Lynn County Projected Release Dates
Texas uses the exact term “Projected Release Date” for a TDCJ calculation. CID Classification and Records estimates when incarceration should end if parole does not occur first. The calculation reflects the offense title, offense date, sentence, statutory eligibility, time credited, and other record data. It is neither a court promise nor a Lynn County Jail estimate.
A scheduled release is a later checkpoint. TDCJ says a “Scheduled Release date” and “Scheduled Release location” may appear after a release certificate is issued and audited. Even then, the date can change without notice, including on the scheduled day. Actual release is the completed physical event shown by the final custody record.
- Projected release
- A computed estimate based on present sentence and eligibility data.
- Scheduled release
- A later date posted after release processing reaches the certificate stage.
- Actual release
- The completed departure recorded by the holding agency.
- Maximum expiration
- The sentence endpoint calculated without an earlier parole release.
Find Lynn County Release Dates
Start with the last known facility. A TDCJ prisoner uses the state offender search. A person held at Lynn County Jail uses the sheriff, the jail time sheet, and the controlling court order. A federal sentenced person uses BOP, while a federal pretrial or immigration case requires its own agency record. Mixing those channels creates false dates.
- Collect full name, exact date of birth, and any booking, cause, SID, or TDCJ number.
- Confirm whether the person is pretrial, serving a county sentence, or serving a TDCJ sentence.
- For current TDCJ custody, open the TDCJ offender search. Search by exact last name and at least a first initial, or use the seven-digit TDCJ or SID number.
- For Lynn County Jail, call 806-561-4505 and request the time sheet, judgment, jail credit, release authority, and any hold information.
- For a past event, request the completed release certificate or disposition. Compare it with the court order.
The state search contains only people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. Its data are updated on working days and are at least 24 hours old. A former prisoner’s disappearance does not disclose the release date or distinguish parole, discharge, transfer, death, or a data issue.
The TDCJ offender search entry point shows the fields used for a current state-prison lookup.
Match identifiers before relying on the projected date shown in a TDCJ detail result.
Lynn County Pretrial Release Timing
A pretrial detainee has not received a jail-sentence release date merely because the booking is visible. Release may depend on bond, dismissal, a court order, case resolution, or another agency’s hold. The court supplies legal authority, while the sheriff record supplies the physical timestamp and destination. Neither alone always answers the full question.
No official Lynn County bond schedule, pretrial-services program, public release-processing schedule, weekend policy, or family waiting rule was verified. Generic practices from another jail should not be imported. Call the Lynn County Sheriff at 806-561-4505 and the correct clerk for the specific case.
| Custody status | Date source | What remains uncertain |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial at Lynn County Jail | Bond or court order plus sheriff disposition | Processing time and other holds |
| County sentence | Judgment, jail time sheet, credited time | Local calculation and transfer status |
| TDCJ sentence | TDCJ projected and later scheduled fields | Board action, holds, audit, actual event |
A person may leave 810 Lockwood Street yet remain in custody through another county, TDCJ, or ICE. Always ask where the person went. “Released from Lynn County Jail” identifies a facility boundary, not necessarily return to the community.
Texas Good-Time Release Rules
Texas Government Code Chapter 498 governs good-conduct time. Section 498.003 ties good time to classification and eligibility. It can affect parole or mandatory-supervision calculations, but it does not shorten the sentence pronounced by the court. Section 498.004 permits forfeiture and restoration under the applicable rules.
For the general parole formula in Government Code Section 508.145(f), calendar time plus good-conduct time must equal one-fourth of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less, subject to offense and date exceptions. For specified serious offenses and findings under Section 508.145(d) and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 42A.054, actual calendar time without good time must generally reach one-half the sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, with additional minimums and special provisions.
Texas has no blanket rule that every prisoner serves 85 percent. That shortcut is unsupported. Offense date, conviction offense, deadly-weapon or organized-crime finding, sentence structure, and mandatory-supervision eligibility can change the calculation. Eligibility only opens review; it does not compel release.
Lynn County Mandatory Supervision Dates
Mandatory supervision rules depend heavily on the offense date. For an eligible offense before September 1, 1996, projected mandatory supervision generally occurs when flat time plus good time equals the sentence, if parole has not occurred. For an eligible offense on or after that date, discretionary mandatory-supervision approval by the Board is also required.
A Board denial can move the projection to maximum expiration or discharge. Later approval can move it earlier. Government Code Section 508.149 lists exclusions, so not every sentence qualifies. A projected mandatory-supervision date should therefore be read alongside the offense date, eligibility field, and Board result.
The Texas Board uses a three-person panel. FI codes describe approval routes, RMS approves mandatory supervision, and NR, SA, or DMS describe nonrelease outcomes. Some approvals depend on a program or plan. A vote date is not an exit date, and a later review date after denial is not a release appointment.
Why Lynn County Dates Change
A projected date reflects the record as it stands. New information can change that record. Some factors alter statutory eligibility or credited time; others block the physical event even after approval. The correct response is to identify which stage changed, not merely compare two dates.
| Factor | Possible effect | Where to confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Good-time forfeiture or restoration | Moves an eligibility or projection calculation | TDCJ time computation record |
| Board grant, denial, or rescission | Changes the available release path | BPP status and vote record |
| Program or residence plan | Can delay an approved release | Parole Division |
| Detainer or agency hold | May produce transfer instead of community release | Holding and receiving agencies |
| Court order or sentence correction | Changes legal authority or credited time | Sentencing court and clerk |
| Certificate audit | May alter a scheduled day or location | TDCJ Classification and Records |
The TDCJ scheduled-release FAQ explains that scheduled information appears after certificate processing and may still change.
The screenshot illustrates why the scheduled field is a later checkpoint, not final proof of release.
Lynn County Jail Date Records
No Lynn-specific good-time formula or weekend-release rule was found. TDCJ formulas must not be applied to a misdemeanor or county-jail sentence. That negative finding makes the local records route the key research-specific channel: request the jail time sheet and the judgment, then ask how jail credit and any local credits were computed.
The sheriff’s event record should state the actual date and time, disposition, release authority, and destination or receiving agency. The court judgment supplies the sentence and legal basis. If the response shows a transfer, follow the receiving facility rather than treating the Lynn departure as the end of custody.
- Ask for the booking and cause numbers.
- Request the judgment and credited time.
- Request the jail time-computation sheet.
- Ask about every hold or transfer entry.
- Obtain the final release or receiving-agency disposition.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 supplies the public-record request process, subject to exceptions and restricted information. No public Lynn sheriff request portal, fee schedule, or retention period was verified, so contact the office before assuming a format, cost, or availability.
Confirm Lynn County Actual Release
For a current TDCJ prisoner, note the projected field and any later scheduled date or location. Register through VINELink and Texas IVSS before the expected event. Afterward, request the release certificate or written historical record. The alert supports timing, but the completed agency record is stronger proof.
TDCJ’s quick information route accepts a full name and seven-digit TDCJ number, or an exact date of birth when the number is unknown. It can provide the projected date without charge, but a former record or full time-computation history may require a Public Information Act request.
The TDCJ information-request page identifies the fields accepted for a state-prison inquiry.
Those fields help locate the right Texas record when the current offender search no longer returns the person.
For Lynn County Jail, contact LCSO at 810 Lockwood Street, Tahoka, Texas 79373, or 806-561-4505. Match the court order to the sheriff timestamp. If they conflict, compare identifiers and source dates and ask each originator to explain its own entry.