Duval Projected and Actual Release
A projected date estimates when a custody term may end. JSO may display Expected Released Date or a Tentative EOS date. FDC may display Current Release Date, while Florida law calls the gain-time computation a tentative release date. Each label is prospective. The actual JSO Released field or a completed FDC release history records the custody exit after it occurs.
A pretrial detainee usually has no sentence-based release date. Bond, recognizance, dismissal, a court order, and active holds may change the path. Even after a court authorizes release, identity checks, property processing, and other administrative work must finish. A transfer also ends custody at one facility without placing the person in the community.
Find a Duval Release Date
Begin with the last known authority. John E. Goode, Montgomery Correctional Center, and CTC use the JSO inmate system. A person sentenced to Florida DOC or assigned a DC number belongs in FDC records. Federal sentences require the BOP locator, not either local system.
- Search the JSO historical record for a county custody episode or FDC by DC number for state custody.
- Match name, identifier, booking or admission date, case, and facility.
- Read the prospective field exactly: Expected Released Date, Tentative EOS, or Current Release Date.
- Check Duval CORE for the signed sentence, court-awarded jail credit, bond order, or later sentence change.
- Test for active holds, detainers, or another receiving agency.
- After the date passes, verify the actual Released or release-history entry.
The Duval County release search covers the historical record path when the person has already left custody. A projected date alone should not be recast as a completed release.
Florida Gain-Time Release Computation
Florida Statutes section 944.275 controls FDC's state calculation. FDC first sets a maximum sentence expiration date for each term-of-years sentence and applies lawful credit, including court-awarded jail credit. It then establishes the tentative release date based on gain-time that has been awarded, forfeited, or restored. The tentative date cannot run later than maximum expiration.
The rates vary by offense date and eligibility. Different rules apply to pre-1994 terms, offenses from January 1994 through September 1995, and offenses on or after October 1, 1995. For the later group, incentive gain-time can be up to 10 days per month, subject to exclusions. Meritorious and some educational awards follow separate rules. That is why a simple calendar calculator is not safe.
For post-October-1995 offenses, section 944.275(4)(f) prevents gain-time from causing release before at least 85 percent of the imposed sentence has been served. Physical-custody credit awarded by the court counts toward that floor. Life remains life unless changed by pardon, commutation, or clemency, and some serious offenses exclude incentive gain-time.
These state rules do not calculate a Duval county sentence at Montgomery or CTC. Use the signed local judgment, jail credit, the JSO expected field as a lead, and the Released field as confirmation. Ask JSO or the court about a county calculation rather than importing FDC's formula.
Why Duval Release Dates Change
FDC warns that Current Release Date is subject to gain-time awards, forfeiture, and review. The public record may show TO BE SET while staff review the computation. That phrase does not mean release is due now. Local expected dates can change for different reasons, especially while a case is still in court.
| Factor | Possible effect |
|---|---|
| Gain-time award or restoration | May move an eligible FDC tentative date earlier. |
| Gain-time forfeiture | May move the date later after misconduct or other statutory events. |
| Sentence or jail-credit correction | Changes the base calculation. |
| New term or court order | Can change the controlling custody period. |
| Detainer or active hold | May cause transfer to another authority after the first exit. |
| Parole or conditional-release action | Can affect the authorized date or post-prison status. |
| Pending review | May leave the public field as TO BE SET. |
Section 944.28 allows gain-time forfeiture for institutional misconduct and in escape or revocation circumstances. Public dates can also move after data review. Preserve a screenshot or note of the date checked, but use the live record for current planning.
Confirm Duval Inmate Release
For county custody, clear Search Only Inmates in Jail in the JSO name search and open the correct historical booking. The actual Released field is stronger than Expected Released Date. Call Jail/Inmate Information at 904-630-5760 when an online field conflicts with observed events, or submit a focused record request with the Jail Number, JSO ID, booking number, and date range.
For state custody, use FDC Inmate Release Information. Search by DC number when possible, then read the incarceration history and actual release date after departure. FDC's Bureau of Admission and Release handles release data questions at 850-488-9167 or dc.release@fdc.myflorida.com. A release date proves prison custody ended, not that all supervision ended.
A VINELink release notification can flag a reported change, but JSO or FDC must confirm it. A transferred person can trigger a change without going home.
Duval Tentative EOS Report
JSO publishes a Tentative EOS Report for the next 30 days. The report lists Name, Jail Number, JSO ID, and Tentative EOS Date. EOS means an anticipated end-of-sentence event. It is not a recent-release list, and it does not prove that the person has passed release processing.
The individual JSO detail separates Expected Released Date from actual Released. That split is Duval's key safeguard. The report helps locate a near-term county sentence end, but the historical detail must later show the exit. JSO does not publish a guaranteed release hour, weekend rule, or fixed processing time.
The official report appears in the matching manifest image from its source.
Its next-30-day scope is prospective, so none of its rows should be called completed releases.
FDC Duval Release Date Fields
The FDC release database includes people already released and people scheduled for release, and FDC says it updates nightly. Search by DC number for the most exact match. A name search works as a prefix search, so compare birth date, aliases, photograph, county, court case, and offense history before selecting a record.
A detail can show release date, detainers, custody history, sentence date, county, case number, sentence length, and prior prison events. Current Release Date remains prospective for someone still incarcerated. Release Date within a completed history has a different meaning. After an actual prison exit, check the supervised-population database because parole, probation, conditional release, or another state term may begin.
Note: FDC excludes county-jail inmates, so a person who bonded out of John E. Goode may have no state corrections record.
Duval Pretrial Release Timing
People held before trial do not have an end-of-sentence calculation. A court can set bond, approve recognizance, dismiss a matter, or enter another release order, yet an active hold may still require transfer or continued custody. The next court date is not a release date. A bond-agency field also does not prove that bond caused the final exit.
Use Duval CORE to find the order and JSO historical detail to find when processing ended. JSO says identity clearance and other booking tasks must be completed before release. It processes cleared releases as soon as possible but publishes no guaranteed time. Families should call 904-630-5760 before traveling because the releasing institution and operating instructions can change.
The Duval Pre-Trial Release Register can show required appearances, compliance, warrants, or revocation information after a person leaves jail. JSO prepares it and the Clerk posts it. It is not an hourly release feed and cannot replace the Released field. Its role is to document part of the legal phase that may continue outside the jail.
A payment required for release, court balance, or later court cost also should not be read alone. Match the exact booking and order. The safest statement identifies the expected field, then separately says whether JSO recorded an actual release.
Duval Holds and Transfers
An active hold or detainer is a request or legal basis for another authority to take or keep custody. It can make a correct projected date look wrong if the reader expects a return home. Leaving JSO for FDC, another county, federal authority, immigration custody, or treatment is an exit from one record, but not necessarily a community release.
Read the destination exactly when it is shown. Then search that system. A Duval commitment to Florida DOC should lead to the FDC population and release records. A federal sentence belongs in the BOP locator. An immigration transfer requires the ICE present-location tool, which is not a historical release archive. When no destination is public, request the release disposition or receiving-agency field from JSO.
Release from prison can also begin FDC supervision. After confirming the actual state prison exit, search the supervised population for parole, conditional release, probation, or another term. A discharge ends supervision; a release date alone ends only the custody phase shown by that record.