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IDOC Releases for Cassia County

The Idaho Department of Correction is a statewide prison and felony-supervision system. It is not the Cassia County jail. No IDOC prison was identified within Cassia County, so a person sentenced on a Cassia felony may serve the prison term elsewhere in Idaho. When prison custody ends, the person may move to community parole, remain under another form of IDOC jurisdiction, or reach discharge after the sentence is satisfied.

The IDOC Resident/Client Search is the main public bridge from the Cassia court case to state status. A result can say “In custody,” “In community,” “Discharged [date],” or “Active Bench Warrant.” Each phrase answers a different question. In community means the person is outside prison while still subject to an active state supervision record. Discharged means the sentence-related state status has ended as shown on the stated date. Neither phrase proves how an unrelated county booking ended.

Confirm an IDOC Cassia Release

Start with an IDOC number when it is known. It distinguishes people more reliably than a common name. The public interface accepts at least three digits of that number. A name search requires at least two letters of the last name. Compare the listed birth year before opening a detail result, since a name match alone is weak proof.

1. Open Resident/Client Search and enter the IDOC number, or use the last and first name fields.
2. Match the result by name, birth year, and IDOC number where available.
3. Open the detail and record the top status, location, and database timestamp.
4. Read each sentence row separately, including sentencing county, case, supervision type, and dates.
5. Call the institution or supervising office when the release or status must be current.

A location of “Cassia County Jail” has a narrow meaning in an IDOC record. It says the person is not then at an IDOC prison and directs physical-custody questions to the listed agency. It does not turn the Burley jail into a state institution. Likewise, a person who vanished from Cassia's live roster should not be assumed to have entered IDOC custody unless the state result, court commitment, or receiving agency confirms it.

IDOC Release Date Fields

Idaho's public detail record does not use a generic “Projected Release Date” or “Tentative Release Date” field. Its labels must be read as written. Released to Supervision is the date the person was most recently placed on supervision by a court or the parole commission. It may not be the physical exit date for every custody episode. Sentence Satisfaction Date is the outside satisfaction date for that sentence, not a claim that prison confinement lasts until then.

Parole Eligibility Date marks when parole consideration becomes available under the sentence. It is not an approved release. Next Parole Hearing Date announces a scheduled proceeding, not its result. A Tentative Parole Date can appear in a Commission Notice of Action Taken after a grant decision, but it is not a standing field in the ordinary IDOC search. Program completion and parole-plan approval can still affect whether a tentative decision becomes an actual departure.

Parole

Conditional community release while the person remains under state authority.

Discharge

The end of the listed sentence or supervision status.

Sentence satisfaction

The date on which the listed sentence reaches its legal end.

Custodian

The agency that has physical or legal control at that point.

Read dates by case row. A person can have more than one sentence, and a date from one row should not be applied to another. The separate Cassia County Release Date Lookup gives more context for the state labels.

IDOC Records and Contact

The public display is useful, but it is not the only access channel. IDOC says its database updates daily, with the Resident/Client Search updating at about 4 a.m. Status, location, and scheduled termination information can lag. For a time-sensitive answer, contact the institution or supervision office named on the detail. For material beyond the display, use the Request for Information or Records Information portal linked from the state search.

No fixed IDOC copy-price table or release-record retention term was found in the official material reviewed for Cassia County. Ask through the portal about scope, cost, format, and retention rather than assuming county terms apply. A useful request identifies the person, IDOC number, Cassia case if known, institution, and the exact status or release document sought.

The ordinary search result does not promise a portrait. IDOC's Fugitive Recovery channel has images for selected wanted people, but that is a warrant tool rather than a discharged-person photo archive. Keep a state discharge inquiry focused on status, custody, sentence rows, and the official record.

Cassia Release to District 5

A state prison departure can lead to felony parole in Cassia County. District 5 serves Cassia, Blaine, Camas, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties. The IDOC detail may show the district, officer contact, probation or parole status, Released to Supervision, and Sentence Satisfaction Date. Those fields connect the prison release to the office responsible for the next phase.

The main District 5 office is at 731 Shoup Avenue West in Twin Falls and can be reached at (208) 736-3080. Call the office displayed on the individual record. Mini-Cassia Adult Misdemeanor Probation is a different county office. It does not supervise felony parole and cannot authenticate the state prison exit.

Parole is not the same as discharge. Idaho law keeps a parolee under legal custody and control under the Commission's order. A true discharge status carries a different meaning. The state search and District 5 contact should be used together when the public result says in community.

Persistent IDOC Discharge Results

IDOC can retain a name and discharge date in public search after sentence satisfaction while removing the former conviction details. That design gives Cassia County readers a lasting clue that state jurisdiction ended, even when the old offense narrative is no longer displayed. It differs sharply from the live Mini-Cassia roster, where a departure produces no public released-status row.

The distinction affects the search path. Use the Cassia County released inmate search and jail record for an ordinary local booking. Use IDOC for a state sentence, state custody, felony probation, or parole. Federal and immigration custody require their own locators. A no-result in one system does not settle the others.

When a formal release record is needed, save the IDOC number and discharge date shown, then ask IDOC for the specific public record. Court disposition can corroborate the Cassia sentence, while District 5 can confirm present supervision. These sources provide stronger proof than an inferred release based on a name leaving a jail list.

Note: IDOC data is a strong lead, but the named institution, district, Commission notice, or records response confirms a time-sensitive event.