diff --git a/jailControl.go b/jailControl.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aca5708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jailControl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func JailControlStatusHandler(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	fail2banInput := make([]string, 2)
+	fail2banInput[0] = "status"
+	fail2banInput[1] = mux.Vars(req)["jail"]
+
+	fail2banOutput, err := fail2banRequest(fail2banInput)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	//TODO use reflection to assert data structures and give proper errors
+	action := fail2banOutput.([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1]
+	filter := fail2banOutput.([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[0].([]interface{})[1]
+
+	output := make(map[string]map[string]interface{})
+	output["action"] = make(map[string]interface{})
+	output["filter"] = make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	output["filter"]["currentlyFailed"] = filter.([]interface{})[0].([]interface{})[1]
+	output["filter"]["totalFailed"] = filter.([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1]
+	output["filter"]["fileList"] = filter.([]interface{})[2].([]interface{})[1]
+
+	output["action"]["currentlyBanned"] = action.([]interface{})[0].([]interface{})[1]
+	output["action"]["totalBanned"] = action.([]interface{})[1].([]interface{})[1]
+	output["action"]["ipList"] = action.([]interface{})[2].([]interface{})[1]
+
+	encodedOutput, err := json.Marshal(output)
+	if err != nil {
+	}
+
+	res.Write(encodedOutput)
+}
+
+func JailControlHandler(basicRouter *mux.Router) {
+	basicRouter.HandleFunc("/status/{jail}", JailControlStatusHandler).Methods("GET")
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5ca7ff7..1f58677 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	BasicHandler(r.PathPrefix("/basic").Subrouter())
+	JailControlHandler(r.PathPrefix("/jailControl").Subrouter())
 	http.Handle("/", r)
 	http.ListenAndServe(configuration.Addr, nil)
 }