Find Mason County Release Dates

Mason Scheduled and Actual Release

A scheduled or computed date is based on the sentence information available when WVDCR makes the calculation. The actual release is the recorded event when a person leaves DCR custody or transfers to another authority. Those dates can differ. Good-time loss or restoration, a revised court order, an escape period, a parole decision, or a detainer can change what happens. Even an accurate calculation may describe departure from one custodian rather than freedom from all custody.

West Virginia uses precise terms. The Parole Eligibility Date, or PED, is when an eligible person may be considered for parole. It does not promise a hearing result or release. The Minimum Discharge Date, or MDD, is the calculated date on which release from DCR custody can be expected if parole does not occur first and no later event changes the computation. A portal label should never be shortened into a different legal event.

Mason Release Dates by Custody

The correct source changes with the custody type. Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is the primary regional-jail route for an adult held on a Mason County matter. Lakin Correctional Center and Jail is a state facility located in Mason County, and the statewide WVDCR prison system covers Mason County people housed elsewhere. A federal case requires the BOP locator and federal docket. An immigration handoff requires the ICE system. One search cannot answer all of them.

Find a Mason Inmate Release Date

Begin with identity and custody, not a date estimate. Search the person's full legal name and known variants. Use an offender or booking number when available. Compare date of birth, photograph, facility, booking information, and court data before selecting a match. A name match without supporting identifiers is not enough.

1. Use the WVDCR Offender Search gateway. Choose Offender Search (Jails) for Western Regional custody or Offender Search (Prisons) for a state sentence.
2. Open the correct record and copy every status and date label word for word. Do not convert a Parole Eligibility Date into a projected release date.
3. For a Mason County court matter, check the magistrate index or WVPASS circuit docket. Obtain the signed sentencing, commitment, bond, modification, or discharge order from the clerk.
4. If the public prison result lacks a clear date, ask DCR institutional records or time-sheet staff for the sentence computation. Supply the offender number and court case details.
5. Near the expected event, confirm with WVDCR, the facility, VINE, or the receiving agency. A court order supplies authority, while the DCR release entry records the physical departure.

The full records-request route and custody crosswalk are on the Mason County released inmates search. That path is useful when an online record disappears or shows no historical release event.

Mason Pretrial Release Has No Date

A pretrial detainee usually does not have a sentence-based discharge date. Release may depend on a judge setting bond, the person completing bond conditions, dismissal, a recognizance order, or another legal action. An order that sets bond does not prove the surety was posted or every condition was met. The criminal case also continues after a bond release unless the court separately disposes of it.

For a person held at Western Regional Jail on a Mason County matter, compare the active jail search with the local court docket. Then ask WVDCR or Western for the actual admission and release entry. A person who vanishes from the active result might have been released, transferred, misspelled, moved to another classification, or affected by portal lag. Never calculate a supposed release time by subtracting one roster from another.

Note: Mason court records explain the authority for release, but WVDCR records the regional-jail departure and any receiving agency.

Mason Good-Time Release Computation

West Virginia does not use a universal “serve 85 percent” formula for every Mason County inmate. West Virginia Code §15A-4-17 establishes one day of good time for each day served for eligible adults who are physically incarcerated. The statute contains exclusions and adjustment rules. Good time can be forfeited for misconduct and may be restored under the statutory process. DCR must revise the minimum-discharge statement when those credits change.

The same statute also addresses extra credit tied to eligible programs. Any such credit must come from the actual DCR record, not an outside estimate. The sentence, offense, commitment status, institutional conduct, and completed program all matter. A short description of “one-for-one” credit is therefore a starting rule, not a final date calculator.

Mandatory supervision can add another layer. Section 15A-4-17a provides a possible 180-day mandatory supervised-release plan for qualifying felony sentences, subject to statutory exclusions. Physical release into that period does not mean the sentence record has reached final discharge.

Mason Jail Credit and Sentences

DCR begins with the sentencing and commitment orders, including presentence jail days credited by the sentencing court under West Virginia Code §61-11-24. Eligible credited days spent physically incarcerated enter the good-time framework. Time spent on bond, parole, or another non-incarcerated status does not earn the same credit. A life sentence receives no good time under the governing provision. These details are reasons to obtain the court order before trying to interpret an online date.

Sentence form also matters. For an indeterminate sentence, the minimum usually relates to parole eligibility while the maximum remains relevant to discharge. For a definite term, the statutory parole and credit rules operate on the fixed sentence. Consecutive sentences are treated as a combined maximum for the good-time calculation. Added sentences, corrected jail credit, and revised commitment papers can therefore move the date even when the public result appeared stable earlier.

A Mason County clerk supplies the controlling signed order, but DCR produces the time sheet that applies it. If credited days are missing, preserve jail admission records and the sentencing entry, then address the underlying order through counsel and the court when needed. An outside arithmetic estimate cannot replace either record.

Mason Parole Dates Are Conditional

Parole eligibility is another calculation, not a promise. Under West Virginia Code §62-12-13, general eligibility may arise after the minimum of an indeterminate term or one-fourth of a definite term. Accelerated programs, firearm provisions, repeat-offender rules, offense limits, and other restrictions can alter that framework. Section 62-12-13a states that an indeterminate minimum creates an eligibility date and no right to release.

The Parole Board also considers the required release or home plan and other statutory criteria. A calendar entry only shows scheduled hearing activity. A grant can be conditional, contingent, or directed to a detainer. For a person granted parole from a regional jail, the Board FAQ advises allowing roughly seven to ten days for transfer to a DCR facility, intake, and fingerprinting before release. Confirm the later DCR event.

The distinction continues after the gate. A person can be physically released on parole while still under supervision. The separate Mason County parole and probation record explains how to verify the office and eventual discharge.

Why Mason Release Dates Change

Release computations respond to new official information. A change is not automatically an error. It may reflect a credit decision, an amended sentence, a Board action, or another agency's lawful hold. When two sources conflict, record each label and capture date before asking DCR Records to reconcile them.

Mason Release-Date Record Request

When the dynamic result does not show enough detail, ask WVDCR for a narrow sentence-computation or release record. Include the person's full name and aliases, date of birth, offender number, Mason County case number, sentencing court, known facility, and the relevant date range. Ask for the current DCR time sheet, the exact date labels, and any public release or transfer entry needed to understand the calculation.

West Virginia FOIA requires a reasonably specific request. Under §29B-1-3, the custodian must act as soon as practicable and within five days excluding weekends and legal holidays by producing records, setting an inspection time, or giving written reasons for denial. That is an action deadline, not a promise that a complex production will be complete in five days. Privacy, security, sealed, and other exempt material may be withheld while segregable public parts are released.

If DCR says the sentence computation rests on an erroneous commitment order, the court record must be addressed through counsel and the circuit clerk or court. DCR applies the controlling order; it does not rewrite a sentence. Keep the signed order, the revised DCR statement, and the final release entry as separate records.

Confirm Mason Actual Release

As the expected date approaches, check the source that holds the person. For Western Regional Jail, use the jail search, the facility, VINE, and a focused WVDCR release-record request. For a state prisoner, use the prison search and DCR records. An alert can show a status change, yet WVDCR notes that transfer notifications occur after arrival and may not describe community release.

Write down the date, time, status phrase, releasing facility, release type, and destination when they are public. If the destination is another agency, continue with that agency's locator. The final answer is strongest when the court or Board authority, DCR computation, and physical release event tell the same story.