Illinois DOC Release Path
An Alexander County felony commitment can place a person in any IDOC institution. Pulaski County Detention Center may record the transfer out, but that entry is not a community release. IDOC admission begins the state chapter. Later records may show prison release onto mandatory supervised release, parole for an eligible sentence, transfer, or final discharge.
Use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search for public status. Then use IDOC records when the display does not resolve a date or destination. The Alexander County release search covers county and court records that precede the state commitment.
Search Illinois DOC Records
The official form accepts Last Name, IDOC Number, and Birthdate. Search by IDOC number when possible. A name result should be checked against date of birth, sentencing county, mittimus, admission, physical descriptors, and sentence rows before it is treated as the correct person.
- Open the official IDOC search form.
- Enter an IDOC number, surname, or birthdate in the required format.
- Compare identifiers and the Alexander sentencing information.
- Record Offender Status, Location, Parent Institution, and all labeled dates.
- Request the supporting release record when a projection or blank field leaves doubt.
The interface is a locator, not a full master file. Record the date checked. Maintenance, updates, blank fields, common names, and changes in status can affect what appears.
Illinois DOC Date Meanings
IDOC’s labels must remain distinct. Projected Parole Date is forward-looking and can change. Last Paroled Date is retrospective where populated. Projected Discharge Date estimates the end of the sentence or supervision. A person may have left a prison while still serving MSR in the community.
| Field | What it supports |
|---|---|
| Offender Status | The displayed agency status at the time checked |
| Location | The displayed placement or community status location |
| Parent Institution | The responsible IDOC institution |
| Projected Parole Date | An estimate, not completed-release proof |
| Last Paroled Date | A past parole event when present |
| Projected Discharge Date | The estimated end of sentence or supervision |
Do not calculate a date from the sentence alone. Consecutive or concurrent terms, presentence credit, offense date, statutory service category, earned credit, discipline, detainers, court changes, and MSR affect the timeline.
Illinois DOC Release Files
IDOC directives name records that can resolve a public result. They include sentence-calculation sheets, credit revocation and restoration cards, release checklists, notification of release date, MSR preparation summaries, parole packets, PRB notices, detainers, release packets, photos, and final discharge material. A focused request is better than asking for every document.
IDOC FOIA Officer1301 Concordia Court, Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277
217-558-2200 ext. 4166
DOC.FOIARequest@illinois.gov
Illinois FOIA generally sets five business days for a response to a noncommercial request, subject to a permitted extension and exemptions. Privacy, security, medical, juvenile, sealed, expunged, and investigatory material may be redacted or withheld. Ask for electronic, reasonably segregable portions.
Alexander Commitment Match
The sentence table may display County, Mittimus, class, count, offense, custody date, and sentence. Compare those fields with the Alexander Circuit Court docket. The court holds the judgment and later court orders. IDOC holds the state calculation, movement, release, supervision, and discharge records.
A difference between court and IDOC dates is not automatically an error. One may record an order while another records physical movement or a recalculation. Quote each date with its label and source. Ask the creator of the disputed entry to explain or correct it.
When an IDOC search has no result, a county case may have ended through bond, dismissal, a misdemeanor outcome, or a county sentence. Absence from IDOC is expected in those paths. Alternate spelling, sealing, expungement, or interface lag can also explain a missing result.
Illinois DOC Supervision After Release
MSR is state supervision after prison under the sentence framework. It is not Alexander County probation. IDOC directs parole-agent issues to 800-666-6744, while county probation is handled by the local probation office. PRB decides designated parole and revocation matters but is not a universal released-person locator.
- MSR
- Mandatory supervised release following prison under Illinois law.
- Parole
- Conditional release used for designated eligible sentences.
- Revocation
- A decision that can return a supervised person to custody.
- Discharge
- The recorded end of the sentence or supervision term.
A prison release date alone does not prove discharge. Confirm both the accomplished exit and the remaining supervision status.
Tamms Records Stay with IDOC
Tamms Correctional Center closed in January 2013. It has no modern roster or release desk. Former Tamms prisoners were transferred before closure or later released through IDOC. Search the statewide record and request assignment or movement history if the former Tamms placement itself must be documented.
The closed facility is a distinctive Alexander County history point, but it is not evidence that a present Alexander detainee is housed there. Current local detainees are contract-housed at Pulaski according to official inspection evidence, while state commitments can go anywhere in Illinois.
Federal and ICE Boundaries
IDOC does not cover a USMS pretrial prisoner, a BOP sentence, or ICE detention. Federal pretrial status belongs to the federal docket and USMS. BOP’s locator covers its sentenced population and historical releases after 1982. ICE ODLS has its own exact-match and limited recent-release coverage.
The historical Pulaski ICE agreement must not be treated as current. Illinois TRUST Act section 15(g) required covered contracts terminated by 2022. An IDOC release or missing county roster result does not support an ICE-transfer claim without an independent ICE record.
Note: The strongest state release finding pairs IDOC’s accomplished status fields with the underlying release or discharge record, not a projected date alone.
IDOC Notification Record Details
IDOC’s formal release-notification directive supports more detail than the public locator. Depending on the record, it can identify the person and register number, parent or transitional-security facility, community status, release date, projected discharge date, committing county, mittimus number, and supervision office. Those fields can connect an Alexander County judgment to a later state placement without treating the search screen as a complete master file. The same directive distinguishes a release date from a projected discharge date. That distinction matters when a person has left secure prison custody but still has an MSR term to complete.
A focused request should give the IDOC number, full name, approximate event, and Alexander mittimus or case number when known. Ask for the accomplished release notification, release checklist, MSR preparation summary, and any detainer disposition that changed the destination. If the question concerns the end of all state authority, also request the final discharge notice. Protected addresses, medical material, security information, and private identifiers may be removed, but the remaining event fields can still establish the date, type, and legal stage of the release.
IDOC’s master-file directive also names sentence-calculation and sentence-credit records. They are useful when a projected date changed between checks. A requester should not recalculate the term from the sentence table alone. Instead, ask IDOC for its existing calculation and the credit actions that produced the displayed date. This approach preserves the agency’s terminology and avoids turning an estimate into an accomplished event.
Reconcile Alexander and IDOC Dates
An Alexander court date and an IDOC date can both be correct because they may describe different acts. The court judgment authorizes the state sentence. Pulaski records the transfer from local custody. IDOC records admission, later institution movements, prison exit, supervision, and final discharge. Put those records in chronological order before describing the outcome.
If a court amendment or credit order changes the term, preserve the date of that order and the later IDOC recalculation. A detainer may also send the person to another custodian after IDOC’s release process. In that situation, “released by IDOC” does not establish a return to the community. The receiving agency’s record becomes the next link.
Note: A state release finding is strongest when the accomplished IDOC event, Alexander commitment, and any continuing supervision or destination all agree.