San Jacinto Parole and Probation
Parole follows a prison sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles makes the release decision, and the TDCJ Parole Division supervises the person after release. Mandatory supervision is another statutory release from prison. It also places the person under TDCJ supervision. Neither status means the sentence vanished. In each case, incarceration has ended while state supervision continues.
Probation, formally called community supervision in Texas, comes from a court order. The San Jacinto County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, or CSCD, handles ordinary local probation. A person may receive probation without ever entering TDCJ. The signed judgment and supervision order establish that status. A county jail book-out record can show when physical custody ended, but it does not replace the court order.
| Point | Parole or mandatory supervision | Probation |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Release from TDCJ incarceration | Order of a trial court |
| Decision maker | Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles under state law | Judge in the criminal case |
| Local office | Conroe District Parole Office | San Jacinto County CSCD |
| Public proof | TDCJ IVSS status, release date, and parole-review fields | Signed judgment, docket, and supervision order |
| End record | TDCJ discharge or supervision status | Court or CSCD discharge record |
- Parole
- Conditional release from prison before the sentence fully expires.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision in the community, often instead of imprisonment.
- Mandatory supervision
- A statutory release from prison that continues under TDCJ supervision.
- Discharge
- The recorded end of a sentence or supervision term.
Verify San Jacinto Post-Release Supervision
Begin with the last legal authority, not with a broad name search. A TDCJ number or State ID number sharply reduces a false match. For probation, a cause number is valuable because San Jacinto County clerks do not conduct broad staff research by name. Compare the person, case, county, and dates before relying on any result.
- For a state-prison case, search TDCJ IVSS by name, SID, or current TDCJ number. Use the separate previous-number route when needed.
- Open the matching detail. Read Offender Status, Release Date, facility, and Parole Review Information as separate fields.
- If a Board vote is still pending, call the BPP status line with the TDCJ or SID number, or an exact birth date.
- After a favorable vote, ask Review and Release Processing whether the plan, certificate, programs, and scheduled processing remain pending.
- For probation, obtain the signed judgment through the local case docket and confirm the assigned department with San Jacinto County CSCD.
A favorable parole vote is not proof of physical release. TDCJ must finish its plan review, records audit, conditions, and certificate process.
The San Jacinto County released-inmate search and record path explains how to pair a supervision result with the sheriff's book-out record. That pairing matters when a local jail release was actually a transfer to TDCJ or another custodian.
San Jacinto Supervision Offices
San Jacinto County uses two offices for two distinct systems. The official TDCJ county crosswalk assigns parole and mandatory-supervision cases to the Conroe District Parole Office in Region I. Ordinary county probation is handled in Coldspring. The CSCD reporting and payment portals are private account tools for participants. They are not public locators and should not be treated as a way to search any resident.
Conroe District Parole Office
4301 South Loop 336 East
Conroe, TX 77301
Phone: 936-756-0420
Fax: 936-760-3390
San Jacinto County CSCD
1 State Hwy 150, Room 22
Coldspring, TX 77331
Phone: 936-653-4554
Fax: 936-653-3007
Call the parole office about a TDCJ parolee. Contact CSCD about a local probation order. Neither office is the custodian of the sheriff's release sheet, and neither can turn a current-custody roster into proof of release.
San Jacinto Supervision Violations
Conditions are rules imposed by the court, Board, or supervising authority. They can include reporting, approved residence, treatment, travel limits, or other case-specific duties. The actual certificate or order controls. A public status line is not a full copy of those terms.
An alleged violation may lead to a warrant and return to custody. An absconder is a supervised person alleged to have stopped reporting or whose whereabouts are unknown under the agency's process. No public San Jacinto County absconder list was found. TDCJ IVSS notices, the offender detail, and direct Parole Division confirmation are stronger than undated social posts. A warrant and custody status also answer different questions. Someone may be out of the county jail but wanted, or may be held elsewhere on a parole warrant.
Administrative revocation hearings are not parole-release votes. Under the BPP revocation process, a person may receive a preliminary or revocation hearing after an alleged breach. The result may continue supervision, add sanctions or placement, or revoke release and return the person to prison.
San Jacinto Parole Review Records
Texas does not hold a conventional public hearing for each person's parole-release vote. Board members review files and vote individually. Public Board meetings concern policy and agency business, not a docket of named release decisions. For a person-specific result, read Parole Review Information in the TDCJ detail or call 844-512-0461 before the vote.
TDCJ generally identifies an initial case about six months before eligibility and a later review about four months before its review date. An Institutional Parole Officer prepares the file. Three panel members vote in sequence, and two concurring votes decide the outcome. FI codes can approve release or a program path. NR denies release and sets another review. CU or SA can require service to a later permitted date. DMS denies discretionary mandatory supervision and can set a later review.
Eligibility is only the first lawful chance for review. It is not a promise of release. Government Code Chapter 508 governs parole and mandatory supervision, with offense-specific eligibility and exclusions. A detainer, required program, plan issue, disciplinary record, or audit can still affect release processing after a favorable decision.
San Jacinto Supervision Discharge
Supervision ends through an official discharge, sentence expiration, court action, or another lawful record, depending on the type of case. For parole or mandatory supervision, check TDCJ IVSS and request confirmation from TDCJ when the dynamic status is unclear. For probation, obtain the court's discharge order or other final docket record. Do not infer discharge because a person no longer appears in a county jail search.
A release date and a discharge date can be years apart. The first marks the end of incarceration under that custodian. The second may mark the end of the sentence or supervision itself. Keep both records, along with the case number and identifying number, because the same name may belong to more than one person.
Texas public-record rules do not make an entire corrections file open. Government Code Section 552.029 identifies specific TDCJ information that remains public, including certain parole and release facts, while other law protects restricted material. Ask for the exact status or discharge record needed.
TDCJ's basic inmate-information channels can supply status and history fields, but an exact discharge document may require a focused public-information request. Name the person and provide the SID or TDCJ number when known. Ask for an existing record rather than an explanation or new calculation. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 allows access subject to exceptions, redaction, and lawful charges. It does not require an agency to create a document that it does not maintain.
For probation, use the cause number to obtain the signed court record. San Jacinto's County Clerk requires an existing cause number for its stated retrieval process and does not perform broad staff research. Felony matters go through the District Clerk, whose page says copy requests are not accepted by email. These local rules make the number on a judgment, bond paper, or booking sheet especially useful.
Which San Jacinto Office?
The local split is easy to miss. San Jacinto County maps to the Conroe District Parole Office for TDCJ parole and mandatory supervision, while county probation stays with the CSCD in Coldspring. Calling county probation about a state parole case delays verification. Calling TDCJ about a probation-only order has the same problem.
Use the source document to choose. A TDCJ offender detail, parole certificate, or Board vote points to Conroe. A San Jacinto County judgment that orders community supervision points to CSCD. If the person was booked at the county jail as well, request the sheriff's release event separately. That record supplies the actual book-out time and destination that a supervision order may not show.
Note: Account reporting and payment portals confirm access for a participant, but they do not create a public San Jacinto County probation search.
Keep the result in context. A supervision office can confirm its own role, while the jail documents the local exit and the court documents its order. If TDCJ IVSS shows parole, the person has left incarceration under that state record but has not completed the sentence. If the sheriff says “transferred,” the person did not necessarily enter community supervision at that moment. Follow the named receiving agency.
When names match, compare birth date, SID, TDCJ number, and cause number before making a conclusion. A saved alert is a lead. A signed order proves the legal act it records. A release or discharge record from the responsible custodian remains the strongest proof of that custodian's event.