California CDCR Releases

Where CDCR Releases Go

California CDCR releases are state-prison releases. They are separate from releases from the Mendocino County Jail, county work release, county probation, BOP, and ICE. A Mendocino County case may become a CDCR case when the Superior Court imposes a state-prison sentence, when the sheriff transfers a sentenced person to CDCR, or when the person is housed in a CDCR facility in Mendocino County such as Parlin Fork Conservation Camp #6. Once the person is in CDCR custody, state records control release and parole verification.

CA.gov describes CIRIS, the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, as showing name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for persons currently in CDCR custody. That current-custody limitation is central. CIRIS is not a complete historical database for every person who has ever been released or discharged from CDCR.

After release, a CDCR person may be on state parole under DAPO, discharged from parole, transferred, returned to custody, or fully outside CDCR custody. BPH may show hearing schedules or results for parole-suitability cases. CDCR victim-services notification may provide eligible status-change alerts for release, death, escape, parole hearing, transfer to another prison, discharge from parole, contract, or scheduled execution. A public court record may still be needed to connect a Mendocino sentence to the state commitment.

The image below is a matching project screenshot of the CDCR/CIRIS route. It is included because this page is specifically about the state search path, and it reinforces that CIRIS is a CDCR tool rather than a county jail booking log.

Use the screenshot as orientation only. Search fields, labels, and results can change, so confirm current information directly in CIRIS and with CDCR records when the result is unclear.

How to Confirm a CDCR Release

Use the state sequence when the person was sentenced to CDCR or placed in a state facility. Do not treat the Mendocino jail roster as the long-term source after transfer. The sheriff release record may show the transfer to CDCR, but the later release, parole, or discharge is a state record.

1. Search CIRIS at ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov with name or CDCR number. If the person appears, record the CDCR number, current location, commitment county, admission date, and BPH information.
2. If the issue is parole eligibility or a parole-suitability case, check BPH hearing schedules and parole-suitability hearing results.
3. Use the official BPH date labels. EPRD is Earliest Possible Release Date for many determinate sentences. MEPD, NPED, YPED, EPED, and controlling parole eligible date apply in other parole-review contexts.
4. If the person is out of custody and on parole, use DAPO rather than county probation unless the record points to PRCS or local supervision.
5. If the person no longer appears in CIRIS and the release/discharge detail is still needed, use CDCR records, eligible victim-services notification, and the sentencing court record.

CDCR Records and Contacts

CDCR release questions require state contacts. Use Mendocino County NextRequest only for county jail booking or transfer records. Use Mendocino Superior Court for sentencing, abstract, minute order, or resentencing records. Use CDCR, BPH, DAPO, and victim-services notification for state custody and parole events.

A state records request should include the person's full name, CDCR number if known, date of birth if known, commitment county, approximate release or parole date, and the exact event requested. For a Mendocino-origin case, include the Mendocino Superior Court case number if known.

About California CDCR

CDCR is California's state prison and parole system. In Mendocino release research, it becomes relevant when a person was sentenced to state prison, transferred from the Mendocino County Jail into state custody, placed at Parlin Fork Conservation Camp #6, or released to state parole. It is not the place to verify a routine county jail release unless the county release record shows a transfer or state-prison commitment.

Release-date calculation is state-specific. CDCR and BPH use sentence, credits, court abstracts, minute orders, statutory eligibility categories, parole board decisions, and later court actions. Penal Code section 2933 governs worktime credit for many determinate state-prison sentences. Penal Code section 2933.1 caps credits at no more than 15 percent for people convicted of qualifying violent felonies listed in section 667.5(c). That is the basis for the common 85 percent statement, but it does not apply to every released inmate, every county jail sentence, or every CDCR case.

CDCR's resentencing and release-information source says case-records professionals process abstracts of judgment and minute orders as quickly as possible while complying with legal mandates. That means court paperwork can affect release timing. In Mendocino County, the sentencing court may explain the original sentence, amended abstract, resentencing order, or probation/PRCS distinction, while CDCR confirms the state custody outcome.

California CDCR Record Limits

CDCR search results and release records are custody and court-status tools. A person who no longer appears in CIRIS may be released, discharged, transferred, under another agency, or outside the scope of a current-custody search. Verify with CDCR, BPH, DAPO, the court, or eligible notification channels before relying on a status.

Mendocino County users should keep the commitment-county distinction clear. A person sentenced in Mendocino Superior Court may later be housed anywhere in CDCR, and a person housed at Parlin Fork may have been committed from another county. The sheriff's booking log does not control CDCR release-date fields. CIRIS, BPH, DAPO, CDCR victim services, and CDCR records are the state sources.

If CIRIS shows current custody, record the CDCR number, current location, commitment county, admission date, and any BPH date or outcome. If it does not show the person, use the court case, BPH results, DAPO, or records request path rather than assuming the reason for disappearance from a current-custody search.