San Jacinto Projected Release Dates
TDCJ uses several date labels. A Projected Release Date is the date its Classification and Records staff project incarceration will end if parole does not occur first. The current IVSS screen may call this the Expected Release Date. Offense title, offense date, sentence, credits, and legal eligibility affect that calculation. It remains prospective.
A Scheduled Release Date appears after the case advances through certification and audit. TDCJ may also list a Scheduled Release Location. Even then, the agency warns that processing can change through the scheduled day. An actual Release Date or later parole or discharge status documents a recorded transition. None of these fields, standing alone, excludes pickup under another warrant or detainer.
Scheduled is not actual. Confirm the release event and destination before treating a planned date as proof that custody ended.
A San Jacinto County pretrial detainee has no sentence-based projected date. Bond, a judge's order, dismissal, transfer, or a second hold may control. Ask the sheriff for the book-out record and check the court docket.
Find San Jacinto Release Dates
Start with the last custodian. A person convicted in San Jacinto County may be held at any assigned TDCJ unit, and no TDCJ unit was identified inside the county. Conversely, a misdemeanor sentence at the county jail does not use the TDCJ formula. The San Jacinto County released-inmate record path helps identify the right system when the custodian is uncertain.
- For TDCJ custody, open the TDCJ IVSS offender search. Search by name, State ID, or current TDCJ number.
- Match identity and open View Details. Keep Facility or Offender Status separate from Expected Release Date, Release Date, and parole-review data.
- If online data is unclear, request the listed inmate fields by email or call general inmate information at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283 during posted weekday hours.
- Before a Board vote, call 844-512-0461. After a favorable vote, call Review and Release Processing at 512-406-5202.
- For a county sentence, ask the San Jacinto County Jail for the calculation sheet and the court for the judgment and certified jail credit.
- For a pretrial case, track bond and court orders, then confirm the physical book-out and any receiving agency with the sheriff.
Use the date checked when saving a result. Dynamic records can change. A screenshot or saved email may document what the agency displayed at that point, but the originating office remains the source for a final event.
The TDCJ email-information service can return a name, number, projected date, facility, offense, sentence, and history when the requester supplies the required identifiers. It is free, but it is not the path for inmate photographs. For exact time computations, transfers, or release documents, Classification and Records lists 936-437-6231 and classify@tdcj.texas.gov. TDCJ Open Records accepts public-information requests at pia@tdcj.texas.gov.
Texas Good-Time Release Calculations
Government Code Chapter 498 governs TDCJ good-conduct time. Classification-based earning rules apply. Qualifying work, farm, school, or vocational participation can add credit up to statutory limits. Discipline and classification can reduce or forfeit credit. Flat calendar time and certified jail credit also enter the state record.
Good time does not subtract a fixed number of days from all Texas sentences. Depending on the offense and its date, credit can affect parole eligibility or the mandatory-supervision calculation. It never guarantees a favorable parole vote. For some eligible cases tied to older law, flat time plus good time reaching the sentence can produce mandatory supervision. For later eligible cases, discretionary Board review can affect whether the projected date moves toward supervision or final discharge.
- Flat time
- Actual calendar time served.
- Good conduct time
- Credit governed by classification, conduct, and qualifying activity.
- Jail credit
- Time certified by the court toward the sentence.
- Maximum expiration
- The sentence end under the controlling record, subject to lawful changes.
Why San Jacinto Dates Change
A projected date is a live calculation, not a promise. TDCJ audits the sentence record and release certificate before assigning a scheduled event. New legal or institutional facts can move the date, change the release location, or turn a community release into a transfer.
| Factor | Possible effect | Record to check |
|---|---|---|
| New sentence or court order | Changes the controlling term or credit | Signed judgment and TDCJ time record |
| Disciplinary loss | Reduces eligible good-conduct credit | Classification and Records calculation |
| Jail credit | Changes credited time already served | Court judgment and certified credit |
| Parole vote | Approves a path, denies it, or sets another review | Parole Review Information and BPP status |
| Required program | Can delay release until completion | Board vote code and processing status |
| Detainer or warrant | May cause pickup or transfer rather than freedom | Release destination and receiving custodian |
| Residence plan | May delay scheduling until approved | Review and Release Processing |
Parole eligibility is only the first point when discretionary release may be considered. Approval still may require a program, conditions, a sound release plan, and a complete records audit. Denial usually carries another review date or a serve-to date under the applicable rules.
A new destination can matter as much as a new date. If a San Jacinto County record identifies ICE, another county, USMS, or another custodian, search or contact that system. “Released from TDCJ” or “booked out” describes the end of one agency's custody. It does not by itself prove that the person returned to the community.
Confirm San Jacinto Release Events
Use VINE Inmate Check through the current Texas systems for an alert, not as the certified release record. IVSS-Counties serves participating county jail events. TDCJ IVSS covers state prison, parole, and mandatory supervision. Search the correct lane and keep the saved event notice.
For county custody, call the San Jacinto County Jail at 936-653-4367. Request the booking and release sheet, actual book-out date and time, release reason, and destination. A court order can explain the authority, but it may precede physical processing. Another hold can also take effect.
For TDCJ, compare the expected, scheduled, and actual fields. After a release vote, Review and Release Processing is the stage-specific contact. If the record shows parole or mandatory supervision, imprisonment ended but state control continues. A discharge status means something different.
Texas IVSS alerts are useful for changes, yet they are not certified records. A wrong spelling, duplicate name, delayed feed, identifier change, transfer, or restricted entry can cause silence. Preserve a registration even if a county result later disappears, because the county system states that registration may remain active if the person returns to custody.
No Universal Texas 85 Percent
Texas does not use one universal rule that every state prisoner must serve 85 percent. Government Code Section 508.145 sets category-specific parole rules. Under its general provision for other inmates, eligibility can arise when calendar time plus good-conduct time equals one-quarter of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less, subject to the full law.
Serious offenses and deadly-weapon cases under Section 508.145(d) generally require calendar time, without good time toward eligibility, equal to one-half of the sentence or 30 years, whichever is less. Minimums and offense-specific exceptions apply. Article 42A.054 is the current serious-offense and deadly-weapon reference often called “3g” in older records. Section 508.149 separately excludes listed cases from mandatory supervision.
The offense date, conviction, sentence, findings, and current statute must all be checked. An eligibility date does not predict the Board's vote. It also does not prove when release processing will finish.
San Jacinto Jail Good Time
TDCJ rules must not be copied onto a San Jacinto County misdemeanor jail sentence. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 42.032 authorizes county-jail good-conduct deductions, including a possible deduction up to one day for each day served under a sheriff's system. Local classification and sheriff policy govern what is actually awarded.
No published San Jacinto County good-time calculation, cutoff time, or weekend practice was found. Ask the jail for its calculation sheet. Obtain the judgment and jail-credit record from the right court. County Court handles Class A and B misdemeanors, while felony matters belong in the district courts.
A county date may also depend on bond, a new order, or another hold. Do not use a TDCJ projected date field for a person who never entered state custody.
The San Jacinto County Sheriff has not published its classification method, bond cutoff, or local release schedule. Those unknowns should stay unknown until the jail confirms them. Ask for the calculation in writing and compare it with the sentence, book-in record, and jail credit. If the figures conflict, the court and custodian must correct their own records.
Keep each calculation source separate. The judgment states the sentence, the court record may state credit already awarded, and the jail calculation applies the sheriff's local system. A new warrant, detainer, or transfer order can still change the destination even when the arithmetic points to the end of the county sentence. The final book-out record shows what the San Jacinto County Jail actually did.
Weekend San Jacinto Release Dates
Government Code Section 501.016(b) permits TDCJ to release on the prior workday when the date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The word “may” matters. The rule is discretionary and belongs to TDCJ. It does not establish a matching practice at the San Jacinto County Jail.
TDCJ ordinarily processes releases on weekdays during its stated daytime schedule, excluding holidays, but that schedule can change. Confirm both the unit and time before travel. TDCJ often routes releases through regional locations connected to the legal county of residence, conviction, or approved release county, and the scheduled site may differ from the current unit.
Note: A weekend adjustment changes planned timing, not the need to verify the actual release event and any same-day receiving custodian.
Travel plans should rely on current confirmation from TDCJ or the jail, not a general weekday rule. Ask for the scheduled release location as well as the date. A state prisoner may be processed at a regional release site rather than the unit shown earlier in the record. County releases use local practice, which was not published in the reviewed sources.
After the date passes, look for the actual event. TDCJ may show a Release Date and a status that reflects parole, mandatory supervision, or discharge. The county sheriff can provide the book-out and destination for its jail. If the destination names another agency, continue there. The court docket can explain a bond, sentence, or release order, but it normally does not show the minute the jail completed processing. Read the records as a chain, not as interchangeable proof.