Perry County Release Meaning
A release date answers one limited question: when did a person leave a particular booking or sentence? In Perry County, the clearest online proof is a populated Release Date on the official iSOMS booking card. The name falling off a live roster is not enough. A person may have entered the community, but the same disappearance can follow transport to the Tennessee Department of Correction, another county, a federal custodian, or immigration custody. The recorded destination and legal disposition give the date its meaning.
Perry County Jail holds more than one kind of prisoner. Its roster can include people awaiting court, people serving local terms, agency holds, probation or parole matters, and state-sentenced people classed as TDOC. Release on bond leaves the criminal case open. Time served means the court credited enough confinement to satisfy the ordered jail term. Parole means conditional release from prison, while probation is court-ordered community supervision. A discharge generally means the sentence or active supervision has ended. None of those terms means the underlying record was erased.
Perry County Release Paths
The correct follow-up depends on the route out. The public booking card does not always name a release reason, so users should compare the jail entry with the court docket and the record of any receiving agency. Those three sources answer different parts of the same event.
| Path from custody | What it means | Best next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | The person leaves pending later court action. | Perry County docket and release entry |
| Dismissal or court order | A judge directs release or the charge no longer supports custody. | Signed order and jail timestamp |
| Time served or sentence end | The local confinement term is complete. | Judgment, jail credit, and release record |
| Probation or parole | The person is in the community under stated conditions. | FOIL status and supervising office |
| Transfer or agency hold | Perry custody ends while another custodian takes over. | Receiving jail, FOIL, BOP, ICE, or court record |
A bond amount shown online is not proof that bond was posted. Likewise, a charge is an allegation unless the court enters a conviction. Ask the jail for the release disposition or receiving agency when the public card does not say where the person went. That detail prevents a transfer from being reported as freedom.
Note: Death is also a possible legally recorded disposition, but it should never be inferred from a missing roster entry.
Perry County Release Record Fields
The iSOMS record connects a release to one booking. Its matching fields help separate people with similar names, while the Release Date is the key exit field. The public card may omit the actual disposition, destination, or receiving agency. A focused records request should seek those missing items rather than ask only whether someone is gone.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name, age, city, race/sex | Identity clues that must be checked with dates and case facts |
| Intake date and time | The start of the Perry County booking shown |
| Release Date | The recorded exit from that jail booking when populated |
| Class | Local classification or TDOC context, not a release reason |
| Arresting agency and officer | The agency tied to the arrest event |
| Charge and bond | Allegations and bond terms, not proof of conviction or release |
| Image link | A booking image when the source supplied one |
For a fuller Perry County release record, request the booking number, booked and released timestamps, release type or legal basis, and destination if a transfer occurred. Then obtain the court judgment or order. A state destination is checked in FOIL. A federal or immigration destination needs its own system. Agreement across those records is much stronger than a name match alone.
Request Perry County Release Records
Call the Perry County Sheriff's Office at 931-589-8803 before sending a request. Ask who currently serves as records custodian and which delivery method the office accepts. The published address is Perry County Sheriff's Office, 582 Bethel Road, Linden, TN 37096. No official public-counter hours or county copy-fee schedule was found, so call before traveling and ask for an estimate.
- Identify the person, approximate intake date, case number, and booking number if known.
- Ask to inspect or receive the booking sheet, release date and disposition, transfer destination if public, and any needed booking photograph.
- State that the request is made under the Tennessee Public Records Act and ask for segregable public portions if some fields are exempt.
- Request an itemized cost estimate before copies are made, and use electronic delivery when available.
- Compare the response with the court order and any destination record before treating the exit as community release.
Tennessee's statewide guidance lists ordinary copy rates of $0.15 per black-and-white page and $0.50 per color page, with qualifying labor or other justified costs possible under an agency policy. Those are guidelines, not a Perry County price quote. Ordinary inspection has no fee under the statewide model. The Office of Open Records Counsel explains the state framework.
582 Bethel Road
Linden, TN 37096
931-589-8803
Call to confirm the custodian, hours, request method, and cost.
Perry County Release Record Law
Tennessee Code Annotated sections 10-7-503 and 10-7-506 govern public inspection and copies, subject to exemptions and current policy. When prompt production is not practical, section 10-7-503 generally calls for a response within seven business days that produces the record, gives a written denial basis, or estimates when production can occur. It is a response rule, not a promise that all requested records will arrive in seven days.
The public iSOMS pages do not state a retention period. The rolling feed is short by design, while the separate name search has a Released control and may reach older indexed records. Neither creates a promise of permanent access. Juvenile data, sealed or expunged cases, medical facts, victim information, active-investigation material, and security details may be withheld or redacted. Ask for public portions and a legal citation for any denial.
Expungement is a court process, not a result of release alone. Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-32-101 governs eligibility. The Tennessee courts forms source and the Perry County clerk can identify current forms. Keep a certified order when one is entered because agencies may update on different schedules.
- Expungement
- A court-authorized process that removes eligible public criminal records under state law.
- Discharge
- The end of a sentence or active supervision, as shown by the responsible agency.
- Detainer
- A request or legal basis for another agency to take custody.
- Time served
- Credit for confinement that satisfies the jail portion ordered by the court.
Perry County Release Counts Explained
TDOC jail summaries provide monthly snapshots, not release totals. Perry County reported 58 people against 59 beds in April 2025, including 22 classed as TDOC backup. The next monthly snapshot reported 50 people and 23 TDOC-backup prisoners. The changing totals show why a point-in-time count cannot be turned into annual bookings, a release rate, or a list of who left.
The local value lies elsewhere. A large TDOC-backup share shows that state-sentenced people may remain physically housed at Perry County Jail while awaiting movement. If one of those names drops from iSOMS, check FOIL before describing the change as release to the community. The TDOC Jail Summary Reports provide useful custody context, but only an individual record can confirm an individual release.
Note: These figures describe end-of-month custody and capacity, not people released during either month.
Find Perry County Released Inmates
Start with custody type and a unique record when possible. For a Perry arrest or short local sentence, use the official historical search. For activity within about three days, inspect the mixed feed. A state felony sentence calls for FOIL. The court record explains what the judge ordered, while VINELink can report events from participating agencies. Federal and immigration systems answer only for their own custodians.
- Open the Perry County Jail Search, enter first and last name, and select Released.
- Open the likely card and require a populated Release Date. Match age, intake date, city, arresting agency, and case facts.
- Check the official rolling feed for a very recent event, but read each card because it mixes intake and release activity.
- If TDOC class or a felony sentence appears, search the state FOIL record and read status, assigned location, and sentence dates together.
- Read the Perry County court docket for the order or disposition, then check any named receiving agency.
- Call the Sheriff's Office and request the release disposition when online records leave the destination unclear.
A current-custody roster is useful for a person still held, not as the main way to locate someone already released. The official Released Last 24 Hours explanation shows how to filter the only documented recent feed. Sentence calculations require the exact TDOC or court fields, not an estimate drawn from an arrest date.
Perry County iSOMS Release Search
The sheriff's portal is unusually useful because its name-search form includes a Released control. Search exact legal spelling first, then a careful variant. Name alone is weak proof. Intake and release timestamps, age, city, arresting department, charge, and case information provide the cross-checks. If the Release Date is blank, the card itself does not report that booking as released.
The official iSOMS navigation labels its short view “Jail Intake/Release (last 72 hours),” while the results heading has also called it “Current Inmates Last 72 Hours.” That label mismatch is why the field matters more than mere appearance. A bond value also does not show that payment occurred. Save the exact URL, lookup date, and neutral details when a record may rotate away.
The official portal view below shows the starting point for Perry County release records.
Use the portal's historical Released search for a past booking and the rolling view only for recent activity.
Perry County TDOC Release Search
The TDOC Felony Offender Information Lookup covers felony offenders who are or were in state custody or supervision. It may show a photo, incarceration, parole, probation, or inactive status, assigned location, offenses, sentence data, parole-hearing facts, and release information. It does not cover every Perry misdemeanor or pretrial stay.
| Search or detail field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| TDOC/TOMIS or SID | Prefer a known unique identifier over name alone |
| First and last name | Use exact spelling; aliases can be included |
| Birth date and descriptors | Confirm that the detail record is the right person |
| Supervision Status | Distinguish incarcerated, parole, probation, or inactive |
| Assigned Location | Read with status because it may be a prison or field office |
| Release Eligibility Date | An eligibility point, not a promised release day |
| Sentence End Date | The calculated sentence expiration, distinct from eligibility |
Open the full detail. If FOIL still says incarcerated at another site, the Perry County exit was a transfer. Parole or probation indicates community supervision rather than jail custody. Inactive means the TDOC record is no longer active, but its dates and reason still need to be read. FOIL labels should be quoted as shown instead of changed into broader claims.
This official FOIL search screen shows the fields used for a state-record match.
The search result must be opened and compared with the Perry booking before a custody conclusion is made.
Perry County Release Court Orders
Perry County's court guide directs users to Tennessee Court Information, select Perry County, and search. Use a case number when the jail or warrant record provides one. Review the final disposition, judgment, bond or release order, dismissal entry, probation order, and any later amendment. A calendar tells when a matter was set; it is not proof that a person left custody.
The county also explains that jail arraignments commonly take place by Zoom. Physical presence at the courthouse is therefore a poor clue about custody. The courthouse's two basement cells are temporary court-day holding areas, not another jail and not an independent release-record source. The durable proof is the court order paired with the Perry County Jail timestamp. Circuit Court Clerk staff can be reached at 931-589-2218 when the online docket is incomplete.
The Perry County court guide shown here links local court and docket routes.
Match the order to the same booking and allow for jail processing time after a judge acts.
Perry County Release Supervision Checks
A person on parole has left incarceration under Board conditions but has not necessarily reached sentence discharge. Probation is ordered by a court and may follow a jail term or occur without prison. The Tennessee Board of Parole makes parole decisions. TDOC Community Supervision manages parolees and probationers, with Perry served through District 51. FOIL is the public first check because it can show supervision status and an assigned field office.
Tennessee SAVIN uses VINELink for custody-event notices. TDOC participates, but no official static source confirmed Perry County Jail participation for every record. Search the live Tennessee system by person and agency. A release notice reflects the reporting custodian and can lag. Reopen iSOMS, FOIL, or the court record after an alert, and keep any registration PIN private.
Can a warrant page prove supervision ended? No. Perry's warrant portal may display probation or parole matters, but it contains many warrant types and may not show real-time statewide status. Confirm an active warrant with the issuing court or sheriff and verify supervision through TDOC.
Perry County Release Search Routes
Each system speaks only for its custodian. Use the source that matches the event, then reconcile it with the Perry booking. A missing result is not a universal finding.
| Situation | Primary source | What it can establish |
|---|---|---|
| Still in Perry jail | Current iSOMS view | Live local booking status and fields |
| Released from Perry booking | iSOMS Released search | Populated local release timestamp |
| State felony custody or supervision | TDOC FOIL | State status, location, sentence, and release-related fields |
| Court disposition | Perry docket and clerk | Judge's order, judgment, sentence, or dismissal |
| Former federal prison custody | BOP inmate locator | BOP Released date or limited BOP status |
| Current or recent ICE custody | ICE ODLS | Current custody and a limited recent-release window |
The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. “Not in BOP custody” says nothing about local, state, immigration, or pretrial supervision. ICE ODLS is a current locator with limited recent-release coverage, not a permanent archive. A USMS pretrial case is traced through the federal docket and actual holding jail. Perry County has no identified state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center within its borders.
Perry County Release Facility
Perry County Jail is the county's only mapped detention facility for this project. It is operated by the Perry County Sheriff's Office at 582 Bethel Road in Linden. A released person may go into the community by bond, recognizance, court order, or completion of a local term. The person may instead be sent to TDOC, another county, or another agency.
The courthouse holding cells do not receive a separate facility page. They are used while cases are called, and most jail arraignments occur by video. Someone leaving those cells generally returns to the jail or follows an order processed through the jail. Verify the result through the court order and Perry booking record, not through the temporary cell location.
Note: No TDOC prison, BOP institution, or ICE detention center was identified within Perry County.