Find Davidson County Released Inmates

Davidson County Release Meanings

A Davidson County release record closes one custody episode. It does not always say that a person entered the community without conditions. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office, or DCSO, may release someone on bond, recognizance, time served, sentence expiration, or a court order. It may also record a transfer to the Tennessee Department of Correction, another county, federal authorities, or immigration custody. The exact destination matters. A record should therefore be read as “left DCSO custody” until the release type and any receiving agency are checked.

Custody systems also answer different questions. DCSO holds the county booking and release transaction. The Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk holds the court docket, judgment, bond order, and disposition. TDOC records state prison custody and community supervision. VINE reports status updates sent by a participating custodian. BOP and ICE cover separate federal systems. Matching the right agency to the event prevents a transfer from being mistaken for a final discharge.

Discharge

The end of custody or supervision recorded by the responsible agency.

Time served

A sentence satisfied by time already spent in custody.

Parole

Early community release under Board conditions before sentence expiration.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision, sometimes after split confinement.

Detainer

A request or legal basis for another authority to take custody.

How Davidson County Releases Work

Release type controls what to check next. Bond ends physical detention on that booking while the criminal case remains open. A dismissal is a court result, but DCSO still must clear every hold before the person leaves. Sentence expiration can end jail confinement while probation, mandatory reentry supervision, or another sentence continues. A TDOC parole grant is permission for early release under supervision, not proof that the gate release occurred that same day.

Death can also close a custody episode and must never be described as community release. Likewise, a move from the Downtown Detention Center to a Harding Place unit is an internal DCSO movement. Neither event supports a claim that the person returned home. The safest statement names the custodian and event, such as “DCSO recorded release at the listed time” or “TDOC shows parole.”

Davidson County Release Record Fields

The DCSO public detail can connect one person to one booking episode. A control number or OCA is especially useful when names repeat. The observed system included a facility, admitted time, arrest booking time, final booking time, exact release date and time, active-charge count, and sentencing information. A unit or pod can become unavailable after release. Those fields show the transaction, but they do not always explain whether the person bonded out, completed a sentence, or moved to another custodian.

A filled release date is affirmative evidence that DCSO closed that booking. A blank value is not final proof of current custody. Check the active detail or call the Offender Information Center. Bond figures in the jail detail can change, so the portal directs updated bond questions to the Criminal Court Clerk. For legal proof of a case outcome, obtain the judgment or certified docket entry from the clerk.

Request Davidson County Release Records

DCSO uses the term Incarceration Date (Release Papers) on its public request form. That is the most precise option for documentary proof of a county jail episode. The records center is at 610 W Due West Avenue, Madison, Tennessee 37115, and accepts walk-ins from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The information line is 615-862-8123. An online request is also available through the DCSO inmate and public-record page.

1. Identify the person by full name, date of birth, and OCA or control number if known.
2. Give an approximate admission or release date so the request points to one booking.
3. Ask for the existing release papers, admission and release times, release type, releasing facility, and receiving agency if it was a transfer.
4. Choose inspection or electronic copies and request a cost estimate before chargeable work begins.
5. Keep the DCSO response with the matching court judgment or docket entry.

DCSO does not publish a fixed fee or completion promise on its request page. Tennessee's response framework says that when prompt access is not practical, the agency generally should produce the record, deny it with a legal basis, or state when it can reasonably be available within seven business days. That framework is not a promise that a large archive search will finish within seven days.

Davidson County Expunged Release Records

Tennessee Public Records Act guidance explains the broad right of Tennessee citizens to inspect state, county, and municipal records under Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503, subject to the confidential-record exceptions in § 10-7-504. A request must describe an existing record with enough detail. The custodian need not create a new report or research a broad question. DCSO can also redact protected material and may verify Tennessee citizenship under its policy.

Expungement is different from ordinary online retention. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-32-101, a court may order qualifying records removed through the agencies that hold them. A name missing after that process may reflect a valid order, not a broken search. Sealed, juvenile, and expunged information should not be rebuilt from stale copies. The official DCSO recent view has no promised long-term online archive, so an older lawful record may require a narrow request even when no expungement exists.

When Davidson County Releases Occur

DCSO does not publish one daily time when every inmate release occurs. Booking, Pretrial Screening, court orders, bond processing, records checks, property work, and clearance of holds can happen on different schedules. Pretrial Screening works in the Downtown Detention Center around the clock. A planned pickup should therefore be based on direct confirmation, not an assumed morning or evening release window.

The DCSO Offender Information Center is available 24 hours a day for current and released offenders at all DCSO facilities. Call 615-862-8123 and ask whether release processing is complete, which facility has the person, and whether the recorded event was a community release or transfer. Facility and exit instructions should be confirmed before anyone travels. A court order can exist before the physical release has cleared every administrative step.

Davidson County Pretrial Release Checks

Davidson County Pretrial Services is located in DDC booking and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Screening staff can be reached at 615-862-7673. A pretrial release ends jail custody but does not resolve the criminal charge. Bond terms, court dates, and other conditions remain in the clerk file. The DCSO release timestamp and the court docket must be read together.

Case management is based in the Ben West Building at 100 James Robertson Parkway, Suite 102. That office has a different role from the jail records center. Use DCSO for the physical release transaction, Pretrial Services for its program and reporting process, and the Criminal Court Clerk for the filed order and case calendar. Calling one office for another agency's record can delay verification.

Find Davidson County Released Inmates

Start with the last known custodian and the likely time frame. A Davidson arrest points first to DCSO. A Tennessee felony prison or supervision record points to TDOC FOIL. A federal sentenced person points to BOP, while a recent federal pretrial defendant may still be under U.S. Marshals authority. An immigration transfer requires the ICE locator. Use date of birth and a reliable agency identifier when possible because similar names appear across systems.

1. Check DCSO Recent Bookings for a recent admission and a populated release date.
2. Open Details and compare the control number, admission, facility, charges, and exact release time.
3. Check the Davidson Criminal Court Clerk docket for the bond order, judgment, dismissal, sentence, or next setting.
4. Search TDOC FOIL if a state sentence, transfer, parole, or probation may apply.
5. Use VINE for a known person's custody update, or BOP and ICE for the relevant federal custodian.
6. Call DCSO or request Release Papers when the booking is outside the public window.

The strongest result reconciles three records. DCSO establishes when county custody ended. The court explains the legal event. FOIL, VINE, BOP, or ICE shows later custody or supervision. If none returns a reliable match, report only that no matching public result was found at the time checked. Absence may come from the rolling window, an alias, a county-only misdemeanor outside FOIL, a transfer, data lag, or a sealed record.

Davidson County FOIL Release Search

TDOC's Felony Offender Information Lookup, known as FOIL, covers felony offenders who are currently or formerly in TDOC custody or supervision. That former-offender scope makes it useful after a state prison release. It does not cover every Davidson County misdemeanor booking. Search by TDOC ID or State ID Number when available. A name search uses last name, first name, race, and an optional aliases choice, followed by a CAPTCHA.

The official FOIL search form shows the available search modes.

The form leads to the state record where release eligibility, sentence end, custody, and supervision labels can be compared. Read each label literally. Parole and probation are community supervision, while inactive needs context and should not be restated as exoneration or proof that every obligation ended.

Davidson County Recent Release Window

DCSO publishes Recent Bookings, not a dedicated recent-release feed. Its header describes bookings admitted during the past 48 hours. The table includes Details, name, race, sex, date of birth, control number, admitted date, and release date. A person admitted and released quickly may have a filled release value. Someone admitted earlier and released today may be absent because admission, not release, controls the window.

The official recent page can be inspected directly, and its release-date column demonstrates the difference between the admission window and a true release list.

DCSO publishes no separate 24-hour or 72-hour release page, no fixed refresh schedule, and no guarantee that an older row remains online. The tested RecentReleases route returned an error and should not be treated as a source. For an older booking or a release outside the admission window, call the information center or request the existing release paper.

Davidson County Post-Release Resources

The Tennessee Board of Parole makes parole decisions, while TDOC administers parole and probation supervision. Davidson County is Community Supervision District 40. FOIL may show the supervision status and assigned location, which should guide any follow-up with the official TDOC field-office directory. A Board grant may still depend on an approved release plan or other pre-release requirements.

Nashville also has a TDOC Day Reporting and Community Resource Center. TDOC states that Community Resource Center services may be available to people under community supervision and to people released at sentence expiration. DCSO operates an Offender Reentry Center and in-custody programs, but an ORC resident remains in custody even when taking part in outside work. Movement for a program is not itself a Davidson County release.

Davidson County Property After Release

DCSO guidance gives a local deadline that makes prompt follow-up important. Its inmate-mail and account information says a former inmate must address a remaining account action within 30 days after release. The 2025 inmate handbook says ordinary clothing is inventoried, the property receipt should be kept, and remaining commissary funds are issued on a debit card at release.

Property staff check the active release list, confirm identity, collect signatures, record release, and hand property to the person or the next law-enforcement custodian. That last option shows why property processing cannot prove a return to the community. Questions about the DCSO property or booking record go to DCSO. A court docket error belongs with the clerk, while a FOIL or state sentence error belongs with TDOC.

Reconcile Davidson County Court Records

The Davidson Criminal Court Clerk reporting portal is the durable local case source. Search the defendant or case, then read the filed docket entries for a bond order, judgment, dismissal, sentence, probation entry, revocation, or later court date. A court order may precede DCSO's physical release while staff clear holds and finish processing. Bond release can also occur while the underlying charge remains pending.

Davidson's consolidated Metro government adds a useful distinction. MNPD and incorporated-city police usually make arrests, while DCSO manages booking, custody, and court functions. Circuit Court CaseLink covers its own case universe. The proper clerk depends on the case. When official proof is needed, request a certified copy instead of treating the jail detail as a final disposition.

Davidson County Immigration Transfers

A DCSO release can be a handoff to ICE rather than a community release. First obtain the county release disposition or destination. Then search the ICE Online Detainee Locator by A-number and country of birth, or use its biographical search. A DCSO timestamp paired with an ICE result describes two parts of one custody transfer. If the locator is blank, official Enforcement and Removal Operations contact channels may still be needed because coverage and updates can vary.

A historic federal agreement names the former Davidson County Jail at 506 Second Avenue North, but it does not establish a current facility arrangement or a person's present custody. Facility names and agreements change. Current DCSO data and the receiving locator control. Federal criminal custody is separate: BOP covers many sentenced inmates from 1982 forward, while a pretrial defendant under U.S. Marshals authority may require the federal docket, counsel, court, or USMS.

Davidson County Facility Name Changes

Davidson County jail names changed in a material way during 2020. The Downtown Detention Center opened, Hill Detention Center closed, Maximum Correctional Center populations moved, and the former Metro Detention Facility annex was repurposed for women. Older directories can therefore send a release search to a closed or renamed site. Use the facility field in the person's current DCSO detail and the current individual facility pages.

Nashville also contains three TDOC prison campuses. A person at Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, or Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center is in state custody, not the Davidson jail roster. DSNF also serves clinical and transit roles, so departure can mean another state prison. FOIL and TDOC records are the correct release channels for all three.

Davidson County Custody Status Sources

No single roster proves a person's status across every custodian. Choose the source that owns the event, then check any likely handoff or supervision record.

Can “released” still mean supervised? Yes. Parole, probation, mandatory reentry supervision, and federal supervised release occur outside a jail or prison but remain legal supervision. Check the exact agency label and assigned office.

Davidson County Release Facilities

Davidson County release research begins with the facility type. DDC, CDC-M, CDC-F, MCC, ORC, the Annex, and BCC use the shared DCSO booking and release system. Nashville's three state prisons use TDOC FOIL and state records. Municipal holding is brief police custody before DCSO booking. Federal and immigration pages represent systems that serve or receive people from Davidson County, not extra county jails.

• Downtown Detention Center: DCSO intake, processing, housing, release, and transfer records.
• Correctional Development Center-Male: county custody for classified and locally sentenced men.
• Correctional Development Center-Female: county custody for pretrial and locally sentenced women.
• Maximum Correctional Center: a DCSO correctional unit whose departures require the shared county movement or release record.
• Offender Reentry Center: work and reentry activity remains DCSO custody until an actual release is recorded.
• DCSO Annex: a county unit with release and movement verification through the central DCSO system.
• Behavioral Care Center: a treatment alternative whose completion must be reconciled with the court case.

State, police, federal, and immigration custody use different records from the DCSO facilities listed above.

• Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility: a TDOC clinical and transit prison where departure often means transfer.
• Riverbend Maximum Security Institution: a TDOC prison whose releases and movements are checked through FOIL and state records.
• Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center: a TDOC women's prison with state discharge, parole, and transfer records.
• Davidson County municipal holding: brief police custody that may lead to DCSO booking or citation release.
• Federal custody serving Davidson County: a BOP and USMS path rather than a local federal prison.
• RRM Nashville: a BOP community-confinement management office, not a secure detention site.
• ICE custody affecting Davidson County: an immigration handoff checked through the ICE locator and transfer record.

Always confirm the current facility field. The same person's records can move from a police arrest to DCSO, then to TDOC, BOP, or ICE. Each change creates a new custodian question rather than one universal inmate record.