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  •   about 14 years ago

Real people contacting inmates "social network"

I'll like to create an app that lets people email inmates, but it looks like there is no API access and I'm not sure if scraping or bot-ing the inmate search and email site @ http://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx is against the TOS.

1) Is there API access to inmate search or their contact?

2) Is it possible for inmates to opt into a social-network type service where they can meet others?

3) Is it possible to search inmates by firstname or lastname only? Or by appearance features such as eye color?

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  •   •   about 14 years ago

    Yosun,

    The resource at http://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx is operated by the San Diego County Sheriff, not the City of San Diego. You can try contacting them here: http://www.sdsheriff.net/contact.html

  •   •   about 14 years ago

    I have forwarded my questions, but I am not sure if they are aware of the SD Apps Challenge.

    For the purposes of the contest, should we just make a prototype app that does not realtime send the message to the inmate, but just saves it on the serverside (for rerouting later)?

  • Manager   •   about 14 years ago

    Hi Yosun,

    Thanks for writing. We did receive your submission and we will review it. Thanks for making do with the information you had. We will be in touch soon regarding your app.

    Best,
    Marny

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