Maximum Correctional Center Release Paths
Maximum Correctional Center is a DCSO county correctional unit in the Harding Place complex. It is part of the same county custody network as Downtown Detention Center, CDC-M, CDC-F, the Offender Reentry Center, and the Annex. Movement from MCC to one of those units does not end county custody. The common DCSO record should show the facility, movement, and release data for the booking episode.
A recorded MCC departure may mean community release after bond, a court order, time served, or sentence completion. It can also be a transfer to another DCSO facility, TDOC, another county, federal custody, or immigration custody. Ask for the recorded disposition and destination. “Left MCC” is the safe description until the next custodian is ruled out.
| Path | Meaning | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Community release | DCSO closes the jail episode | Release timestamp and court docket |
| DCSO movement | County custody continues | Current facility field |
| TDOC transfer | State custody begins or continues | FOIL status and location |
| Other custodian | Confinement may continue | Movement disposition and receiving locator |
Confirm Maximum Correctional Center Release
DCSO’s Active Inmate Search is a current-custody tool, so a released person may disappear. Recent Bookings is based on admissions in the past 48 hours and can show a Release Date for some quick releases. The 24/7 information line and release papers are the fallback.
- Search the DCSO active system and Recent Bookings by identifying information.
- Open Details and compare control number, admitted date, facility, charges, and release date.
- Call 615-862-8123 when the record is absent or the destination is unclear.
- Ask whether DCSO recorded community release, internal movement, or transfer to another custodian.
- Compare the Davidson Criminal Court Clerk docket for the order, sentence, bond, or disposition.
- If TDOC received the person, search FOIL by name or TOMIS number.
The Davidson County release search explains the full custodian chain. Do not translate an empty active search into proof of freedom.
Maximum Correctional Center Release Records
Release verification is centralized through DCSO. The information line handles current and released offender questions at all DCSO facilities. The DCSO records center can supply release papers, incarceration dates, and movement details. Ask for one named episode with a date range and control number when known.
DCSO Offender Information and Records
Maximum Correctional Center
5113 Harding Place complex
Nashville, Tennessee
Information: 615-862-8123, 24 hours daily
Records Center: 610 W Due West Avenue, Madison, TN 37115
7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Request admission and release times, release type or disposition code, releasing facility, and receiving agency if the record was a transfer. DCSO does not promise a fee or turnaround on the form, so request an estimate and response date.
Maximum Correctional Center Custody
MCC is a county correctional facility operated by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. It is not a Tennessee state prison and does not have a separate public offender locator. DCSO books county detainees into its common jail system and assigns them among its units. A facility field can become outdated after a move, so the control number and episode dates are more stable keys.
For a felony sentence transferred to state custody, FOIL becomes the correct next system. Its incarcerated status and location can coexist with a DCSO release date because one agency released the person to another. For a county release, the court docket can explain whether bond, a judgment, time served, or another order led to processing.
Maximum Correctional Center Name Changes
Davidson’s jail campus changed materially in 2020. Downtown Detention Center opened, Hill Detention Center closed, MCC populations moved, and the former Metro Detention Facility annex was repurposed for women. An older DCSO landing page or annual report may therefore show a name or population that no longer matches a current assignment.
Use the current inmate detail’s facility field and current individual DCSO pages. Do not create a custody claim from an old directory alone. Historic names can help explain an old record, but the release date and movement entry for the specific booking control the conclusion.
Note: A legacy MCC reference may describe a prior campus arrangement, so match the record date before identifying the releasing unit.
Maximum Correctional Center Release Property
DCSO’s handbook says ordinary clothes worn to jail are inventoried and stored, and the property receipt should be kept. Property can be released to a family member under the stated process. Remaining commissary funds are issued on a debit card at release. These steps are part of processing, not proof that a person entered the community.
Property staff check the active JMS release list, confirm identity through fingerprint or mugshot, obtain signatures, record the event, and hand property either to the released person or to the next law-enforcement custodian. That last path is important. A completed property transaction can accompany a transfer.
Maximum Correctional Center ICE Transfers
An immigration detainer or transfer can end DCSO custody without producing community release. A historic ICE agreement names a former Davidson County Jail address, but agreements, facility names, and operations change. It is not proof that MCC currently holds a particular person for ICE.
Ask DCSO whether the release disposition names an immigration custodian. If it does, use the official ICE Online Detainee Locator with an A-number and country of birth or a biographical search. An empty ICE result can reflect data delay or limited locator coverage. It does not erase the DCSO transfer entry.
Maximum Correctional Center Record Fields
A useful request asks for the whole custody episode, not a broad certificate that a person is “free.” DCSO detail can include JMS and control numbers, facility and unit, admission, arrest booking, final booking, exact release time, charges, and sentencing entries. The control number connects those fields to one booking.
- Admission
- When DCSO began the custody episode.
- Final booking
- A later processing point in that episode.
- Release date
- When DCSO recorded the end of its custody.
- Disposition
- The recorded release or transfer path.
A unit can become unavailable after release, so stable identifiers and dates matter. Compare charges with the clerk because the jail detail is not the final court disposition.
Maximum Correctional Center Court Check
The Davidson Criminal Court Clerk system reflects filed documents and docket entries. It can show case number, charge, hearing activity, bond, judgment, sentence, probation, or dismissal. DCSO records when custody physically ended after holds were checked. Those times can differ without conflict.
A bond order can precede release processing. Time served can require a judgment and jail-credit calculation. A dismissal can lead to release only when no other hold remains. Ask the clerk for a certified court result and DCSO for the physical release record.
Older Maximum Correctional Center Releases
DCSO Recent Bookings is driven by admissions in the past 48 hours. It is not a 48-hour release archive. A person admitted well before the visible period can leave MCC today and never qualify for that page, while a same-day admission and release may appear with a populated Release Date. DCSO publishes no longer online retention guarantee.
For an older episode, call the Offender Information Center and then request Release Papers. Give the full name, birth date, approximate admission and release dates, and control number when known. Ask for the facility, exact release time, disposition, and receiving agency. Those fields distinguish community discharge from an internal movement or transfer.
Reconcile Maximum Center Release Sources
DCSO establishes when county custody ended. The Criminal Court Clerk explains the judgment, bond, dismissal, sentence, or probation order. FOIL identifies a later Tennessee felony custody or supervision status. VINE supplies a participating agency’s custody-change notice. None should be substituted for another.
A DCSO release date and a FOIL incarcerated status can both be correct when MCC transferred the person to TDOC. A court release order and a later DCSO time can both be correct because staff still had to process the order and clear holds. Preserve both dates and describe what each office recorded.
Maximum Center Public Record Requests
Tennessee Code section 10-7-503 broadly governs citizen access to public records, subject to exceptions in section 10-7-504 and other law. DCSO does not have to create a custom compilation or answer a broad legal question. A request should identify existing MCC release and movement records with enough detail for the custodian to find them.
When prompt access is not practical, the state response framework generally calls for production, a denial with legal grounds, or notice of when the record can reasonably be available. That framework is not a promise that a large archive request finishes at once. Request electronic copies or inspection and obtain a cost estimate.
Mugshots are routed differently. DCSO’s inmate-record office directs Nashville booking-photo requests to MNPD Central Records. Keep a photo request separate from MCC Release Papers so each custodian receives the record it actually controls.