Culberson Release Date Meanings
TDCJ labels several dates separately because each marks a different stage. The Projected Release Date is an agency calculation based on the law and records then applied. Parole Eligibility Date opens possible consideration. It is not approval. Maximum Sentence Date is the calculated sentence endpoint. A Scheduled Release Date, Type, and Location describe a more concrete planned event when those fields appear, but processing, a hold, or new information can still stop or change it.
A Culberson County pretrial booking works differently. A bond order may authorize release, yet the jail must check every cause number and outside hold before the person leaves. A dismissal can resolve one charge while another custody basis remains. The court record explains authority; the sheriff's record supplies the physical release or transfer time. A transfer to TDCJ, ICE, USMS, or another jail closes the county episode without releasing the person to the community.
- Projected date
- A changeable calculation shown for a person still in TDCJ custody.
- Eligibility date
- The point when the law permits consideration, not a release grant.
- Scheduled date
- A planned event that remains subject to final processing.
- Actual release
- The completed custody event documented after it occurs.
Find Culberson Release Dates
Begin with custody type. For a person held only at the Culberson County Jail, call 432-283-2060. Provide a full name and date of birth or booking number, plus an approximate booking date. Ask whether the case is pretrial or sentenced, whether a court order has arrived, whether all holds cleared, and whether the jail recorded release or transfer. The county publishes no live roster or local sentence calculator.
- Identify the current or last known custodian from the sheriff, court file, or transfer record.
- For TDCJ custody, search by TDCJ number, SID number, or exact name and first initial.
- Open the detail record and read each date label separately.
- Match the offense, conviction county, cause number, sentence, and identifier.
- Record the date checked because TDCJ information can change quickly.
- After the displayed date, request the completed release or discharge record.
The TDCJ Inmate Information Search covers only people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. It accepts Last Name, First Name, TDCJ Number, SID Number, Gender, and Race. TDCJ and SID numbers require eight digits with leading zeros. The result may show Projected Release Date, facility, age, and identifying data; the detail view can add maximum, eligibility, scheduled, offense, cause, county, and sentence fields.
Once a person leaves TDCJ, the public search excludes that person. Send the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number to pia@tdcj.texas.gov, or supply exact date of birth when the number is unknown. Ask for the public incarceration and release or discharge history, date, type, and completion record. TDCJ also lists 936-295-6371 and 800-535-0283 for inmate information during weekday service hours.
Texas Culberson Good-Time Rules
Texas good-conduct time is governed by Government Code Chapter 498, including Sections 498.003 and 498.004. Good time can affect parole or mandatory-supervision eligibility when the law allows. Section 498.003 does not turn credit into a general cut to the sentence imposed by the court. Credit may be earned, forfeited, or restored under the statute and agency rules. Classification, programs, discipline, jail credit, consecutive cases, and corrections to the judgment can all affect the calculation.
Texas has no blanket rule requiring every state prisoner to serve 85 percent of a sentence. That shorthand should not be applied to Culberson cases. Under the general current framework in Government Code Chapter 508, Section 508.145 contains distinct parole-eligibility formulas. A case involving a Section 42A.054 offense or an affirmative deadly-weapon finding generally uses actual calendar time equal to one-half of the sentence or 30 years, whichever is less, subject to minimums and special rules.
Other eligible cases generally reach consideration when calendar time plus good-conduct time equals one-fourth of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less, again subject to special statutes. These are eligibility points. They do not create a right to release. Section 508.149 lists mandatory-supervision exclusions and the discretionary review standard. Offense date controls which law applies, so the current summary cannot replace a calculation tied to the conviction record.
Note: Good time can affect eligibility without shortening the court's sentence or guaranteeing a Culberson County release date.
Culberson Mandatory Supervision Dates
The meaning of a projected date can depend on when the offense occurred. TDCJ explains that, for an eligible offense before September 1, 1996, mandatory-supervision release may occur on the projected date when parole has not occurred. For eligible offenses on or after that date, the Board has discretionary authority. If mandatory supervision is denied or barred by statute, the projected field may instead point toward discharge.
Mandatory supervision concerns the relation between calendar time, applicable good time, and sentence length. It is separate from parole, which follows a Board decision process. Section 508.147 addresses timing and procedure, while Section 508.149 identifies excluded offenses and permits denial under statutory findings. A favorable parole vote also is not physical release. Release-plan checks, a required prerelease program, detainers, discipline, or administrative work may remain.
Before a Board vote, TDCJ lists 844-512-0461 for parole-review status. After a favorable vote, Review and Release Processing can be reached at 512-406-5202. Ask about Scheduled Release Date, Type, and Location. Then confirm the actual event after it occurs. The Culberson parole and probation page separates prison parole from court-ordered local probation.
Why Culberson Release Dates Change
A projected date is only as sound as the current sentence data, legal rules, and custody status. TDCJ warns that online information changes quickly and may not show the person's true current location or a final termination date. State officials can correct credits or judgment data. The Board can deny or defer release. Another agency can place a detainer, which is a request to hold or transfer a person for a separate matter.
| Factor | Possible effect |
|---|---|
| Jail-credit correction | Changes time credited before TDCJ intake. |
| Good-time earning or loss | Can move eligibility or mandatory-supervision calculations where allowed. |
| Discipline or program status | Can affect credits, review, or prerelease completion. |
| New case or detainer | Can prevent community release or cause transfer. |
| Consecutive sentence | Changes how multiple terms are sequenced. |
| Board decision | May approve, deny, or set later review under the case rules. |
| Release-plan processing | Can delay a planned event while details are checked. |
Report a displayed value with its label and check date. “TDCJ displayed Projected Release Date as of the date checked” is accurate. “They will be free that day” is not. If the date passes without an event, call the holding agency and ask whether the schedule moved, a hold appeared, or custody transferred.
Culberson County Sentence Dates
TDCJ calculations do not apply to a sentence served solely in the Culberson County Jail. Request the judgment, sentence, jail-credit calculation, and sheriff release record for a local case. The combined Culberson County and District Clerk can identify the proper cause file. Sheriff Oscar E. Carrillo's office records the actual jail event. No official Culberson local good-time policy, weekend or holiday release rule, or public sentence calculator was located.
Do not import a policy from another Texas county. Ask the jail how the court's sentence and credited days were applied in the named case, then request existing records that document the answer. A written request can seek booking and release dates, release disposition, destination agency, charge and cause list, and public bond information. Because only a written request triggers the Texas Public Information Act, a follow-up request is the route to durable proof.
Government Code Chapter 552 requires prompt production of available public information unless an exception applies. If production cannot occur within ten business days, Section 552.221 calls for written certification and a reasonable availability date. Section 552.2615 requires a written estimate when charges exceed $40. Culberson publishes no local fee sheet, so ask for electronic delivery and an itemized estimate rather than guessing a cost.
Confirm Culberson Actual Release
After a state date passes, request TDCJ's release or discharge record. Classification and Records handles time, transfer, and release questions at 936-437-6231 and classify@tdcj.texas.gov. If supervision follows, the TDCJ Parole Division can confirm public routing. For a county event, obtain the timestamp through the official sheriff contact and pair it with the court document that authorized it.
A pending alert can add speed, but it does not replace the completed record. The Culberson VINELink release check explains how to register and why a release notice must be checked for transfer. Preserve the exact event wording, agency, identifiers, and time. Then ask whether the person entered the community or another custodian took charge.
The strongest county proof combines the sheriff's dated release event with the court's authorizing document. For TDCJ, use the release or discharge record plus Parole Division information when supervision continues. A projected value, a favorable vote, or disappearance from a search is weaker than an agency record showing what actually happened.
When sources disagree, preserve each label and check date. A court order may precede jail processing. A TDCJ scheduled field may change before the planned event. A notification may report that one custody episode closed without naming the next custodian. Do not force these records into one date by guesswork. Ask the agency that owns each event to correct or explain its own record, then report the final custody chain.
A county release request should identify the person and booking, then seek the exact release time, disposition, authority, and destination. A state request should identify the TDCJ number and seek the release or discharge date, type, location, and any public record of supervision. Precise requests reduce confusion between a projection, a court-authorized release, a transfer, and the completed event.