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Kentucky Corrections Release Routes

The Kentucky Department of Corrections is a statewide correctional system, not a separate prison located in Russell County. Its records become relevant when a person serves a Kentucky felony sentence, appears as a state inmate, or enters KDOC community supervision. A state inmate can be physically housed at Russell County Detention Center while KDOC still owns the sentence calculation and state release record.

A former state prisoner may remain visible in Kentucky Offender Online Lookup after confinement ends. KOOL includes correctional history and supervision data, so continued visibility must not be read as present imprisonment. Read the offender type, location type, location, supervision status, and supervision county together. A county jail roster answers a different question and may omit a person after transfer into the state system.

Confirm Kentucky Corrections Releases

Start at Kentucky Offender Online Lookup. A DOC or PID is stronger than a name search. If only a name is known, compare middle name, date of birth, physical description, convictions, and location before using a record. The photograph can aid identity when one is available, but appearance is not proof of current custody.

1. Search by DOC or PID, or use a broad name search.
2. Open the candidate and compare stable identity details.
3. Read offender type, location, supervision status, and supervision county.
4. Preserve the full Projected Release Date From/To range.
5. Check KDOC Daily Releases on the suspected event date.
6. Match the DOC number and copy the release type exactly.
7. Request the underlying record when time, destination, or calculation matters.

KDOC Daily Releases provides event evidence. Its archive extends to 2014 and identifies DOC number, name, type, released-from facility, and highest class. It does not provide gate time, destination, conditions, or a photograph. An entry naming Russell County Detention Center is a state release processed from that jail, not a list of all Russell County releases.

Kentucky Corrections Search Fields

KOOL's detail fields must be read as a group. “Current location” is a triage clue, not a complete custody conclusion. Supervision county can connect a released person to Russell County even when the District 20 office is in Somerset. The offense history identifies a correctional case but does not by itself prove the person remains confined.

KOOL is reported to update several times daily, but upstream processing may still lag. A same-day conflict should be taken to the holding facility or KDOC with the DOC number and the access times for both sources. Do not choose whichever result fits an assumption.

Kentucky Corrections Projected Releases

The “Projected Release Date From” and “Projected Release Date To” fields form a range. They are not a promise of a gate appointment. A projection begins with sentence structure and jail credit, then can reflect statutory credits, exclusions, forfeitures, consecutive sentences, court changes, parole action, supervision rules, detainers, and data corrections.

KRS 197.045 establishes Kentucky's confinement-credit framework, including conditional educational, behavior, and meritorious credits. KRS 439.3401 creates special rules for people within its defined violent-offender categories; the 85 percent rule does not apply to every felony. KRS 439.3406 governs mandatory reentry supervision for qualifying people. These rules should identify possible inputs, not serve as a universal calculator.

If a projected range changes, compare dated KOOL records and request the official calculation when the reason matters. After the range passes, check Daily Releases for the actual event and preserve its exact type. The Projected Release page covers date changes in more depth.

Note: Travel or pickup plans should be confirmed with the holding facility because Kentucky sources do not promise a standard release hour.

Kentucky Corrections Release Records

KDOC accepts open-records requests by email at correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov, by mail at P.O. Box 2400, Frankfort, KY, or by fax at 502-564-9575. Its form is optional. Include the person's full name and date of birth or offender number, the date range, and the exact existing record categories sought.

Relevant categories can include the release or discharge record, movement history around the event, release type, released-from institution, offender photograph, and sentence-status or time-credit calculation to the extent public. Published charges include ten cents per paper page, $1 for a CD, about $2.50 for a USB device, and postage. Confirm costs before asking for a large paper file.

Under KRS 197.025, KDOC states that it responds within five business days, excluding weekends and legal holidays. That is a response period, not a promise that every large production arrives within five days. The response may grant access, cite a denial, ask for clarification, or explain record availability.

Kentucky Corrections Request Steps

A narrow request is easier to search and reduces identity error. Ask for records that already exist, not a newly written account of why the date changed. State the DOC or PID whenever known and distinguish release from confinement, the start of supervision, and discharge from supervision.

1. Confirm identity through KOOL and note the DOC/PID.
2. Give the suspected event date or a short date range.
3. Name each requested record category.
4. Ask for electronic copies when suitable.
5. Request the cited exemption for any denial.
6. Ask whether public fields can be separated from exempt material.

Juvenile, medical, victim-identifying, security-sensitive, sealed, or otherwise restricted information may be withheld. A release date and a calculation record may receive different treatment. KDOC must apply current law to the particular file.

Russell County State Release Difference

A local pretrial detainee at Russell County Detention Center often has no KDOC projected date. Bond and court orders govern that person's release. A locally sentenced misdemeanant may have jail credit or other treatment under the judgment, but Russell County publishes no local calculation guide. KOOL should not be used to estimate either event unless the person is actually a state offender.

Conversely, the current Russell roster is not the proper historical search for a former state prisoner. A person can leave RCDC for KDOC custody, later leave incarceration through a state release type, and remain listed under supervision. Match each stage to its owner. The Russell County Detention Center release page covers the local release-or-transfer question.

Projected date

A changeable planning range based on state correctional inputs.

Actual release

The event recorded by the agency when custody changes.

Parole

Conditional release under Parole Board authority.

MRS

Mandatory reentry supervision created by statute, not discretionary parole.

Discharge

The source-defined end of a sentence or supervision status.

Kentucky Corrections Russell Supervision

KDOC Probation and Parole District 20 covers Russell, Clinton, Pulaski, Wayne, Lincoln, Rockcastle, Whitley, and McCreary counties. Its main office is 125 Union Street, Somerset, KY 42501, telephone 606-677-4024. The current state page lists satellite offices elsewhere but no named Russell County satellite.

A Russell supervision county field does not mean the person is jailed in Russell County. It can mean a person is in the community under probation, parole, or another supervision path. District 20 can route an office-assignment inquiry, subject to limits on public disclosure. Verify assignment rather than treating the Somerset address as the person's report site.

Probation usually follows a court judgment. Parole follows board action and release processing. MRS arises by statute. Daily Releases may state the event type, and KOOL supplies status context. Preserve those labels because they identify different legal paths.

Kentucky Corrections Record Conflicts

When KOOL, Daily Releases, a court order, and a facility statement differ, record the identifier, displayed wording, date, and time for each source. A projected date can change. A Daily Releases document may omit the gate time. A court order can precede physical processing. The facts may describe different stages rather than a true contradiction.

Send a correction request to the agency that created the disputed field. KDOC cannot rewrite a court judgment, while a court clerk does not control KOOL. Give the record identifier, disputed value, proposed correction, and supporting official document. Ask the recipient to identify the data owner if it lacks authority to correct the field.

Absence from one daily document is not conclusive. Check adjacent dates, the DOC number, and whether the event was a state release rather than a purely local bond event. Careful source matching is more reliable than treating one database as universal.