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Kentucky DOC Releases from State Custody

Kentucky DOC operates state prisons and tracks state correctional custody and supervision. A Clinton County resident sentenced to state custody can be assigned anywhere the department designates. Some state prisoners may also be housed in a local jail under an arrangement with DOC. The building name alone does not define the custody class.

Leaving a Kentucky DOC institution can mean parole, mandatory reentry supervision, sentence expiration, final discharge, halfway or other approved placement, or transfer to a detainer. Parole and mandatory reentry normally involve community supervision. Final discharge is stronger evidence that the correctional sentence ended. A transfer means custody continues elsewhere. State release should therefore be described as release from Kentucky DOC unless the destination confirms community freedom.

Confirm Kentucky DOC Release Status

Kentucky Offender Online Lookup, or KOOL, follows a person across state correctional locations and supervision. It is relevant after a Clinton County case becomes part of Kentucky DOC custody or supervision. It is not a full archive of short county-jail stays or local bond releases.

1. Search with last name and part or all of the first name. Start with limited data because one wrong filter can hide the record.
2. Use aliases when appropriate. Add PID or DOC number, age, conviction county, supervision county, status, or location when the name is common.
3. Open the matching detail and verify PID or DOC number, age, aliases, offense, and county of conviction.
4. Read the status and current location together. A supervision district is not an institution.
5. Compare sentence dates and parole information. Do not treat projected release or parole eligibility as actual release.
6. Check the Daily Releases report for the likely date, then request the underlying record when certainty matters.

The Clinton County released-inmate search path routes county-only, state, federal, and immigration cases to their correct records.

Kentucky DOC Search Fields

KOOL supports both broad name searches and detailed filters. Results can show offender name, current location, PID and DOC numbers, and general offense counts. A detail can add custody status, classification, aliases, convictions, identifying data, parole information, a photo when available, and sentence milestones. Not every record contains every field.

The detail may label a calculated date as Minimum Expiration of Sentence Date (Good Time Release Date). It can also show Parole Eligibility Date and Maximum Expiration of Sentence Date. These are separate milestones. None alone proves the person left custody on that date.

Kentucky DOC Daily Release Records

The Kentucky DOC Daily Releases archive preserves dated reports across years. Reports can list a person's name, type of release, and releasing institution or location. That date-organized history is useful after a live status has changed.

The archive is still a state-system product. A Clinton County Jail location may appear when the person was a DOC prisoner housed there. It does not capture every local bond-out, dismissed county case, or county-only sentence. Select the suspected date, open the report, search the name, and match the location and identity with KOOL.

If a date is missing, do not conclude that there were no releases. Preserve the dates checked and seek the DOC record. KOOL also warns that data newer than 120 days might not be finalized and that updates occur daily. A live screen is useful for orientation, while a dated report or agency response is stronger for documentation.

Kentucky DOC Records and Contact

Kentucky DOC publishes a formal route for records when KOOL and the dated archive do not answer the question. A focused request can seek a release or discharge record, sentence-calculation sheet, parole certificate or order, final-discharge document, transfer destination record, or available official inmate photo. Include the full name and date of birth or offender identifier, along with the requester's mailing address.

The published schedule lists 10 cents per released paper page, $1 for a CD plus postage, and about $2.50 for a USB plus postage. Payment is requested before release. The instructions cite a five-day response period excluding weekends and legal holidays under KRS 197.025. Contacts, costs, and procedures can change, so the live instructions control.

Kentucky's broader public-record rules appear in KRS 61.870 through 61.884. Exemptions can protect safety-sensitive, private, juvenile, sealed, or expunged material. Request an existing record rather than asking the agency to create an analysis.

About Kentucky DOC Institutions

No Kentucky state prison was identified within Clinton County. The statewide facility entry exists because a Clinton County court case can lead to state custody anywhere Kentucky DOC assigns the person. The department's current adult institutions directory is the proper route for facility-specific contact details. Do not substitute a Clinton County jail address or phone for a state institution.

Offender Information Services can be reached at 502-564-2433, with fax 502-564-9575. That channel may help route a status or records question, while the specific institution handles matters within its role. Kentucky VINE provides another custody-event layer and lists statewide access at 1-800-511-1670. VINE can alert for release, transfer, escape, and some parole events when participating records report them.

Facility assignment can change. KOOL's current location helps identify where the state record sits, but a transfer between prisons is not release. Confirm the event through the new location, Daily Releases, VINE, or DOC records as appropriate.

Kentucky DOC Parole and Discharge

The Kentucky Parole Board makes parole decisions within its authority, while the DOC Division of Probation and Parole administers community supervision. A parole recommendation or grant is not always the physical release moment. Planning can remain, and a detainer can move the person into another agency's custody. Mandatory reentry supervision can also apply even after discretionary parole was denied.

Read KOOL parole information and current location. For the order itself, use the Kentucky Parole Board records route. Board Support Services is listed at 502-564-3620. A final discharge document is the best state source for completion of supervision. An inactive online label may support the conclusion but should not replace the underlying document where exact legal status matters.

Parole

Conditional release under Board authority and DOC supervision, including possible release to a detainer.

Mandatory reentry supervision

A statutory supervised-release path distinct from a discretionary parole grant.

Absconded

An alleged failure to remain available to supervision, not completion of sentence.

Final discharge

Recorded completion of the correctional sentence or supervision.

Kentucky DOC Release Date Limits

A projected date is not the same as an actual release. Kentucky sentence credits, forfeitures, consecutive sentences, parole action, detainers, and statutory rules can change the calculation. KRS 197.045 governs state sentence credits. KRS 439.340 and KRS 439.3401 govern parole and covered violent-offender rules. Offense date and the applicable law version matter.

The current 85 percent rule for covered violent offenders is a parole-eligibility restriction, not a universal street-release formula. Parole may be denied or deferred. Another hold may remain. Use the individual's KOOL dates, DOC calculation, Board record, and actual release report rather than estimating.

Note: Read minimum expiration, parole eligibility, maximum expiration, actual release, and final discharge as five distinct state-record events.