Daviess Projected Versus Actual Release
A projected release date is an administrative estimate based on the sentence record, applicable credits, and known restrictions. An actual release date is a past event. Daviess County Detention Center makes release dates public for past inmates, yet its public-information policy withholds release dates for current inmates. The jail handbook explains why: future dates can change. That local rule means the official past-inmate record is the right source after a DCDC release, not a promise drawn from a current roster.
For a Kentucky state sentence, KOOL uses the exact search labels Projected Release Date From and To. Its parole table can separately show a Proposed Release Date. The projected field reflects sentence administration. The proposed field is tied to a parole action. A confirmed release is shown later by a released or discharged status, a DOC Daily Releases entry, or an executed facility record.
Find a Daviess Release Projection
Begin with identity and authority, not with the date filter. Similar names can lead to the wrong case. A DOC or PID number is the best state match. In a county case, the booking episode and court case number connect the jail record to the order. Use the least amount of name data needed, then confirm conviction county, offense, location, and dates.
- Check the official DCDC lookup to decide whether the person is currently held, previously held, or absent from that local system.
- Review the Kentucky court case to learn whether it is pretrial, locally sentenced, probated, or tied to a state judgment.
- For a state offender, open KOOL and search by name, alias, DOC number, or PID number.
- Use the Projected Release Date From and To filters only after the correct identity and authority are known.
- Open the matching result and read location, sentence, supervision, sentence calculation, and parole fields by their labels.
- For a DCDC date that is not public online, request the booking and release record after the event.
KOOL can also filter by supervision status, county of supervision, location type, offense, conviction data, and institution or supervision begin date. A location at District 13 in Owensboro indicates community supervision rather than a cell. An absconded status means the person is not complying with supervision requirements; it does not erase the earlier release.
Daviess Court and Jail Dates
A Daviess court record and a DCDC release record answer different questions. The filed order shows what the judge authorized. It may document bond, dismissal, acquittal, probation, shock probation, jail-time credit, revocation, or remand. The jail record shows when staff completed the physical release or transfer. A disposition date must not be substituted for the doors-out time, and a bond entry does not mean all other holds cleared.
Daviess District Court generally handles misdemeanors, traffic matters, and preliminary felony proceedings. Daviess Circuit Court handles felony prosecutions and other circuit matters. Search the Kentucky court index by party or case information, then request the file-stamped order from the Daviess Circuit Court Clerk when the exact terms matter. For a current DCDC inmate, the handbook directs court-date questions to District Court because the jail does not issue future release dates.
After custody ends, the DCDC public-information policy supports a past-inmate release date. If the web record is absent or too brief, request the booking and release sheet. Include the full name, approximate booking date, and booking number when known. Ask for the actual release date and time, release disposition, and receiving agency or detainer notation when public. A narrow request connects the projection, court authority, and executed event without treating one date as all three.
Kentucky State Release Calculations
Kentucky's state calculation starts with the judgment and sentence, then accounts for rules that apply to the offense, sentence structure, jail-time credit, and earned or lost credits. The research does not support one universal fraction for every Daviess County offense. Parole eligibility rules vary by offense date and category. Violent-offender requirements, where applicable, must be read from the governing statute and the individual sentence rather than reduced to a broad “85 percent” promise.
Good time is sentence credit allowed under state rules. It can move an administrative projection, while lost credit can push it back. Parole eligibility is the point when the Board may consider a qualifying person, not a release date. A proposed date after a recommendation remains subject to planning, detainers, later Board action, and recalculation. Mandatory reentry supervision under KRS 439.3406 is another distinct event. It generally places a qualifying person under supervision near projected completion, subject to exceptions, and may occur without a discretionary parole grant.
- Projected release
- DOC's current administrative estimate.
- Parole eligibility
- The point when Board consideration may occur.
- Proposed release
- A date associated with a parole action that may still change.
- Minimum expiration
- A DOC sentence-administration milestone used in eligible state cases.
- Actual release
- The completed custody event recorded after it happens.
Daviess State-Inmate Release Group
DCDC's 2026 handbook provides a rare local detail about eligible state inmates. It says DOC-approved people are processed as one administrative-release group on the first day of the month in which the minimum expiration date falls. If that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, processing moves to the last weekday of the prior month. This is an operating rule for an approved group, not a way to calculate a person's date from the outside.
Outstanding good-time loss or a major-category disciplinary offense in the prior six months can affect the process. A detainer requires arrangements with the authority that placed it. Extreme circumstances can move processing to the next feasible day compatible with DOC and detaining-agency needs. DCDC forwards state paperwork, but Kentucky DOC performs the date calculation and approval. Always reconcile the handbook pattern with the person's KOOL record.
Other DCDC releases follow other timing. The handbook says releases tied to Daviess District Court dates generally begin after 7:00 p.m. as a group on the listed court days. That pattern concerns local processing after court. It does not set a projected state-sentence date or guarantee an individual exit time.
Changes to Daviess Release Dates
A date can move in either direction. Some changes affect the sentence calculation. Others leave the date intact but prevent return to the community. Read the new status and destination rather than treating any departure from DCDC as freedom.
| Factor | Possible effect | Verification source |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence or jail-time credit | Recalculates the projected completion date | DOC sentence information and judgment |
| Good-time loss or discipline | Can delay an eligible state release | DOC calculation or releasable record |
| Parole action | May create, defer, rescind, or replace a proposed date | KOOL parole table and Board record |
| Court order | May authorize release, probation, shock probation, or remand | File-stamped court document |
| Detainer or warrant | Can cause transfer or continued custody | Release disposition and receiving agency |
| New sentence or revocation | Can replace the prior calculation | Court record and updated KOOL entry |
KOOL states that entries are updated daily, but that is not a real-time guarantee. Same-day proof is stronger when the DOC number appears in the dated Daily Releases PDF and the location and release type agree with KOOL. For a county-only case, use DCDC's executed record instead.
Request Daviess Release Calculations
Some sentence-calculation detail will not be visible in the public search. For a state case, use the Kentucky DOC open-records channel and identify the person by DOC number. Ask for the releasable sentence-calculation or release document, the projected date field, the release type, and the releasing location. A parole document should be requested separately when the issue is a proposed date or Board action.
For DCDC records, send a signed and dated request to openrecords@daviesscojail.org or to Open Records Request, Daviess County Detention Center, 3337 Highway 144, Owensboro, KY 42303. Include the address and Kentucky-residency statement required by the facility's instructions. The office lists weekday hours from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central, except legal holidays, and states that a written response is due within five business days under its counting rule.
An agency may redact exempt information, deny a protected part, report that no record exists, or provide a later production date with an explanation. Kentucky's Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 through 61.884, governs executive-agency requests. Court files use the judicial branch's process instead. Sending the request to the correct custodian reduces delay and keeps a jail release date distinct from a DOC calculation or court order.
Confirm Daviess Actual Release
After the expected date, return to the correct source. A DCDC past-inmate entry may show the local release date. A state case can appear in the Kentucky DOC Daily Releases archive with DOC number, release date, type, and location. Match all four. A Daviess County Detention Center location on that PDF covers a state-controlled release from the local jail, not every bond-out or local sentence release that day.
VINELink can provide an alert, but “Advanced Release” means the scheduled event is approaching. It is not proof that the person left. The Daviess VINELink inmate search explains registration and the dual jail/DOC record issue. If the sources conflict, request the DCDC booking and release sheet or the relevant DOC release document. Ask for the release date, release type, location, and receiving authority when public.
Finally, distinguish release from supervision discharge. Parole, probation, home incarceration, and mandatory reentry supervision place the person in the community under conditions. Final discharge ends that authority. Those dates should never be collapsed into the jail exit date.
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