Search ODRC Release Records

ODRC Lake County Release Path

A Lake County defendant enters ODRC custody after felony sentencing and conveyance under the court’s journal entry. The Sheriff’s jail FAQ says transport follows receipt of that entry and withholds the exact movement time for safety. Once conveyance occurs, disappearance from the county roster is not a prison release. It is movement from local jail custody into the statewide prison system.

An actual ODRC departure can produce several public statuses. Released may accompany a release or parole detail. APA Supervision means the person left prison under departmental supervision. Released - Judicial Release points to a sentencing-court order and must be confirmed in the Lake County Common Pleas docket. Released - Death is not a community release. APA Supervision - VAL describes alleged absconding, not a valid live address.

Search ODRC Lake Commitments

The ODRC Offender Search accepts name fields, County of Commitment, Residential County, ZIP, status, hearing month, and ODRC number. Use the exact offender number when known. Men generally have an A prefix or older R prefix, while women use W. Enter six digits without spaces or hyphens and add a leading zero when required.

1. Search the exact ODRC number, or enter first and last name.
2. Set County of Commitment to Lake for a Lake County sentence.
3. Run Status = Released, then repeat with APA Supervision.
4. Open the individual record and match birth date, photo, docket, offense, and ODRC number.
5. Read status, release or parole detail, supervision dates, and assigned APA office together.
6. Confirm judicial release or disputed sentence facts in the Common Pleas docket.

County of Commitment means the sentencing source, not residence. In a multi-county case, ODRC warns that only the first listed commitment county may be queried or reported. Residential County and ZIP apply to APA and VAL records and reflect last-recorded information, not a live location. Prefix surname matching can return broader names, so identity fields matter.

The official ODRC search screen shows the filters used for Lake County release checks.

The captured fields reinforce why Released and APA Supervision must be searched separately before opening an individual record.

ODRC Release Date Fields

The main public future-date field is Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date. ODRC defines it as a projected release date or a date pending parole consideration. Its two-part label is crucial. A definite sentence may show a calculated expected date, while a life or older-law sentence may show when the Parole Board can consider release. Neither use proves that release occurred.

Other fields describe different events. POA/PRD Date means parole on or after or projected release date. Next Parole Board Hearing/Review Month is a month, not approval. Earliest Possible Transfer Date relates to Transitional Control. TC/TT Sentence Expiration concerns projected halfway-house release. Expiration of Supervision Term is the outer end of APA control and can be later than prison release.

Projected date

A calculated or decision-based future marker that can change.

Parole eligibility

The point when the Board may consider release, not a grant.

Release detail

The ODRC field describing an actual release or parole event when applicable.

Final release

The end of parole documented by an APA certificate, distinct from prison departure.

ODRC Sentence and Credit Records

An individual record may show admission date, offenses, Ohio Revised Code sections, county of commitment, sentence date, jail-time credit, concurrent or consecutive structure, aggregate sentence, hearing results, and supervision information. A field can be absent when it does not apply. ODRC also warns that sentencing data may be incomplete and that a supervision period can stem from an earlier offense.

Note: A sentence field should be checked against the Lake County judgment because the public ODRC page warns that sentencing data may be incomplete.

Jail-time credit comes from the sentencing court’s entry under ORC 2967.191. ODRC’s Bureau of Sentence Computation uses that entry. A dispute generally returns to the sentencing court for correction. Current earned credit under ORC 2967.194 is conditional. Eligible people can earn credit through approved participation, subject to a 15 percent aggregate ceiling and many exclusions. Ohio has no universal rule that every person automatically serves 85 percent.

Mandatory terms, sentence type, offense date, consecutive structure, parole rules, judicial release, violations, and detainers can all affect timing or destination. The Lake County projected release date resource addresses these date calculations in depth. The ODRC record should still be read as displayed for the specific person.

Request ODRC Release Records

For a defined state record, write to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Attn: Central Records, P.O. Box 430, Columbus, OH 43216. State material also lists drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us for public information. Identify the person by name and ODRC number, along with the month, Lake County docket, and the exact existing document or field sought.

A focused request may seek release or parole detail, release type and date, supervision start and end, a final-release certificate, an official Parole Board minute, a photograph, or sentence and release history. ORC 5120.21 requires ODRC to keep the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the person’s condition upon leaving. It does not make the full inmate or APA file public. Selected information, including name, convictions, photograph, and incarceration or supervision status, may be disclosed.

Parole Board determinations, orders, and minutes are generally public under the applicable administrative rule, with limits. Some special decision sheets require a written request and risk review. The rule lists $0.05 per page plus postage for covered Board materials.

After ODRC Prison Release

Leaving prison does not always end state control. APA may supervise parole or post-release control. The public record can list a supervision start, maximum term, assigned office, and conditions. ODRC’s published conditions direct a supervised person to report in person by the next business day after release. The Expiration of Supervision Term is not the same as the prison-release date.

ORC 2967.16 provides for a certificate of termination after completed post-release control and a final-release certificate for parole. Those certificates offer stronger evidence that supervision ended. A court’s judicial-release order may instead place the person under court supervision. The docket determines which authority applies.

Note: No Lake County physical ODRC prison is claimed; ODRC serves Lake County commitments through its statewide institutions and supervision system.

Verify ODRC Discharge Meaning

A complete Lake County ODRC check follows the custody chain. The Common Pleas entry establishes the sentence and conveyance. ODRC establishes prison status, dates, release detail, and APA supervision. A later certificate or court entry can establish the end of supervision. County jail records remain useful for the earlier local departure, but they cannot substitute for the state record after conveyance.

Compare the state result with the sheriff’s Lake County release register when the person moved from the local jail. The two dates can mark consecutive events, so preserve both rather than replacing the county departure with the later prison status.

Note: A county departure and an ODRC admission can be consecutive custody events rather than conflicting release records.

ODRC Lake Record Fields

An ODRC record can connect the state result to the Lake County case. Compare docket number, judge, commitment county, sentence date, offenses, counts, degree, and statutory sections. Sentence structure may identify concurrent terms that run together or consecutive terms that aggregate. Jail Time Credit can be compared with the sentencing entry, which is the legal source.

Release fields require discipline. Admission date begins the ODRC phase. Institution and status describe the published state record. Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date is forward-looking. Hearing type and result concern Board action. Release detail, supervision dates, APA office, and conditions describe later stages when they apply. A record may omit fields that do not apply.

ODRC photographs are state offender photos, not necessarily the Lake County booking image. ORC 5120.21 permits selected identifying, conviction, incarceration, supervision, photograph, and disciplinary information. It also limits broad access to inmate and APA files. Thus a public page can display defined fields while Central Records withholds an entire file.

Court records can resolve gaps. Judicial release should align with a Common Pleas order. Corrected jail credit can explain a changed calculation. A final-release or termination certificate can establish the end of APA control. No one field answers prison departure, current supervision, and final discharge.