Jefferson Davis Projected Release Dates
A projected release date is a planning calculation. Mississippi Department of Corrections uses the exact public label “Tentative Release Date.” The word tentative has legal and practical weight. The field is not proof that a person left an institution, and it is not necessarily the first date for parole consideration. Actual release occurs after the responsible agency completes its process and records the event.
A person held before trial may have no fixed release date. The next change can depend on an initial appearance, bond, dismissal, plea, trial, sentencing, or another court order. A county sentence has a defined judgment, yet its end still depends on valid jail credit and the sheriff or jail computation. An MDOC sentence uses the department's time calculation and the statutes that apply to that person.
The systems must stay separate. Jefferson Davis County Jail cannot certify an MDOC prison discharge after a transfer. MDOC does not maintain the local booking-release docket. If a person moved to another county, federal custody, or ICE, the receiving custodian supplies the next status.
Look Up Jefferson Davis Release Dates
For an MDOC prisoner, start with the official MDOC inmate search. It accepts first name, last name, or MDOC ID. Search by ID when possible. Open the detail page and compare the name, birth date, photograph, location, unit, offense, county of conviction, and sentence data. Read the location before the date. An institution or unit signals present MDOC placement even when the tentative date is near.
- Identify the current custodian from the jail, court file, MDOC record, or receiving agency.
- For MDOC, search by ID or name and confirm all identity and sentence fields before reading “Tentative Release Date.”
- For a Jefferson Davis county sentence, ask the sheriff for the jail computation and obtain the sentencing and time-credit orders.
- For a pretrial case, check the Justice or Circuit Court docket for bond, dismissal, or another order instead of expecting a sentence endpoint.
- Confirm the physical release through the jail entry, MDOC discharge record, or receiving custodian.
The county sheriff's official contact is P.O. Box 339, Prentiss, MS 39474, and 601-792-5169. No official local release calculator, records email, or public roster was verified. Ask whether the jail docket shows current custody and, if not, the recorded departure time, type, and destination. The destination distinguishes community release from transfer.
The complete named-person fallback, including court and receiving-agency checks, appears in the Jefferson Davis County released-inmate search. A no-result by itself is not a calculated date or a release fact.
Note: A county of conviction on an MDOC record does not identify the current prison or supervising county.
MDOC Tentative Release Date
MDOC's public detail can show the inmate's identity, MDOC number, entry date, current location and unit, location-change date, total sentence length, offense-level sentence details, county of conviction, sentence date, photograph, and “Tentative Release Date.” A printable data sheet may shorten that wording to “Tentative Release,” while warning that the effect of state law can make the actual date or release type differ from online information.
The official MDOC detail-page example demonstrates where the exact Tentative Release Date label appears in the state layout.
The layout makes clear why the date must be read beside location, sentence, and identity fields rather than copied as a stand-alone promise.
MDOC's handbook says the department computes terms to be served, parole dates, earned-release-supervision dates, tentative release or discharge dates, and maximum release dates. It also processes pre-sentence jail credit. Eligible credit must relate to the cause of confinement and fall between the offense and the earliest sentence date. MDOC requests that time from the county of conviction.
| Record item | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Current location and unit | Shows whether the person remains placed in an MDOC institution |
| Sentence date and length | Supplies the judgment-based term used in computation |
| County of conviction | Identifies the sentencing jurisdiction, not the current custodian |
| Tentative Release Date | Computed planning date that may change and is not proof of exit |
| Location-change date | Shows a placement update, which is not automatically a release |
Jefferson Davis Earned-Time Rules
Miss. Code § 47-5-138 permits MDOC to allow 4.5 days of earned time for each 30 days served on qualifying sentences imposed after June 30, 1995, based on good conduct and performance. The general allowance may not exceed 15 percent of the sentence. That ceiling creates the common shorthand that an eligible person may serve about 85 percent before this earned-time release point.
The shorthand is not a universal release rule. Section 47-5-139 and the MDOC handbook exclude or restrict several groups. The research identifies life sentences subject to a narrow petition rule, habitual offenders, forfeited credits, sex crimes, specified mandatory robbery time, escape-related forfeiture, detainers, and other listed circumstances. Consecutive sentences and different statutory regimes also change the calculation.
Earned-release supervision is conditional. A person released through ERS retains inmate status under MDOC jurisdiction until sentence expiration and generally needs an approved in-state residence. The date can depend on required release planning. MDOC guidance also says expected parole or ERS dates are not guaranteed, processing may take 30 to 45 days, and the assigned case manager verifies the exact date and travel plan before release.
No official Jefferson Davis County good-time policy was found. Applying the MDOC shorthand to a local jail sentence would invent a county rule. A local calculation must come from the judgment, valid jail credit, applicable law, and the jail's own record.
Jefferson Davis Parole Timing
Parole eligibility runs on a separate clock from earned time. Under the current 2025 codification of Miss. Code § 47-7-3, broad categories include nonviolent eligibility after 25 percent or 10 years, whichever is less. Crimes of violence under § 97-3-2 generally use 50 percent or 20 years. Armed robbery, drive-by shooting, and carjacking generally use 60 percent or 25 years. Covered nonviolent, nonhabitual drug offenses use 25 percent or 10 years.
Those are only broad categories. Numerous offense, sentence, habitual, capital, murder, trafficking, sex-offense, and express statutory exclusions apply. Earned or good time does not reduce the mandatory service needed to reach parole eligibility. The statute currently has a July 1, 2027 repealer, so the current official code must be checked again for later decisions.
Eligibility is not release. The Mississippi State Parole Board can deny parole or require conditions. A grant may still await an approved residence, program, detainer resolution, or processing. Section 47-7-18 allows some qualifying releases without a hearing only when every condition is met and excludes sex offenses, crimes of violence, and geriatric cases.
The first date for consideration therefore answers a different question from the Tentative Release Date and actual prison exit. When a hearing result matters, obtain the written Board action. No current public statewide hearing calendar or searchable decision portal was verified.
Note: A parole grant subject to unresolved conditions is not proof that MDOC has executed a release.
Why Jefferson Davis Dates Change
A release date changes when the facts or legal authority used in the computation change. Some changes move the date later, while others alter the possible release type or create an earlier lawful path. The public web field may lag behind an internal update. Ask for the time sheet or final record when the date must be exact.
| Factor | Possible effect | Best confirming record |
|---|---|---|
| Jail-time credit | Correct credit changes the sentence-begin calculation | Sentencing or amended credit order and MDOC time sheet |
| Earned-time gain or forfeiture | Qualifying credit can move, or loss can delay, the computed date | MDOC time computation |
| Detainer or another hold | Person may leave one facility for another custodian | Detainer and receiving-agency record |
| Court order | Amended sentence, dismissal, or revocation can alter authority | Filed court order |
| Parole decision | Grant, denial, set-off, or conditions affect a separate release path | Written Board action and MDOC release record |
| Consecutive sentence | Another term may extend total time | Judgments and complete MDOC sentence computation |
A detainer is a request or legal hold from another authority. It can mean that release from MDOC or the county jail leads to transfer, not freedom. A transfer date should be verified with both the sending and receiving agencies.
Jefferson Davis Jail Date Calculation
No official Jefferson Davis County sentence calculator, good-time schedule, weekend adjustment, or local computation policy was located. A county sentence depends on the filed judgment, jail credit, controlling statute, and sheriff or jail calculation. Obtain the sentencing order first. Then ask the sheriff for the computed end date and the later jail release entry.
If the sentence becomes an MDOC commitment, the state department computes its clock and applies eligible pre-sentence county jail credit. If the person was transferred among county jails, the inmate is instructed to alert the MDOC case manager so all eligible time can be requested. If the sentence remains local, do not impose MDOC's earned-time formula on it without direct legal authority.
Justice Court handles initial felony appearances and many local matters, while the Circuit Clerk keeps indictments, judgments, and related criminal filings. An initial bond order can authorize pretrial release but does not prove the jail carried it out at that moment. Pair the order with the jail docket to establish when the person actually left.
Confirm Jefferson Davis Release Timing
MDOC Records is the fallback when a public detail is absent, disputed, or merely prospective. Ask for the actual release or discharge date, legal authority, time computation, jail credit, parole or ERS start, and discharge certificate, subject to lawful exemptions. The office is listed at P.O. Box 24388, Jackson, MS 39225, 601-933-2889, and MDOCRecordsDepartment@mdoc.state.ms.us. Written requests can use the MDOC public-record request page.
For an upcoming custody event, a Jefferson Davis County VINE inmate check can provide a notification if the reporting agency and record support it. Read the exact event and confirm it with the custodian. MS SAVIN can report release, transfer, escape or abscond supervision, and return to custody. None of those terms should be silently converted into another.
Final proof comes from the executed event. For a county inmate, that is the jail release entry with date, type, and destination. For an MDOC prisoner, it is the state release or discharge record. For parole, the Board action and MDOC release record work together. A well-supported Jefferson Davis release date lookup keeps the projection, authority, and actual exit as three distinct facts.