Ochiltree Release Date Meanings
TDCJ uses distinct labels. A Projected Release Date is the agency's current estimate under the release mechanism presently projected. A Parole Eligibility Date marks when review may first become possible under the law. It is not an approval. A Maximum Sentence Date reflects the full-term endpoint in the agency record. Some records later show a scheduled date, and a completed event may show an Actual Release Date.
For a county booking, the sheriff's InterOpWeb card offers arrest date, days in jail, charges, and status. It does not publish an official projected release field. Do not subtract or add the displayed days to manufacture a date. Partial days, credits, court changes, and transfers can make that arithmetic wrong.
Scheduled is not actual. A scheduled release can still change on the day shown. The responsible agency's actual release entry confirms that custody event.
| Label | What it means | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| Parole Eligibility Date | Review may begin under the governing category | Approval or departure |
| Projected Release Date | Current TDCJ estimate | A fixed promise |
| Scheduled Release Date | Processing has reached a scheduled point | Physical release occurred |
| Actual Release Date | TDCJ recorded the completed event | Full discharge from supervision |
| Maximum Sentence Date | Full-term date in the record | The date parole review must grant release |
Find an Ochiltree Release Date
First classify the person as a county detainee, a county-sentenced inmate, or a TDCJ prisoner. The correct record changes with that choice. The Ochiltree arrest-date search can confirm that a local booking is marked released, but it does not supply the release time or reason.
- For an Ochiltree arrest, match the name, arrest date, booking agency, charge, and case or warrant number.
- If the person remains before trial, read the court docket for bond and orders. There may be no fixed release date.
- For a county sentence, obtain the judgment and ask the Sheriff's Office for the jail time sheet or release transaction.
- For a state sentence, search the TDCJ offender system, preferably by TDCJ number.
- Copy the exact TDCJ date labels. Confirm later changes through TDCJ or the official record rather than a saved estimate.
The full local custody and release-record path appears in the Ochiltree County released-inmate lookup. A county card marked released can mean community entry or transfer into another system, so the destination still matters.
Ochiltree County Jail Calculations
A county-jail sentence follows a different process from a TDCJ prison sentence. The sentencing court awards the jail credit required by law and enters the judgment. The sheriff computes the local release under that judgment and applicable law. An unresolved case, an outside warrant, or a detainer may prevent physical release even when one sentence has been satisfied.
The most useful records are the judgment, jail credit, booking-in and booking-out entries, time sheet, and release or transfer transaction. The Sheriff's Office is listed at 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070, telephone 806-435-8000. No dedicated online release-date form was found. Call to confirm the current written-request channel, then ask for existing records rather than asking staff to create a calculation narrative.
A request should identify the full name, arrest date, and booking or case number. Ask for admission and release or transfer date and time, release type, authority, and destination if recorded and public. Texas law calls for prompt production within a reasonable time, but it does not guarantee one universal delivery date.
Texas Good Time and Release
Texas Government Code Chapter 498 governs good-conduct time in TDCJ. Section 498.003 provides the accrual framework under classification and agency rules, while Section 498.004 addresses forfeiture and restoration. Good-conduct time can affect classification and eligibility calculations. It does not shorten the sentence imposed by the court itself.
Parole eligibility is governed by categories in Government Code Section 508.145. Mandatory supervision is addressed in Sections 508.147 through 508.149. The offense date, judgment, sentence, affirmative findings, and statutory category all matter. Some people can have calculations using calendar time plus good time. Other categories use actual calendar time, and some offenses or sentences are ineligible.
Texas has no blanket rule that every prisoner serves about 85 percent. For the serious-offense category under Section 508.145(d), the statute generally uses actual calendar time without good-conduct time equal to one-half of the sentence or thirty calendar years, whichever is less, subject to its minimums and exclusions. That is not an across-the-board percentage. Eligibility opens review; it does not compel release.
What Changes Ochiltree Release Dates
A projected date changes when the legal or administrative inputs change. TDCJ may receive corrected sentence data or jail credit. Disciplinary action may forfeit good-conduct time, and restoration can alter a later calculation. The meaning of concurrent and consecutive sentences can also change the operative timeline.
| Factor | Possible effect | Best confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Corrected judgment or credit | Changes recorded sentence inputs | Court order and TDCJ audit |
| Good-time loss or restoration | Moves an eligibility-based estimate | TDCJ time record |
| Parole vote | May set conditions, timing, or denial | BPP result and vote code |
| Mandatory-supervision decision | May shift projection to maximum expiration | TDCJ detail and BPP result |
| Program or release-plan work | Can delay scheduling after favorable action | Review and Release Processing |
| Detainer or outside hold | May prevent community release | Holding and receiving agencies |
A favorable parole vote can still require program completion, residence-plan approval, a release certificate, detainer review, and a final records audit. The Board also states that favorable action may be withdrawn when new information arrives. The strongest proof is the Actual Release Date paired with the resulting location or supervision status.
Texas Release Mechanism Changes Dates
TDCJ's official definitions explain why one formula cannot fit every Ochiltree state-prison case. For some mandatory-supervision-eligible offenses before September 1, 1996, the projected date can reflect the point when calendar time plus earned good time equals the sentence. For eligible offenses on or after that date, mandatory supervision is discretionary and needs Board approval. A denial can cause the projected field to move to the maximum-expiration date.
When an offense is ineligible for mandatory supervision, the Projected Release Date can match Maximum Expiration Date. Later parole action may create a different path. This is why offense date and the exact live label are more reliable than an online sentence calculator. The projection represents a current mechanism, not merely a fraction of the sentence.
Note: Read the current TDCJ label with the judgment and offense date; a copied date without those inputs can mislead.
Confirm Ochiltree Scheduled Release
TDCJ says that after release processing is complete, a detail can show a scheduled release date and location, but the date can change even on the scheduled day. Its statewide guidance describes an audit and scheduled-date calculation after receipt of a release certificate, while programs and plan approval can extend the process. Those are process descriptions, not a promise for one person.
For a pending custody event, the VINELink Release Check may provide a notification when the participating agency reports it. Notification is a useful alert, not the legal release instrument. Confirm a county event with the sheriff release transaction, and confirm a state event with TDCJ's actual date and status. If the person transfers to another authority, describe that as transfer from the prior custody rather than release to the community.