The Name Search screen provides another easy way to query on active offender records. One advantage to this screen over querying in a Header block is that you can view more than one offender record at a time. You can also query here on housing locations, which you can't do in a Header block. To use the Name Search screen:
To access this screen from the Main Menu, select Institutions Name search.
Click Find.
Enter your search criteria (Last Name, First Name, Unique ID#, Institution or Housing Location)—enter your criteria in the appropriate fields.
Click Find.
Click Exit. The offender you selected is retained in system memory, and will appear in the Header block of the next offender-specific screen you go to.
If the offender is resident on a caseload other than the one you're currently logged into, highlight the name with the mouse and click Save. This switches you to that caseload (as long as you have access privileges for that caseload).