Check MDOC Release Records

Mississippi Corrections Release Paths

A Perry County felony case may move from the county jail into the Mississippi Department of Corrections. That transfer is state-prison intake, not community release. MDOC may later move a sentenced person into parole or Earned Release Supervision, release the person at sentence expiration, or discharge a community-supervision term. Each event has a different legal meaning.

The current institution is determined by the MDOC offender record, not by the conviction county. No state prison in Perry County was verified. A person convicted there may be housed at any institution shown in the statewide directory and search. Use the live location field before contacting a facility.

Confirm an MDOC Release

The official MDOC Inmate Search is the first state-custody lookup. Search by full name or MDOC ID. An ID gives the narrowest match. Open the detail record and compare the photograph, MDOC number, demographics, entry date, location, sentence, offense, conviction county, and date.

The official MDOC search form displays the statewide name and identifier route.

This form covers people who entered MDOC, not every person booked in Perry County.

1. Search the MDOC inmate system and record the lookup date.
2. Compare all identifiers and confirm that the conviction county or cause fits.
3. Read the exact location and Tentative Release Date fields without treating the estimate as an event.
4. Check the separate MDOC Parolees Search if community supervision is possible.
5. Request the release or discharge certificate and time sheet when exact proof matters.

The Perry County release search explains how to pair the state result with the county transfer receipt and court judgment. A county booking will not appear in MDOC unless the person entered the state system.

MDOC Release Records Contact

Questions about time, jail credit, or release eligibility belong with MDOC Records. A formal public-record request should use the official GovQA portal, because MDOC does not accept a telephone call as a public-record request.

Ask for the actual release or discharge certificate, release date and type, time computation, credited Perry County jail time, and any releasable Parole Board action. Include the MDOC ID, birth date if known, conviction county, cause number, and date range.

MDOC's published administrative rule lists a minimum charge, per-page copy rates, staff time, postage, and prepayment terms. The current GovQA instructions or a case-specific estimate may control the actual transaction. Ask for electronic delivery and an itemized estimate rather than assuming an old published amount will be the final cost.

If a response supplies only the current public detail screen, clarify the scope. The useful records are the actual release or discharge certificate, inactive master-file event, time sheet, credited county time, and releasable Board action. Those records answer questions the public forecast cannot.

MDOC Release Search Fields

The detail result combines identity, custody, sentence, and forecast data. Read the fields together. A date attached to the wrong person or an old sentence is not useful proof.

An official example shows the tentative field, while another official result leaves it blank. Do not calculate or fill a missing value. Request the official computation instead.

The lookup is not an exhaustive archive of every person once held in Perry County. A county detainee who never entered state custody does not belong in it. Fully discharged records may also require an inactive-file request. Preserve a “not found” result as a dated search outcome, not proof that the person was never incarcerated or has been released.

When several results share a name, do not rely on the photograph alone. Match the MDOC number, demographics, offense, sentence, conviction county, and entry date. A Perry County conviction label connects the case to Perry, but the current location names the institution or status MDOC reports.

MDOC Release and Supervision

MDOC distinguishes parole, probation, Interstate Compact supervision, Intensive Supervision, and ERS. Parole is a conditional release granted by the Parole Board. Probation can be a court sentence that does not follow prison at all. ERS is an eligible statutory form of early community movement under continuing MDOC jurisdiction.

A positive parolee result supports supervision, not completion of sentence. The current directory lists no Perry-named probation or parole office. Although a Forrest office appears in Hattiesburg, the directory does not assign Perry County to it. Use the county selector as a search aid, then ask MDOC for the current reporting office.

An absconder is a person alleged to have stopped complying with reporting or location requirements. That label is not a discharge. No official Perry County absconder or warrant list was verified on the county website. Confirm supervision questions with MDOC or the Parole Board, and direct urgent warrant questions to the responsible court or law-enforcement agency.

Parole

Conditional release from incarceration under Board authority.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision that may not follow prison.

ERS

Earned Release Supervision under MDOC jurisdiction until the term ends.

Discharge

Completion of the relevant custody or supervision status.

MDOC Release Dates Change

A tentative date reflects sentence data, eligible jail credit, earned time, statutory rules, and case events. County credit can be corrected. Earned credits can accrue or be forfeited. New sentences, detainers, revocations, amended orders, residence approval, and legal review may alter the projected path.

Mississippi's eligible earned-release framework describes 4.5 days for each 30 days served, capped at 15 percent for qualifying post-June 30, 1995 sentences. That rule is not a universal release calculator. Offense and date limits apply, and movement under the section is ERS rather than final discharge. Never announce release solely because the displayed date has passed.

Parole eligibility is a separate milestone. A hearing or grant does not prove release processing has finished. Check the current location, the parolee tool, and the actual event record. A denial or later consideration point can also alter expectations without changing the original sentence line.

MDOC Discharge Record Proof

The search screen is a lead. The stronger record is MDOC's release or discharge certificate and the supporting time sheet. The inactive master-file category can cover sentence expiration, appellate-mandate release, and completion of parole, probation, post-release supervision, or similar status.

MDOC GovQA is the preferred written-request channel. Ask for a specific record rather than broad field-agent notes, which may be exempt. If the response gives only a current screen print, clarify that the request seeks the actual event record, official computation, and releasable Board action.

For Perry County jail credit, identify the cause number and supply or request the county documentation MDOC uses. A missing credit should not be corrected by doing arithmetic from a public sentence line. Ask which record controls the calculation and seek the amended official time sheet after review.

Mississippi public-record timing and redaction rules still apply to releasable material. Ask the custodian to separate exempt content from the public portion and to state any denial in writing with the controlling exemption. A focused request by person, ID, cause, and record type is easier to process than a demand for every file.

Note: A public date can guide follow-up, but only the official event record confirms release or discharge.

ICE Holds After MDOC Release

A detainer or receiving-agency transfer can end MDOC custody without placing the person in the community. Read the discharge or transfer record for the receiving authority. Then search the next jurisdiction separately. One system's “released” label is limited to that system.

ICE guidance states that its detainee locator can include some people released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days. That second window may help after an immigration handoff, but it does not replace the MDOC record or prove that all custody ended.