Terms & Conditions

These terms govern access to Franklin County Released Inmates and its reference material, links, and partner tools. By browsing or using the site, a visitor agrees to follow them. Anyone who does not accept these conditions should stop using the site.

Franklin County Released Inmates is privately owned and has no affiliation with any government body, sheriff, jail, or corrections department. Neither this site nor its advertising partners offers credit, employment, insurance, tenant-screening, or other FCRA-covered services. It is not a private-investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency.


Purpose of This Resource

This is a private reference site with no ties to a Franklin County or Massachusetts government office. It does not store official jail, release, correctional, or court records. It cannot confirm custody, order a release, post bail, or file a request or court document for a visitor.

The site points toward Franklin County release-record sources, Massachusetts custody systems, and outside research tools. Official public-record requests remain governed by Massachusetts law, including M.G.L. c. 66, and must be directed to the agency that holds the requested record.


Acceptable Use Rules

  • Do not use the site in a way that violates any law.
  • Do not use information to stalk, harass, intimidate, or threaten another person.
  • Do not base hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or another regulated decision on site content.
  • Do not attempt to enter an account, server, or restricted system without authorization.
  • Do not deploy bots, scrapers, or automated extraction tools against the site.
  • Do not interfere with service or prevent others from using it.

No Consumer Reports

Franklin County Released Inmates is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not provide background checks, credit reports, consumer reports, or screening services. Its advertising partners do not provide those services through this site. By using the site, a visitor agrees not to use its content for:

  • hiring, retention, promotion, or termination decisions;
  • tenant selection or housing screening;
  • creditworthiness, lending, or insurance pricing;
  • licensing, permits, or eligibility for a government benefit; or
  • any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.

Outside Websites and Services

Links may lead to release records, sheriff or corrections pages, government portals, legal-aid resources, and independent search services. A link is not an endorsement. Franklin County Released Inmates does not control a destination’s content, privacy practices, data handling, prices, or availability. Visitors should read the terms and privacy notice of each outside service.


Service Provided As Is

The site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the extent allowed by law, no warranty is made that the following conditions will be met:

  • all information is accurate, complete, or current;
  • access will be continuous or uninterrupted;
  • the site will be free of errors, bugs, or security flaws; or
  • partner search results will be complete or responsive to every query.

Custody status and public records can change at any time. Nothing published here is an official statement from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Massachusetts DOC, a court, or another government agency.


Limits on Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Franklin County Released Inmates and its operators will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from access to, inability to access, or use of the site or linked services.


Your Duty to Indemnify

A user agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Franklin County Released Inmates and its operators from claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable legal fees caused by that user’s conduct, misuse of the site, or violation of these terms.


Ownership of Site Material

Text, graphics, logos, design elements, and code on this site belong to Franklin County Released Inmates or the partner that supplied them. They may not be copied, republished, distributed, adapted, or modified without prior written permission from the applicable owner.


Revisions to These Terms

We may revise these terms at any time. A new version becomes effective when it is posted on this page. Continued use after posting constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.


Restriction or Loss of Access

We may suspend, limit, or terminate access to all or part of the site at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.


Massachusetts Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction within Massachusetts.


Severability of Provisions

If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms will stay in effect. The affected provision will be limited or revised only as much as needed to make it enforceable.


Questions About These Terms

Questions about these conditions may be sent through the Get in Touch page.