Brooke Projected Release Dates
West Virginia uses the terms minimum discharge date and projected minimum discharge date, often shortened to MDD. The Parole Board defines the MDD as the date a person can expect release from WVDCR custody if parole does not occur, the person does not escape, and good time is not taken away. It is a calculation, not an appointment at a release door.
An actual release date records what happened after processing. It may show departure to the community, parole, mandatory supervision, or another stated destination. A projected date looks forward using the sentence and credits then in the record. The two dates can differ. Transfer dates, parole eligibility dates, hearing dates, and full-term expiration are separate milestones as well.
Brooke Release Dates by Custody
Begin with the legal status. A person awaiting a Brooke County charge at Northern Regional Jail usually has no fixed sentence-based release date. Bond may be posted, a court may issue an order, or another hold may block departure. A court event can authorize release without proving the person has cleared regional-jail processing.
A sentenced state offender follows a different route. WVDCR calculates time from the commitment and sentencing orders, then applies eligible credit. The calculation belongs to DCR, not the Parole Board. A person serving a short local term may still require the court order and regional-jail records unit because the public prison search is aimed at sentenced state custody.
| Status | Date source | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial Brooke detainee | Court docket and regional-jail record | No set date may exist |
| Local sentenced detainee | Judgment, jail credit, and facility records | Other cases or holds may control exit |
| State sentenced offender | WVDCR time sheet and prison record | MDD can change |
| Federal sentenced person | BOP record | Federal computation is separate |
Find Brooke Projected Release Dates
The WVDCR Offender Search separates jail and prison searches. Use the prison route for a state sentence and the jail route for a Brooke regional-jail placement. The live applications blocked the research channel, so the current public display of a projected or released date was not verified. Read the exact label shown in an ordinary browser and do not assume a field exists when it is absent.
- Determine whether the person is pretrial, serving a local term, or serving a state sentence.
- Choose the WVDCR jail or prison search that matches that custody. Use offender ID when the form offers it.
- Match the person by name, identifier, facility, and available identity fields. Save the displayed label and its date.
- For a state sentence, request the latest time sheet, projected minimum discharge, full-term expiration, and effective date from WVDCR Records.
- For a Brooke court sentence, request the judgment, sentencing order, and later modifications from the proper clerk.
- Confirm the actual release separately through the custody record or a verified event notice.
The full Brooke County released-inmate search and record-request route is on the home page. That process helps when a projected date has passed but the current status remains unclear.
Brooke Release Time-Sheet Math
The base begins with the court's sentencing and commitment orders and the maximum sentence. WVDCR then accounts for eligible presentence jail credit, statutory good time, and any applicable street credit. It also records no-credit or dead time, additional sentences, and consecutive terms. “Street time” is time outside secure custody that a rule permits DCR to credit. “Dead time” is a period that does not count toward the sentence.
DCR maintains this time sheet. A mistake in the sentencing or commitment order goes to counsel or the circuit clerk. A question about how DCR entered jail credit, good time, or another component goes to institutional records or DCR Records. The Parole Board does not correct sentence math merely because it uses the dates for eligibility and hearing work.
- MDD
- The projected minimum discharge date under the current computation.
- Full-term expiration
- The sentence endpoint without treating MDD as the same field.
- Jail credit
- Eligible presentence custody credited under the court record and state rules.
- Good time
- Statutory credit that may shorten eligible secure-custody time.
Brooke Release Good-Time Rules
West Virginia Code section 15A-4-17 generally awards an eligible adult DCR inmate one day of good time for each day incarcerated. Qualifying court-credited presentence jail time can count. The statute gives no good time for time on parole, bond, or otherwise outside incarceration, and none against a life sentence. Discipline may lead to forfeiture, while lawful review may restore credit.
Eligible felony inmates can also receive up to 90 extra days for each approved academic or vocational program that was not already required. Exceptions matter. Certain offense groups do not receive the ordinary credit, and some offenses committed on or after July 1, 2013 can have a year deducted from accumulated good time to create a year of mandatory post-release supervision. Other felonies may have up to 180 days of court-ordered mandatory supervision.
No general West Virginia rule requiring every state inmate to serve 85 percent was verified. The ordinary state formula for an eligible person is day-for-day. Mandatory minimums, offense exclusions, sentence structure, and loss of credit may still change the result. Federal good-conduct rules must not be imported into a West Virginia sentence.
Note: Secure-custody release may begin mandatory supervision rather than mark the end of all state control.
Why Brooke Release Dates Change
A projected minimum discharge date reflects the information then recorded in OIS. WVDCR Policy Directive 151.06 says a change is entered into OIS and an updated time sheet is issued. Save the “as of” context when comparing two calculations.
| Change | Effect on the release calculation |
|---|---|
| Corrected jail credit | Adds or removes eligible days based on the source order and calculation. |
| New or amended order | Changes the legal sentence data DCR must use. |
| Good-time forfeiture or restoration | Moves the MDD later or earlier after the authorized action. |
| Additional or consecutive sentence | Adds time or changes how terms run together. |
| Escape or no-credit period | Creates time that does not advance the sentence. |
| Street-credit adjustment | Changes how qualifying time outside secure custody is treated. |
| Mandatory supervision rule | May move the secure-custody exit while state control continues. |
| Detainer or another authority | May prevent community release even if one sentence reaches its date. |
Some changes alter the calculation itself. Others leave the sentence date intact but change where the person goes next. A detainer is the clearest example: one custody may end on schedule while another authority immediately assumes control. Request the movement destination as well as the revised time sheet when the dates appear to conflict.
Request Brooke Release Calculations
When the public search does not show a usable date, ask WVDCR for fields that already have defined meanings. A focused sentence-computation request can seek the latest time sheet, projected minimum discharge, full-term expiration, credited jail time, good-time allowance and rate, forfeitures or restorations that changed the date, and the effective date of the calculation. Include full name, birth date, offender ID, case number, and a narrow time range when known.
Ask for searchable electronic copies if WVDCR already keeps the material that way. State that inspection is acceptable if copying will cost a great deal, and request an itemized estimate before charges are incurred. West Virginia FOIA permits actual reproduction charges, but no current DCR-specific release-record fee schedule was verified. If a part is withheld, ask for the remaining public fields and a written citation to each exemption.
The source of an error determines the correction route. A wrong term in the signed judgment belongs with counsel or the Brooke Circuit Clerk. A DCR entry that does not match the order belongs with institutional records or DCR Records. Keep the response and field labels with any date copied into notes. A bare number loses the agency, effective date, and crucial difference between projected and actual release.
Brooke Parole and Release Dates
Parole eligibility is not MDD. Under section 62-12-13, general eligibility follows the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence or one fourth of a definite sentence, subject to conditions and offense-specific provisions. Section 62-12-13a states that the minimum is an eligibility date and creates no right to release.
A parole eligibility date, hearing date, Board grant, projected MDD, and actual release date are five distinct facts. A grant remains conditional. When parole is granted at a regional jail, the Board FAQ says the person must transfer into a DCR facility for intake and fingerprinting before release. The later custody event, not the word “grant,” shows the secure exit.
Brooke Release Holds and Transfers
A sentence date can arrive while another authority still has a lawful basis to hold the person. An open warrant, detainer, second sentence, federal writ, or immigration transfer can prevent return to the community. The first agency may record a release because its custody ended, while the receiving agency records a new placement. Read the destination before calling the event a community release.
This point is especially important at Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility. Its regional-jail and state-correctional functions share a combined institution name. Movement from one side to the other may look like departure from the first classification. Request the transfer destination after the fact and continue the search in the receiving system. If ICE is involved, the regional-jail event and any later immigration release are two distinct dates.
Confirm Brooke Actual Release Dates
West Virginia VINE can alert a registered user to a custody event, but it is not the durable sentence record. Transfer alerts may be delayed until the receiving facility logs arrival. The Brooke VINE inmate check explains person matching and alert registration. Because the live West Virginia released-result wording and date fields were not verified in research, save the exact notification and ask WVDCR to explain any unclear status.
For the firm record, request commitment date and time, actual release date and time, institution, method of discharge, release destination, transfer destination, latest MDD, full-term expiration, good-time allowance, and credited jail time. Ask WVDCR to state the effective date of the computation. If a court order appears wrong, obtain the signed order from the Brooke Circuit Clerk and address that source rather than asking the Parole Board to recalculate it.
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A narrow request is more useful than asking for an entire offender file. It also makes it easier to compare the expected date, the agency's later actual release event, and any transfer that kept the person in another form of custody.