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Behavioral Care Center Departures

A departure from Behavioral Care Center can have more than one meaning. The center serves qualifying arrestees through a supportive treatment program. Successful completion may allow a participant to avoid continued prosecution under the program rules, but that result must be read from the court file and the DCSO custody record. It is not safe to treat every exit as the end of a conventional jail sentence. The person may have completed the diversion track, returned to DCSO detention, moved to a different DCSO unit, or been transferred to another agency.

DCSO records the county custody episode. The Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk records filed orders, docket events, disposition, and other case action. Those sources answer different questions. A DCSO release date shows that the sheriff closed or transferred the booking episode. A court order explains what happened to the case. When both records point to successful completion and no transfer is shown, the result is much stronger than a missing name in the active-inmate search.

Confirm Behavioral Care Center Release

Begin with the person’s DCSO booking episode. The active inmate search is built for people still held by DCSO, so a former participant may no longer appear there. The Recent Bookings view covers admissions in a rolling 48-hour window and includes a Release Date column. It can catch a short episode, but it is not a complete release archive. Older or longer episodes require the 24/7 Offender Information Center or a records request.

1. Search the DCSO Recent Bookings page when the admission was recent. Match the name, date of birth, control number, and admitted date.
2. Open the detail and read the facility and release fields literally. A populated release date closes that DCSO episode but does not by itself prove program completion.
3. Call the DCSO Offender Information Center at 615-862-8123 if the record has rolled off. Ask for the recorded release date, disposition, and receiving agency, if any.
4. Search the Davidson County criminal case system. Compare the case number, filed orders, docket entries, and disposition with the DCSO episode.
5. If another custodian appears, continue with that agency. Use TDOC FOIL for state custody, BOP for federal custody, or the ICE locator for an immigration transfer.

The Davidson County released-inmate search and records coverage explains the county, state, court, federal, and immigration paths in more depth. For this center, however, the core task stays narrow: match the BCC-linked DCSO episode to the court outcome.

Behavioral Care Center Records Route

DCSO is the records contact for the county custody episode. Its inmate-record center accepts requests online and in person. Ask for the existing “Incarceration Date (Release Papers)” record tied to the named booking, not a broad statement that a person is free. Include the full name, date of birth, approximate admission date, and OCA or control number when known. Request the admission and release times, facility, release type or disposition code, and any receiving agency shown.

For the case result, use the Criminal Court Clerk rather than asking DCSO to interpret a judicial order. Tennessee public-record access is governed by Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-503 and 10-7-504. The custodian may ask for a specific record description and may redact protected data. DCSO does not publish a fixed fee or completion time for this request, so ask for a cost estimate and expected response date before chargeable work begins.

Note: DCSO records physical custody events, while the clerk’s file supplies the legal case outcome.

Behavioral Care Center Treatment Model

Behavioral Care Center is a DCSO-operated, state-licensed supportive-treatment alternative in Nashville. DCSO describes 30 male beds and 30 female beds. The setting is designed for qualifying arrestees whose needs may be addressed through treatment under program rules. That structure differs from pretrial custody at the Downtown Detention Center and from locally sentenced custody at the Harding Place facilities.

The center remains tied to the DCSO and court systems. A participant’s presence there does not create a separate public roster or a separate statewide offender record. Nor does participation alone prove that the case has ended. The correct public trail is still the named DCSO booking plus the court docket. TDOC FOIL becomes relevant only if a felony sentence, state custody, probation, parole, or another TDOC supervision status follows.

Diversion

A court-linked route that may address a case through approved conditions instead of ordinary prosecution.

Program completion

Finishing the treatment requirements. Its effect on prosecution must be confirmed in the court record.

Release

The end of a particular custodian’s episode, which may lead to the community or another custodian.

Transfer

A move between custodians or facilities that does not mean freedom from custody.

Behavioral Care Center Court Records

Successful completion can carry a case benefit under the program’s rules, yet the benefit must appear in the official court file. Search by defendant or case information, then open the docket and identify the filed order or disposition. A court record may show that prosecution ended, that conditions remain, or that the case returned to an ordinary track. Obtain a certified copy from the clerk when formal proof is needed.

Timing can explain a mismatch. A judge may act before DCSO completes the administrative steps that close the custody episode. The DCSO timestamp can therefore follow the court event. The reverse concern also matters: a person may leave the center or the sheriff’s custody while a charge remains pending. Bond, recognizance, treatment placement, and dismissal are distinct events. Reading the exact docket language prevents one from being substituted for another.

Behavioral Care Center Custody Transfers

A name that vanishes from the active DCSO search may reflect a true county release, but it can also reflect movement. Ask for the destination or receiving agency. A move to another DCSO unit remains county custody. A move to TDOC begins or continues state custody and should appear in the Felony Offender Information Lookup after agency processing. Federal and immigration transfers use different identifiers and locators.

The identity fields help keep these records straight. DCSO uses a control number or OCA. TDOC uses a TOMIS or TDOC number. BOP uses a federal register number, and ICE uses an A-number. Match the person with date of birth and another sound identifier. Similar names are not enough. VINE may send a change notice, but the notice reflects the reporting agency and can lag. The originating and receiving agency records remain the stronger proof.

ICE Holds After BCC Departure

A recorded DCSO release can be a handoff to immigration custody. Davidson County has a historic ICE agreement associated with an older jail name and address, but that document does not prove current custody for any person. Facility names, locations, and agreements can change. The current DCSO disposition must identify the transfer, then the ICE Online Detainee Locator can be checked with the proper identity information.

The locator accepts an A-number with country of birth or a biographical search. An empty result is not conclusive because coverage and update timing can vary. If DCSO confirms an ICE transfer and the online result is absent, use the official ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations contact path. Describe the event as a release from DCSO to ICE, not a community release.

Davidson Facility Names Changed

Davidson County’s detention map changed sharply in 2020. Downtown Detention Center opened, Hill Detention Center closed, Maximum Correctional Center populations moved, and the former Metro Detention Facility annex took on a new role. Old DCSO directories and archived reports can therefore point to names that no longer describe the current system. Behavioral Care Center should be identified through the present DCSO page and the individual booking detail, not through a legacy list.

This history affects release research. A facility field is a snapshot from one part of the episode. It may record BCC, DDC, or another DCSO unit at a given point, while later movement occurred inside the same sheriff-run network. Requesting the full booking and movement record is the best way to follow that sequence. A move between DCSO sites is not a release, even if one facility name drops off the public detail.

Note: Current DCSO pages and the person’s facility field are safer than a legacy Davidson County jail list.