Wilson Release Dates Compared
A prospective date predicts or marks a legal point before release occurs. An actual date records the completed custody event. Tennessee FOIL uses two important labels: Release Eligibility Date and Sentence End Date. Release Eligibility Date, often shortened to RED, is the earliest point when an eligible felony inmate may be considered for parole under the governing sentence law. It is not a promised exit date. Sentence End Date is also not proof that an earlier parole release happened.
Pretrial detention works differently. A person awaiting a Wilson County court result has no computed sentence-release date. A bond or release order may authorize departure, but another warrant or detainer can delay or prevent it. The jail record supplies the physical release event. The court record supplies the legal order. Both may be needed.
Lookup Wilson County Release Dates
The right path turns on who holds the person and what sentence, if any, has been imposed. Wilson County Jail, TDOC, and federal custody use different records. Start with a stable identifier such as a booking number, TOMIS or TDOC ID, or case number. Names alone can produce false matches.
- Identify whether the person is pretrial, serving a local sentence, committed to TDOC, or in federal or immigration custody.
- For a TDOC felony offender, search Tennessee FOIL by TDOC or State ID when known, otherwise by name.
- Open the matched record and read Supervision Status, Assigned Location, Sentence End Date, Release Eligibility Date, and parole fields together.
- For a Wilson County jail sentence, obtain the judgment from the proper clerk and ask WCSO which credit system applies.
- For pretrial custody, check the bond or release order and confirm whether WCSO has completed release or found another hold.
- For a past TDOC release, request the Release Authorization rather than treating an old eligibility date as the actual event.
The Wilson County released-inmate search path explains how the county's short-window and Released-name views fit around this date lookup. Those feeds document county intake and release activity, not a state sentence calculation.
Tennessee Release Eligibility Rules
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-501 controls release eligibility. Baseline percentages include especially mitigated sentences at 20 or 30 percent as stated in the judgment, Range I at 30 percent, Range II at 35 percent, Range III at 45 percent, and career offenders at 60 percent. Credits and many offense-date exceptions can alter how those baselines operate.
Tennessee does not have one blanket rule that every person serves 85 percent. Public Chapter 988 created or expanded categories that require 100 percent service and other groups in which program credits can move parole eligibility by up to 15 percent. Current law also contains older 85- and 100-percent rules, percentage floors, and offense-specific subsections. The conviction offense, offense date, sentence range, length, and exact judgment control.
A sound Wilson County release date calculation begins with the judgment. It then accounts for concurrent or consecutive sentences, jail credit, and the precise subsection in force for the offense. A charge label or today's statute is not enough. Only TDOC's sentence computation and the controlling court record can establish the authoritative eligibility framework.
Wilson Sentence Credit Limits
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-236 permits qualifying sentence-reduction credits from one to sixteen days per month. Up to eight may be based on good institutional conduct and up to eight on satisfactory program performance. Awards are recorded monthly, discretionary rather than a right, and may be withheld or removed for discipline. Maximum security and punitive segregation carry restrictions.
Pre-sentence felony jail time may earn up to eight days per month when the jail administrator documents it. Separate provisions address TDOC-sentenced felony prisoners serving at least a year locally and misdemeanor local inmates. Later offense dates and longer sentences can limit credits to movement toward parole eligibility without reducing sentence expiration.
No official Wilson source reviewed published a county good-time formula. It also published no weekend-release rule. A local date should not be estimated by subtracting a stock percentage from the sentence. Obtain the Wilson judgment, ask WCSO or TDOC which credit rules govern, and request the eventual release record.
Note: Tennessee credit rules vary by offense, date, sentence, custody setting, and statutory floor, so a generic percentage cannot produce a safe date.
Why Wilson Release Dates Move
FOIL itself warns that dates may change when court documents arrive. A displayed RED is therefore a current calculation, not a fixed promise. Several events can move the legal or practical release point.
| Factor | Possible effect |
|---|---|
| Corrected or amended judgment | Changes the sentence facts TDOC uses for computation. |
| Added jail credit | May alter a qualifying eligibility or expiration calculation. |
| Consecutive sentence | Adds an ineligibility period or extends the custody sequence. |
| Earned credits | May move eligibility within the applicable statutory limits. |
| Discipline or credit loss | Can delay an eligibility point or other calculated milestone. |
| Detainer or warrant | May cause a transfer or continued custody after one agency releases the person. |
| Parole decision | A grant starts release planning; denial keeps the person in custody until another lawful point. |
The Safety Valve Date on TDOC's release form is another technical field. It should not be substituted for Date of Release. Likewise, a parole hearing date only marks a proceeding. A grant remains prospective until the release plan and all required conditions are approved and complete.
FOIL Wilson Release Fields
FOIL covers felony offenders currently or formerly in TDOC custody or supervision. It does not cover a misdemeanor-only Wilson County detainee who never entered TDOC jurisdiction. Search by name, TDOC ID, or State ID and complete the case-sensitive CAPTCHA. An ID match is best; a name match should be checked against birth date, aliases, photo, SID, offenses, and sentence data.
| FOIL field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Supervision Status | Shows incarceration, parole, probation, inactive, or another TDOC status. |
| Assigned Location | Identifies the prison or supervision office linked to the record. |
| Release Eligibility Date | Earliest parole consideration point when applicable, not a gate date. |
| Sentence End Date | Sentence endpoint in the current computation, not proof of earlier parole. |
| Parole Hearing Date and Result | Shows the proceeding and reported outcome, not completed physical release. |
A FOIL detail screen places these fields in one state correction record.
The Wilson County match should be tested against the TDOC or State ID, aliases, physical details, and sentence record before any date is copied. The image documents the portal layout, not a universal formula or a guarantee that its displayed date will remain unchanged.
Confirm Wilson County Release Dates
For an actual TDOC departure, request form CR-1947, the Offender Release Authorization. Its fields include Date of Release, Released To, sentence dates, release eligibility, location, signatures, property, money, identification, and other release checks. It is stronger proof of the completed event than an old prospective FOIL date.
TDOC's archived-record process accepts an online or written request. Provide the full name, TOMIS number, date of birth, approximate release, and a precise request for the Offender Release Authorization. Records Management is at the Rachel Jackson Building, 2nd Floor, 320 6th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0465, phone 615-253-8079. Archive-search charges may apply; TDOC says it will notify the requester, so do not prepay.
For Wilson County Jail, use the official WCSO contact route and call Jail option 1 at 615-444-1412 for immediate status or Records option 2 for the existing release sheet. A court order can explain the legal basis but may not timestamp the moment the jail completed release. If another hold or receiving agency appears, describe a transfer rather than a community release.
Wilson Parole Date Boundaries
Parole is supervised community release before sentence expiration. The Tennessee Board of Parole decides whether to grant it, while TDOC completes release planning and then supervises the person. Probation differs because a court orders it. FOIL may show either community status, but those labels do not mean the sentence vanished.
A parole grant does not establish the day the gate opens. Required conditions and an approved plan must be complete. A detainer may redirect the release to another custodian. Compare the Board result, FOIL status, and Release Authorization. A pending custody notice can also be registered through the Wilson County VINE inmate check, but the alert must still be confirmed.
- Eligibility
- The earliest legal point for parole consideration under the sentence law.
- Parole grant
- A favorable Board decision that still requires release planning and conditions.
- Actual release
- The completed event recorded by the agency, including its date and destination.
- Discharge
- The end of the relevant TDOC custody or supervision status.
A careful date answer names the system and the kind of date. “TDOC Release Eligibility Date” is more accurate than “Wilson County projected release” when the record concerns a state prisoner. “WCSO actual release time” is a different fact. Keeping those labels intact prevents a transfer, parole decision, or sentence endpoint from being mistaken for community freedom.
Probation has another path. A Wilson court may order probation after a local sentence or split confinement, and FOIL may show Probation for felony supervision. That is a community-supervision status, not a Board of Parole release decision. The judgment sets the legal terms, WCSO records the jail exit, and TDOC Community Supervision handles the reporting layer when assigned.
Federal and immigration dates also stay outside this calculation. A BOP Locator past release date means the person is no longer in BOP custody, but it does not rule out another custodian or federal supervised release. ICE's locator covers current detainees and those released from ICE custody within a limited recent window. Neither date can be substituted for a Wilson County jail release or TDOC RED.
When records conflict, preserve each source label and date. If WCSO says released while FOIL says incarcerated, inspect the county destination for a state transfer. If a court order predates the jail event, processing or another hold may explain the gap. If FOIL changes after a corrected judgment arrives, keep the earlier capture only as historical evidence, not as the current release calculation.
For a durable answer, record the Wilson case number, booking number, TDOC ID, and every agency date under its own label. This prevents a Release Eligibility Date from being shortened to “release date” and keeps a county-jail transfer from being mistaken for state discharge. The exact wording is part of the proof.