull the right record. Include the required information upfront - it helps your message get routed correctly and saves you time going back and forth.

The offender number (also called the offender ID number) is the unique identifier NCDAC uses to distinguish one person from another in its system, even when names are similar.

Start with the NCDAC Offender Public Information search. This database is designed to return the offender number you'll need when submitting questions or requests about someone at Catawba Correctional Inst.

• ✓ Use the NCDAC Offender Public Information search to look up the person and find the offender number
• ✓ Narrow results with the Offender Status filter: All, Active Inmate, Active Probationer/Parolee, or Inactive
• ✓ Enter the person’s name details (for example: Last Name, First Name, and M.I.) and adjust the status filter if you’re getting too many matches

What to Include Contacting Ncdac

• ✓ Offender’s first name
• ✓ Offender’s last name
• ✓ Offender ID number

Asking about a specific person in an NCDAC facility or under NCDAC supervision? Include all three items every time you email. Having the offender ID number makes it much easier for staff to match your request to the right person.

1. Recheck the name you entered - try different spellings, spacing, or using/omitting a middle initial.
2. Change the Offender Status filter - run the search under All, then try Active Inmate, Active Probationer/Parolee, and Inactive to see where the record appears.
3. Broaden your search if needed - if a narrow status choice returns nothing, switch back to All and search again to catch records you may be filtering out.