Find Washington County Release Dates

Washington Scheduled Release Dates

A projected release date is a scheduled or calculated date. It is not the same thing as an actual release. In Washington County Jail, a person may leave by bond, time served, dismissal, court order, transfer, or another hold decision. The WCSO live roster is a current-custody tool, not a release-date calculator, and the research did not find a public projected release date field on the county jail web pages.

For a state-prison sentence, the Alabama Department of Corrections uses a public field called Minimum Release Date. ADOC defines it as the earliest scheduled date an inmate can be released to probation or end of sentence. That is the closest public ADOC field to a projected release date. It can change, and it should be read with location, status, parole consideration, parole status, court action, and any supervision record.

Washington ADOC Minimum Date

The ADOC Definitions page is the key source for reading release-date fields tied to Washington County state-prison cases.

The ADOC definition explains why the Minimum Release Date should be treated as a scheduled minimum, not as a guaranteed day and time.

ADOC also defines Parole Consideration Date as a tentative date set by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. That date is often confused with release. A parole consideration date means the Board process may occur or eligibility may be considered. It does not prove that a person will leave custody. To learn whether parole changed release timing, compare the ADOC record with the ABPP scheduled-hearings page, the ABPP hearing results archive, and any local supervision assignment through the Chatom Field Office.

ADOC says AIS number search takes precedence over name search. AIS means Alabama Institutional Serial number, the unique six-digit number assigned to a person incarcerated by ADOC. If the AIS field is filled, first and last name fields are ignored. For a Washington County state-prison case, use AIS first when it is available from court papers, family paperwork, parole paperwork, or an earlier ADOC search result.

Lookup Washington Release Dates

A reliable Washington County release date lookup starts by deciding whether the person is in county jail, state prison, federal custody, or post-release supervision. A live jail roster confirms present custody more than future release. ADOC gives the clearest public projected field for state prisoners. Court records explain sentence changes, bond actions, and orders that may make a person leave WCSO custody or change an ADOC calculation.

1. Start with the custody source. Use WCSO for Washington County Jail and ADOC for a state-prison sentence.
2. For WCSO Jail, check whether the person is still on the live "Who's in Jail" roster, then confirm release through WCSO or the court.
3. For ADOC, search the ADOC inmate search by AIS number if known.
4. If the AIS number is unknown, search by first and last name, then confirm identity with non-name fields before relying on any date.
5. Read current location and status first. If a prison facility is shown, the person is still in ADOC custody.
6. Read Minimum Release Date, Parole Consideration Date, and Parole Status as separate fields.
7. Use the Washington County Circuit Clerk or AlaCourt record for sentence changes, jail credit, new cases, or orders that may affect release.

For a named-person release search that is no longer just about the date, use the main Washington County released inmates workflow. It covers jail release records, court disposition, ADOC, VINE, and transfer paths together.

Alabama Good-Time Release Rules

Alabama correctional incentive time is governed by Code of Alabama Section 14-9-41.

The statute screenshot supports the current Alabama incentive-time categories used when discussing state-prison release-date computation.

The research found current statutory values for eligible prisoners: Class I may earn 30 days for each 30 days served, Class II may earn 15 days for each 30 days served, Class III may earn 5 days for each 30 days served, and Class IV earns no correctional incentive time. Older online summaries may describe larger credits. Use the current statute text, ADOC field definitions, and the person's own record rather than a generic internet calculator.

The sweep did not find a single Alabama rule that every state prisoner must serve exactly 85 percent of a sentence. Alabama release timing is record-specific. Offense type, sentence structure, statutory exclusions, ability to earn incentive time, jail credit, parole eligibility, discipline, sentencing-court orders, and Board decisions can all matter. Some crimes or sentence terms may sharply limit parole or incentive-time options.

Note: Do not apply ADOC prison incentive-time rules to a Washington County Jail sentence without confirming the local sentence calculation.

Washington Jail Date Limits

Washington County Jail release-date questions are local and case-specific. A short jail stay may end when bond is posted, when a judge signs an order, when a sentence reaches time served, when a case is dismissed, when another agency takes custody, or when jail processing is complete. The research did not find a Washington County-specific jail good-time policy, weekend-release policy, or online jail release-date calculator.

That means a county jail projected date should be verified through WCSO and the sentencing court. Washington County Jail / WCSO Jail is at 45 Court St., Chatom, AL 36518. The Sheriff's Office phone listed in the research is 251-847-2202, with a docket number of 251-847-2775. Court questions may route to the Washington County Circuit Clerk or Alabama trial-court records if a sentence, bond, revocation, or disposition controls the release.

The WCSO online "Who's in Jail" roster can show current custody. It is useful when a person is listed. Once the person disappears, the roster is not a release certificate. The person may have been released, transferred, removed from public view, sent to ADOC, moved under another hold, or affected by a court update. A release-date lookup should not stop at roster absence.

Why Washington Dates Change

ADOC directly warns that Minimum Release Date can change if disciplinary action takes away good time or if the circuit clerk sends new cases or changes a current sentence. That statement is especially important in Washington County because the court record and the ADOC record can both affect a state release date. ABPP parole decisions can also affect release timing, but a grant still requires processing and hold checks.

For a person connected to federal custody, the county and ADOC sources may not be the final answer. A federal sentence may require the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. A federal pretrial or Marshals transfer may require the federal court record or U.S. Marshals district. A transfer is not the same as release to the community.

Confirm Washington Release Alerts

Release alerts can help, but they are not sentence-computation records. Alabama VINELink provides VINE access and phone support at 1-877-846-3425 for locating an offender, registering for notifications, or accessing victim-service resources. Alabama VNS is more limited. It says it is only for offenders convicted in Alabama and sentenced to prison in ADOC custody. For a Washington County case that has not gone to trial, Alabama VNS points users back to the sheriff in the county where the crime occurred.

Use VINE Inmate Check for a status-alert path, then verify the date with the custody source. For a Washington County Jail detainee, that usually means WCSO and the court. For a state prisoner, use ADOC, ABPP hearing results when parole is involved, and the Chatom Field Office after local supervision begins. For older or unclear records, a purpose-neutral public-records request may be needed under Alabama public-records law.

Note: A notification can report a status change, but the court or custody agency remains the source for the underlying release record.