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Florida Prison Transfer Paths

John E. Polk holds convicted felony inmates who may await transfer to FDC. When SCSO records an exit to the state corrections department, Seminole County custody ends but incarceration does not. The person enters a statewide reception and placement process. The eventual prison may be outside Seminole County, and the controlling record becomes the FDC Corrections Offender Network.

No adult FDC correctional institution is identified in Seminole County in the department directory. The page name therefore describes Florida’s receiving prisons as a group. It does not claim a local prison exists. Always keep the SCSO transfer date apart from the later FDC release date.

Confirm Florida Prison Release

FDC separates current inmate, released inmate, and community supervision searches. Choose the dataset that matches the question. A DC number is the strongest search key. With a name search, compare date of birth, aliases, photo, offense, county of commitment, and sentence data before making a match.

1. Obtain the SCSO release destination and confirm it names FDC.
2. Search current state custody through Inmate Population Information Search.
3. Read the exact status and “Current Release Date” label with the date checked.
4. After the person leaves prison, use Inmate Release Information Search.
5. Search FDC Community Supervision separately for probation or post-prison oversight.

A current release date is an estimate, not proof of release. The completed released record is shown by the release dataset, a past Release Date, and a completed Date Out-Custody entry. The Seminole County released inmate search path explains how that state result fits with the original county record.

Florida Release Record Fields

FDC’s released record can preserve far more than a county jail transfer note. Read the fields as one correctional episode and avoid treating a photo or past sentence as a present status.

The dataset is described by FDC as updated nightly. A recent event may not appear at once. Save the displayed field label, value, status, DC number, and access date together.

Note: A state photograph identifies the FDC record and may not be the earlier Seminole County booking image.

Florida Projected Release Dates

For a current state inmate, FDC commonly labels the operative estimate “Current Release Date.” Sentencing corrections, jail credit, gain-time awards or forfeitures, discipline, new sentences, detainers, court orders, and statutory release mechanisms can change it. A record that still says incarcerated has not become a release record merely because the displayed date passed.

Current Release Date

FDC’s operative projection at the time the record is viewed.

Gain-time

Credit governed by Florida law that can affect the projected end date.

Detainer

A request or authority that may cause another custodian to receive the person.

Discharge

Completion of the relevant custody or supervision term, not just departure from a prison gate.

Florida Statute §944.275 governs central gain-time rules. The correct calculation depends on offense and sentence facts. Do not apply a broad percentage to a named person without the governing record and subsection.

Florida Supervision After Release

Physical release from state prison can coexist with probation, parole, conditional release, community control, or another FDC-supervised status. Use the FDC Supervised Population Search and read Current Status, Supervision Type, Current Location, begin date, and scheduled termination date.

Active means supervised in the community. Active Suspense can mean the person is temporarily unavailable for direct supervision, including because of custody elsewhere. Absconder means the person’s whereabouts are unknown or unavailable and a violation warrant has issued. None of those labels should be translated into a completed discharge. Florida parole is largely limited to legacy offense categories, with decisions made by the Florida Commission on Offender Review and field supervision handled by FDC.

A scheduled termination date is not proof that supervision ended. Check the current status and obtain a discharge or termination record when completion matters. The supervising office can change, so the Current Location field is more reliable than an old officer name. A prison release date, supervision start date, and final discharge date may all be different.

Seminole County also has SCSO adult misdemeanor probation for qualifying county-court cases. That local program is separate from FDC felony and post-prison supervision. A person transferred from John E. Polk to state prison belongs in the FDC release path, while a county misdemeanor probation question may require the SCSO program and the Seminole Clerk docket.

Florida Prison Records Contact

The public offender search may answer a status question. When certification, code definitions, calculation history, or a full release record is needed, use the FDC public-record route. State the DC number, exact dates and fields requested, preferred electronic format, and a cost ceiling.

SCSO remains the source for the earlier John E. Polk exit event. FDC is the source for state reception, prison status, state release, and FDC supervision. Pairing the two records prevents a transfer date from being reported as the later prison release.

Florida Custody Status Checks

A county no-result, current FDC match, released FDC record, and supervision record represent four different states. A careful statement names the source and date.

A later arrest, hold, or new sentence can change status after any saved search. Recheck dynamic results before relying on them.

The state record can connect back to Seminole County through sentence county, case number, offense, and incarceration history. Compare those fields with the Clerk docket and SCSO episode. That link shows the state record concerns the intended case; it does not mean the person remained housed in Seminole County after FDC reception.

Read every listed sentence when more than one appears. Consecutive terms, jail credit, corrections to the judgment, detainers, discipline, gain-time action, and new court orders can affect the operative date. If a displayed Current Release Date passes while the status still says incarcerated, report the conflict and contact FDC. Do not convert the old estimate into a completed release.

Search Florida Release Records

Use the search below as a starting point, then confirm prison release with FDC and the transfer with SCSO. Begin with the DC number when possible. A name search should be checked against date of birth, aliases, photo, sentence county, offense, and case. Common names and old photos require care.

Choose the population deliberately. Inmate Population Information Search addresses current state prison custody. Inmate Release Information Search covers people released or scheduled for release from FDC and is described as nightly updated. Community Supervision Search addresses FDC supervision. One search should not be used as a substitute for the other two.

A completed state release is supported by the release dataset, a past Release Date, and a Date Out-Custody in the incarceration history. Preserve the DC number, exact labels, release type, status, and access date. If the result shows active supervision, physical prison release has occurred but state oversight continues.

The FDC public detail may also list detainers. A detainer can signal that another agency has an interest in receiving the person. It does not prove that the transfer happened. Ask FDC for the actual release destination or related record when the next custodian matters.

County and state record requests serve different events. SCSO supplies the John E. Polk booking and transfer record. FDC supplies state admission, calculation, incarceration, release, and supervision records. A request to FDC should name the DC number, exact fields and date range, preferred electronic format, and a cost ceiling. A request to SCSO should use the county booking number.

Florida Commission on Offender Review material applies only when the release type or legacy parole process makes it relevant. An FCOR agenda proves a matter was scheduled, not that release was granted or completed. Obtain the final action and then confirm the actual state release in the updated FDC record.

No local adult FDC prison was identified in Seminole County. Therefore, do not give John E. Polk’s address or phone as though it were a state-prison release counter. The receiving institution may be elsewhere in Florida, and the statewide FDC record remains the correct first route after a confirmed state transfer.