Martin County Release Date Types
One date cannot answer every release question. A pretrial detainee in the Martin County Jail may leave after bond, dismissal, a new court order, or transfer, none of which creates a TDCJ projected date. A person serving a local sentence may need the jail event record and judgment. Only a person admitted to TDCJ falls within the state projected-release framework.
| Date | Meaning | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| Parole eligibility | First point at which Board consideration may be allowed | Approval or physical release |
| Projected Release Date | TDCJ Classification and Records forecast if parole does not occur sooner | An accomplished release |
| Scheduled release | Later date and location after approval and processing | A date that cannot change |
| Maximum expiration or discharge | Sentence endpoint absent earlier conditional release | The same thing as leaving prison on parole |
| County release timestamp | When the sheriff recorded custody ending or transfer | The final legal result of the court case |
Find Martin County Projected Dates
First identify the custodian. The county’s Kologik page is a current roster, not a past-release archive. Its data model has release and projected-date fields, but sampled current records had no release value and public history was disabled. An absent name is inconclusive. For a jail-only booking, ask the Sheriff for the event and use the court file to understand the order behind it.
- Check the current Martin County roster only to learn whether the person is listed now.
- For a local case, search the combined County and District Clerk docket for bond, sentence, jail credit, dismissal, or transfer orders.
- For a person admitted to TDCJ, open the TDCJ Inmate Information Search.
- Search by TDCJ or SID number when possible. Otherwise use the name and compare birth, offense, and conviction facts.
- Read projected, parole-review, scheduled, location, and maximum-expiration information according to its label. Confirm time-sensitive plans with the unit.
TDCJ updates on working days, and its online information is at least 24 hours old. The search covers TDCJ prison, state jail, parole, and mandatory supervision. It does not cover a Martin jail-only bond release, ordinary local probation, federal custody, or juvenile matters.
Texas Computes Martin County Projections
TDCJ defines Projected Release Date as the date its Classification and Records Office calculates for leaving incarceration if parole does not occur sooner. Offense title, offense date, sentence, legal eligibility, calendar time, and qualifying good time can matter. It is a state calculation, not a simple subtraction from the sentence.
For a mandatory-supervision-eligible offense committed before September 1, 1996, the projection can reflect the point when flat time plus earned good time equals the sentence. For an eligible offense on or after that date, reaching that point is not enough by itself. The Board must approve discretionary mandatory supervision. A denial can move the projection to maximum expiration, while later approval can move it earlier for processing. If the offense is not eligible for mandatory supervision, projected release matches maximum expiration unless parole occurs first.
The date may change when time credits are forfeited or restored, a legal eligibility rule is corrected, a sentence changes, parole is approved or withdrawn, required programming remains, or another hold prevents the planned movement. A detainer is a hold or request from another authority. It can mean release from TDCJ becomes transfer rather than community release.
Martin County Good-Time Rules
Texas has no general rule that every state inmate serves 85 percent. Government Code Chapter 498 says good-conduct time affects eligibility for parole or mandatory supervision and does not reduce the judicial sentence itself. It is a privilege, not a right. The classification rules can award 20 days per 30 days served in trusty or Class I status, 10 days per 30 in Class II, and none in Class III, with limited extras and rules on forfeiture or restoration.
Parole eligibility under Government Code Chapter 508 varies by offense, date, sentence, and category. Many cases use calendar time plus good time equal to one-fourth of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less. Certain serious-offense cases generally use actual calendar time, without good time, equal to one-half or 30 years, subject to detailed limits and offense-specific provisions. Sections 508.147 and 508.149 govern mandatory supervision and exclusions.
Why Martin County Dates Change
A projected date is designed to move when the facts behind it move. A parole vote can create a path to an earlier release, but approval is not the gate event. New information may cause withdrawal. Program-contingent vote codes require a program or condition. The approved residence and release plan also affect processing. A court order, detainer, or another sentence may change the destination.
| Change | Possible effect |
|---|---|
| Good-time loss or restoration | Changes an eligible projection or review calculation |
| Board approval or denial | May move a discretionary mandatory-supervision projection |
| Required program | Can delay later release processing |
| Release certificate audit | Produces later scheduled information after record review |
| Detainer or hold | May turn community release into transfer |
| Court correction | May alter sentence credit or controlling dates |
The TDCJ Ombudsman estimates a common certificate audit at about 14 to 21 business days. Some sequences after a required program may take about four to six weeks, depending on needed information and an approved residence. These are estimates, not deadlines. Confirm the live scheduled date and location before making plans.
Martin County Jail Date Records
A local pretrial case often has no projected release date. Bond can permit release once conditions and processing are complete, but another hold may prevent it. A court disposition can explain dismissal, plea, judgment, sentence, jail credit, probation, or revocation. It may not record the exact gate time. The sheriff’s event can establish the custody timestamp but may not explain the final legal result.
Ask the Martin County Sheriff for the booking sheet, release date and time, release code or type, bond-release document, transfer destination when releasable, and holds. Give the full name, approximate booking date, and any booking, CCN, or case number. No current flat fee or fixed response time was verified. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 provides access to public information subject to exceptions, but ten business days is not a guaranteed production deadline.
The Martin County release-record path combines the sheriff event with the clerk’s case record. That two-source check is stronger than converting a roster disappearance into an assumed release date.
Confirm Martin County State Dates
If the TDCJ search is unclear, email pia@tdcj.texas.gov with the full name and TDCJ number. Without the number, provide exact birth date or approximate age and county of conviction. TDCJ lists routine facts, including projected release date, through that information channel without charge. Telephone information is available at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283; an exact birth date is required when no TDCJ or SID number is known.
After a Board release vote, Review and Release Processing uses 512-406-5202. Board results can be checked at 844-512-0461. A result still needs later scheduled-release review. For a formal record, TDCJ’s Office of General Counsel accepts Public Information Act requests by official form, email, mail, or delivery. Ask narrowly for the release, discharge, or sentence-time calculation needed.
- Flat time
- Actual calendar time served.
- Good time
- A conditional credit used for specified eligibility calculations.
- Parole
- Conditional release from physical TDCJ custody during the sentence.
- Discharge
- The sentence endpoint, distinct from parole release.
A federal date requires a separate source. The Bureau of Prisons locator shows release dates and locations for many federal records. A past date or RELEASED label means the person is no longer in BOP custody. It does not rule out federal supervised release, ICE custody, or a hold from another agency. Future BOP dates can change, and credit recalculation can leave data briefly stale.
ICE uses its own Online Detainee Locator. It covers current detainees and some people released from ICE during the prior 60 days, subject to exclusions and lag. Transfer from Martin County Jail to ICE is not community release. The U.S. Marshals Service has no comparable public released-person locator, so federal court and BOP records are the main public routes. A TDCJ projected date must never be applied to these federal custody classes.
When the custodian is uncertain, trace the last confirmed booking and each later transfer. That short custody chain identifies the correct date system and prevents false release conclusions.
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