Check VADOC Release Records

VADOC Release Paths

VADOC release can mean discharge at the end of the state custodial term, conditional release, or parole for a person legally eligible for it. A person may leave a prison and enter community supervision through VADOC District 28 in Radford. Active supervision means the person is in the community, not housed in that office. It also means legal conditions remain until discharge from supervision.

State release differs from NRVRJ release. NRVRJ is a regional local jail that handles pretrial and local custody episodes. A transfer from NRVRJ to VADOC ends the regional booking without ending confinement. VADOC then becomes the authoritative source for state custody, time computation, release papers, and supervision administration. No VADOC prison in Pulaski County was identified, so the actual prison can be elsewhere in Virginia.

Search VADOC Release Status

The VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator is the correct public starting point. The VADOC General Public portal carries its locator link and update warning. Search the exact legal name and VADOC number when known. Inspect plausible matches and compare available identifiers. Preserve the exact custody or supervision wording rather than paraphrasing it into a broader claim. VADOC says the locator is updated daily while warning that information can be inaccurate or outdated.

1. Identify the Pulaski case and determine whether the sentence entered state custody.
2. Search the statewide locator by exact name and VADOC number if available.
3. Distinguish incarceration from active community supervision.
4. Record any displayed date with the retrieval date and current status wording.
5. Contact VADOC or request records when the public result does not prove the historical release.

An absence is not a discharge certificate. Older inactive records may require direct confirmation. The locator is stronger for active incarceration and supervision than for reconstructing every old custody episode. A Pulaski court sentencing order shows the legal sentence, while VADOC's computation and release documents show how state custody was administered.

VADOC Records and Contact

VADOC accepts records requests through its official FOIA process. Identify the existing release, discharge, order, conditions, or custody record sought. For an active person, guidance directs requests to the unit manager, facility warden or superintendent, or probation and parole district chief maintaining the record. For a fully inactive person, VADOC links its Form 17 for inactive-offender records.

Time-computation correspondence can be directed to the Correspondence Unit/Court & Legal Section at P.O. Box 26963, 6900 Atmore Drive, Richmond, VA 23261. A focused inquiry gives the full name, VADOC number, sentence or case context, approximate date, and exact field needed. Ask for a cost estimate and electronic delivery when appropriate.

Virginia FOIA concerns existing records. It does not require VADOC to create a fresh calculation or narrative. Records can be redacted, withheld under a cited exemption, or unavailable under the applicable retention schedule. Release documents and court records may reveal more than the locator result without turning the request into a demand for the entire correctional file.

VADOC Release Day Documents

The VADOC facility-release information describes a concrete state process. A person leaving on discharge or parole receives a notification-of-release letter. Depending on status, the person reads and signs an Order of Release, Conditions of Probation, or Conditions of Parole, witnessed by staff. Virginia Code § 53.1-160 also confirms an official release-notice workflow. Those documents distinguish an anticipated date from an accomplished state release and identify continuing legal terms.

VADOC says facility discharge or parole release occurs by 11:59 p.m. on the release date, weather permitting. That is a state-facility practice, not an NRVRJ release-time promise. Virginia Code § 53.1-28 also gives the Director limited authority, for scheduling and prerelease purposes, to set discharge within the final 30 days and requires specified discharge documents. Virginia Code § 53.1-31.4 addresses identification documents for eligible prisoners before community release.

Discharge

The formal end of the custody or supervision status described by the responsible agency.

Parole

Conditional community release for a sentence that remains legally parole eligible.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision that may follow custody or be imposed without it.

Projected date

An estimate based on the sentence calculation and current credits.

Note: The signed document and current VADOC status carry more weight than an undated copy of an old public locator result.

VADOC Time Computation Records

The official Time Computation page separates older Good Conduct Allowance sentences from Earned Sentence Credit sentences. The governing offense date, sentence type, active term, presentence jail credit, concurrent or consecutive structure, credit class, conduct, and later court orders all affect the calculation. A court docket may omit enough detail that an outside calculation becomes unreliable.

For many felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995, earned sentence credits replaced discretionary parole. Virginia Code §§ 53.1-202.2 and 53.1-202.3 define credits and offense-dependent rates. Enumerated offenses are limited to 4.5 credits for each 30 days served. Other qualifying offenses can fall into levels with 15, 7.5, 3.5, or zero days per 30. Eligibility and classification control.

The familiar claim that everyone serves exactly 85 percent is false. The restricted 4.5-credit arithmetic is closer to 86.96 percent of the nominal term, while current law can allow different rates for eligible offenses. VADOC's individual computation is authoritative. Disciplinary action, a new order, detainer, appeal, parole action, or credit reclassification can move the date.

Pulaski VADOC Supervision Route

A released state prisoner or probationer connected to Pulaski County may be administered through VADOC Probation and Parole District 28 in Radford. The district serves Radford and Floyd, Montgomery, and Pulaski counties. Its office is a supervision site, not a jail or prison. Confirmation of active supervision supports community status at that point, subject to the limits of the public record.

District 28 is separate from New River Community Corrections and Pretrial Services. The latter handles local pretrial supervision and local probation for eligible cases in the 27th Judicial District. Calling the state parole office about a local pretrial release can produce the wrong answer because no VADOC supervision exists for that event.

Virginia abolished discretionary parole for most felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995, but older eligible sentences and statutory exceptions remain. The Virginia Parole Board decides discretionary parole. District 28 administers the supervision after release. Board action, physical release, and later supervision are separate events with separate records.

VADOC Transfer Versus Discharge

A person can disappear from NRVRJ because state custody begins. The regional jail's Release Date then describes the end of its booking, not freedom from confinement. Search VADOC next. A prison facility result explains the transfer; an active supervision result may support community release; no result requires more work rather than a quick conclusion.

The same logic applies at the other end of a state term. Release from a VADOC prison may be followed by probation or parole. It can also be complicated by another jurisdiction's hold. Obtain the VADOC release documents and, when a receiving custodian is named, confirm the new status there. A transfer record should never be labeled a community discharge.

Virginia's state-prison notification system is NAAVI, while local and regional jail events use Virginia Jail VINE. Registration does not necessarily follow a person across the boundary. A move from NRVRJ to VADOC may require a new state notification registration.

Confirm a Pulaski VADOC Release

Strong confirmation uses a sequence. Start with the Pulaski sentencing or revocation order. Match the identity in VADOC's locator. Determine whether the displayed date is projected or historical and whether the person is incarcerated or supervised. Obtain the notification-of-release letter, Order of Release, or conditions document when precise proof matters.

Then check the agency responsible after release. District 28 can address state supervision administration, while the court record shows the ordered term. The Pulaski County release-record hub explains how the local, state, court, federal, and immigration routes connect without treating one database as universal.

Note: VADOC has no identified prison within Pulaski County, so a Pulaski case can require a statewide facility and records search.