San Augustine Projected Versus Actual
TDCJ defines Projected Release Date as a Classification and Records calculation of when incarceration is projected to end if parole does not occur sooner. Offense title and offense date affect it. The field is not an appointment, promise, or record of a completed release. A Scheduled Release Date and Scheduled Release Location appear only after later review and release processing.
County custody works differently. A person awaiting trial at San Augustine County Jail has no sentence endpoint to calculate. Bond, dismissal, a court order, a detainer, or later sentencing can change the path. A person serving a county-jail sentence may have a calculation based on the judgment, jail credit, and any lawful good-conduct commutation the sheriff grants.
Transfer must also remain separate. A person can leave the San Augustine jail for TDCJ and still be incarcerated. In that case the sheriff movement record shows transfer, while TDCJ later becomes the source for projected, scheduled, parole, or discharge information.
Find San Augustine Projected Dates
Start by asking which agency has custody. The sheriff handles the only confirmed jail in the county. TDCJ handles people admitted to state prison. Federal and immigration systems have separate rules and should not be mixed into a Texas date calculation.
- For a TDCJ prisoner, open the Texas offender search and search by TDCJ or SID number when known, or by name and available filters.
- Open the matching detail and compare identifiers. Read location, offense, sentence, projected release, and parole-review fields.
- If the web record is unclear, email pia@tdcj.texas.gov with the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number. If unknown, provide date of birth or approximate age and county of conviction.
- For a San Augustine county sentence, obtain the judgment, start date, jail credit, and sentence information from the court, then request the jail's calculation.
- For a pretrial detainee, check bond and court orders rather than expecting a fixed release date.
- Recheck after scheduling and again on the day. Ask for the final release record afterward.
The San Augustine release-record guide explains how to combine sheriff and court documents when a date alone does not reveal whether the person bonded out, completed time, or transferred.
San Augustine TDCJ Date Fields
The TDCJ detail page may show projected release information and parole-review information. After an approved plan and required processing, it can show Scheduled Release Date and Scheduled Release Location. A current unit means confinement. Parole or mandatory supervision means community release during an unexpired sentence. Maximum expiration or discharge is a different endpoint.
| Field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Projected Release Date | Calculated incarceration endpoint if parole does not occur sooner |
| Parole eligibility or review | Review timing or status, not a promise of release |
| Scheduled Release Date | Date shown after added release processing |
| Scheduled Release Location | Planned release site, not necessarily current housing |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | Community supervision while the sentence remains active |
| Discharge or maximum expiration | Sentence endpoint shown by the controlling record |
TDCJ says that when no release information appears, the person has not been scheduled at that time. Review and Release Processing issues a certificate after required matters and an approved residence plan are complete. The Ombudsman describes a broader process of about four to six weeks, followed by a Classification and Records audit that can take about 14 to 21 business days. Those are agency estimates, not deadlines.
Texas Has No 85% Rule
There is no general Texas TDCJ rule that every prisoner must serve 85 percent. That shorthand belongs to other legal settings and must not be imported into San Augustine County cases. Texas calculations depend on offense date, offense category, sentence structure, parole eligibility, mandatory-supervision eligibility, and Board action.
Government Code section 508.145 contains parole-eligibility formulas. Section 508.149 lists mandatory-supervision exclusions. Article 42A.054 contains the aggravated-offense list once commonly called “3g.” For many cases covered by section 508.145(d), actual calendar time equal to one-half of the sentence or 30 years, whichever is less, is the key threshold, without counting good-conduct time. Other cases follow other rules.
The official Texas Government Code Chapter 508 is shown in the captured source below. It supports the offense-specific approach.
San Augustine Good-Time Calculation
TDCJ good conduct time under Government Code Chapter 498 can affect classification and statutory calculations where law permits. It does not rewrite the sentence. Credits may be forfeited through the governing discipline process, and a projected date can move as the credit record changes.
County-jail good time follows a different statute. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 42.032 says a sheriff may grant good-conduct commutation, with a deduction no greater than one day for each day of the original sentence actually served when no misconduct charge is sustained. The word “may” makes the authority discretionary. No San Augustine County policy was located that promises the maximum credit in each case.
Do not halve the sentence shown on a judgment. Ask the Sheriff's Office for the actual jail-credit and good-time computation. Obtain the court judgment to confirm the sentence, start date, and credited time. If those sources conflict, the court owns the sentence and the sheriff owns the jail calculation, so ask each office to address its own field.
Why San Augustine Dates Change
A date can change before release without proving that the first display was false. It reflected the data and legal status then in the system. The reason should be traced to the agency or court that owns the changed field.
| Change | Possible effect |
|---|---|
| Corrected jail credit | Moves the calculation after sentence records are reconciled |
| Concurrent or consecutive terms | Changes how multiple sentences operate together |
| Good-time loss | Can move a lawful projected calculation later |
| Detainer or warrant | May prevent community release or cause transfer |
| Court or appeal order | Can alter the controlling legal basis |
| Parole vote or rescission | May create, change, or remove a planned release path |
| Mandatory-supervision decision | Approval or denial changes the projected route |
| Program or residence requirement | Can delay certificate and scheduling work |
| Records audit | May correct dates after a final calculation review |
TDCJ warns that even a scheduled date may change without notice, including on the scheduled day. A family pickup plan should therefore be confirmed before travel. The scheduled location is the planned release point, not proof that the person is currently housed there.
San Augustine Release Processing
A favorable parole vote does not by itself create the physical release date. TDCJ must resolve the residence plan, required programs, detainers, certificate work, and final Classification and Records audit. Review and Release Processing can answer status questions at 512-406-5202 after a favorable vote. Classification and Records can be reached at 936-437-6231 for calculation issues.
Transportation details also follow scheduling. TDCJ states that family may pick up a person at the releasing site. Otherwise, the agency can provide transportation to the bus station nearest the approved residence. That rule concerns a state release, not a release from San Augustine County Jail. Call the correct facility before traveling because the planned site and date may change.
Mandatory supervision adds another review step. For an eligible offense before September 1, 1996, flat time plus eligible good time may drive the projected calculation unless parole occurs sooner. For an eligible offense on or after that date, reaching the calculation can place the case into discretionary mandatory-supervision review. Board approval still matters. A denial or legal exclusion can leave the maximum-expiration date as the projected endpoint unless parole is later granted.
Sentence structure must also be checked. Concurrent sentences run together, while consecutive sentences are served in sequence under the governing judgment and records calculation. Corrected jail credit can move the result in either direction. A new warrant or detainer may not change the sentence itself, but it can stop a planned community departure or turn it into a transfer. These questions belong with the court record, TDCJ Classification and Records, and the agency that issued the hold.
Confirm San Augustine Actual Release
Use a verification ladder. First read the projected date as an estimate. Next read parole-review status. Wait for Scheduled Release Date and Scheduled Release Location. Reconfirm on the day. Then use release status, a release certificate, or incarceration history to prove the event.
For a county-jail case, replace that ladder with the sheriff's release timestamp and the court order. Ask whether the departure was bond, time served, court ordered, or a transfer to another authority. “Not housed” alone does not answer that question.
Texas county IVSS and TDCJ IVSS may send alerts, but they are separate systems and can lag. The San Augustine VINELink check explains which service follows the person after a county-to-state transfer. Alerts support confirmation; they do not replace the final record.