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IDOC Nez Perce Release Paths

The Idaho Department of Correction is a statewide prison and felony supervision system. It is not the Nez Perce County jail. A person sentenced in Nez Perce County may be housed at any IDOC institution, including nearby Idaho Correctional Institution–Orofino in Clearwater County, a Boise or Kuna facility, a contract site, or an approved outside placement. Placement changes over time.

A transfer between prisons remains custody. Parole generally moves the record toward a community-supervision posture while the sentence continues. Final sentence completion produces a historical “Discharged” result with a date. County bond release, dismissal, or a local misdemeanor jail term may never appear in IDOC unless the person also has a state corrections case.

Search IDOC Release Status

The official Resident/Client Search covers prison residents, community-supervised clients, and historical discharged names. Search by last name with an optional first name, or use an IDOC number. Partial terms are accepted with at least the first two letters of the last name or the first three digits of an IDOC number.

1. Enter the last name, first name, or IDOC number in the state search.
2. Match the full name, birth year, status, and IDOC number.
3. Open an active record and read overall status plus current physical location.
4. Review the offense row, sentencing county, supervision, and official date labels.
5. Contact the named custodian or IDOC Records when a durable release record is needed.

IDOC notes that a person can have more than one IDOC number. It also warns that daily information may not reflect the newest location, status, or scheduled termination detail. Record the search date and verify a recent change directly.

Note: A matching name without a matching birth year, IDOC number, and case context is not a sound identity match.

IDOC Release Search Fields

The results list and active detail serve different purposes. The list helps identify a person and gives a broad status. The detail supplies physical location, case rows, supervision, and dates when those fields apply. Not every record contains every field.

The Nez Perce example in the research shows why full-detail reading matters. An overall “In community” result can coexist with Current Physical Location of Nez Perce County Jail. The state case can remain in a community posture while a new or separate county detention is active.

IDOC Discharged Release Records

A completed state result can say “Discharged MM/DD/YYYY.” IDOC explains that once the sentence is satisfied, the person's name remains searchable but old conviction detail is removed from the public result. This is strong historical evidence that the identified state sentence ended on the displayed date.

Discharge is not the same as parole. Parole is conditional community release during an active sentence. “Released to Supervision” records such a placement. Discharge marks the final end of that state sentence. Even then, the result does not prove that the person has never entered a later county, tribal, state, or federal case.

IDOC Release Date Limits

IDOC does not present one public field literally called “Projected Release Date.” Idaho separates several dates. Parole Eligibility Date, or PED, marks when parole may first be considered. A hearing date identifies when the Commission plans to review or decide. A tentative parole date remains conditional. Sentence Satisfaction Date is the currently calculated end of the active sentence. Released to Supervision is retrospective.

Idaho's modern unified sentence has a fixed term and an indeterminate term under Idaho Code §19-2513. The fixed term generally has no ordinary good-time reduction. Section 20-101D provides only a narrow meritorious reduction. Idaho is therefore not an ordinary 85-percent state for modern unified felony sentences.

When a PED falls on a weekend or legal holiday, the Commission may set the preceding weekday under §20-239A, but the choice is discretionary. A hearing grant is still a checkpoint. Confirm actual release through the later IDOC status, physical location, and Released to Supervision field.

Note: A tentative Commission date predicts a possible outcome; it does not certify that a prison release occurred.

IDOC Records and Contact

Use IDOC's Request for Information and Records Information route for public portions of a state release or discharge record. A focused request can seek Released to Supervision, sentence calculation, sentence satisfaction or final discharge, releasing-facility and housing history, and any releasable identification photograph. Commission hearing minutes and decisions belong with COPP rather than IDOC facility records.

District 2 serves Nez Perce, Clearwater, Latah, Lewis, and Idaho Counties. It is a probation and parole office, not a jail. A state prisoner can be released to District 2 supervision, but a person shown at the Nez Perce County jail remains under that local physical custodian for immediate status questions.

IDOC County Custody Conflicts

When records conflict, assign each fact to the office that controls it. IDOC controls the state sentence, institution history, state supervision, and discharge. The Nez Perce County sheriff controls its own jail booking and exit. The court controls the judgment and other judicial events. COPP controls parole actions and tentative decisions.

For example, a state detail may list an active sentence while the physical-location field names the county jail. Direct immediate custody questions to the county. If the person later enters an IDOC institution, the state search should follow that placement. If the county exit was a transfer, neither the roster disappearance nor the IDOC arrival is a community release by itself.

The Nez Perce County release verification process compares the county, court, state, and federal paths. Keep internal links limited to cases where that broader comparison helps resolve the source.

IDOC Tribal Jurisdiction Boundary

The Nez Perce Tribe operates a sovereign police, court, probation, and corrections channel alongside county and state systems. IDOC does not replace those tribal records. A person absent from IDOC may have a tribal or local matter. The tribal registry is limited to people required to register and cannot serve as a state offender or release search.

Use official tribal contacts when the case is tribal. Use IDOC only when a state sentence, placement, or supervision record supports that jurisdiction. This local fork is especially important in Nez Perce County because a broad name search can otherwise turn separate governments into one inaccurate custody history.

Parole

Conditional release from prison during an active indeterminate term.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision, often instead of or after suspended custody.

PED

Parole Eligibility Date, when parole may first be considered.

Sentence Satisfaction Date

The current calculated endpoint of an active state sentence.

Discharge

Final completion of the identified state sentence.

IDOC Release Proof Hierarchy

The strongest state historical public result is “Discharged” with a date. For an active case, Released to Supervision can corroborate a prison-to-community placement when status and location agree. “In community” alone is weaker because the Nez Perce example shows it can coexist with county-jail physical location. A Commission tentative date predicts but does not confirm.

For a durable calculation or housing history, request IDOC records. For the county jail exit that preceded state custody, request the sheriff record. If sources carry different timestamps, describe the difference rather than choosing the most convenient label. That method preserves what each source truly proves.