Locate SFRC South Releases

SFRC South Release Outcomes

South Florida Reception Center South Unit is operated by the Florida Department of Corrections, or FDC. It is not a Miami-Dade county jail. FDC lists the South Unit separately from the main reception center, so the official unit name and DC-number history should be preserved when records are requested.

A move from SFRC South to another FDC location means prison custody continues. A true out-custody event may be followed by probation, parole, conditional release, or another state supervision type. Release ends the physical FDC custody episode. It does not necessarily end the sentence or all legal oversight.

Confirm SFRC South Release

Begin at the FDC search menu and choose Inmate Release Information for a person who has left state prison. Search by DC number when known. A name search can use full or partial names, but the matching detail must be checked through aliases, demographic fields, photograph, offense history, and the DC number.

Follow this state-record sequence:

1. Open the FDC Corrections Offender Network.
2. Select Inmate Release Information for historical or scheduled release records.
3. Search by DC number, or narrow a name match with the available identifiers.
4. Read Release Date together with incarceration history’s Date Out-Custody.
5. Run the Supervised Population search to check post-prison supervision.
6. Request FDC records if public fields conflict or a transaction needs formal confirmation.

The Miami-Dade Clerk judgment can establish the sentence imposed in a local case. It does not replace FDC’s custody history. Likewise, the MDCR 72-hour county release listing does not cover a state-prison departure. The Miami-Dade release record overview compares those county and state paths.

SFRC South Release Fields

FDC’s public system separates active inmate population records, released-inmate records, and supervised-population records. This design prevents one screen from answering every question. On the released detail, Release Date and Date Out-Custody are the key historical fields. Location history helps show whether a person moved within FDC before release.

A future release date on an active record is an estimate based on controlling sentences and lawful credits. It is not an appointment for release at a fixed hour. Sentence changes, court credit, gain-time decisions, disciplinary loss, detainers, and recalculation can alter it. On a released record, the historical fields provide stronger evidence that the FDC custody episode ended.

DC number

FDC’s person identifier used across prison and supervision records.

Date Out-Custody

The history field recording departure from FDC physical custody.

Gain-time

Sentence credit calculated under Florida law and FDC rules.

Community supervision

Legal oversight outside prison, including probation or conditional release.

Note: Read the date, status, and location history together; no single field explains every custody transition.

SFRC South Supervision Check

After confirming an out-custody date, search FDC’s Supervised Population database. Public detail can include the supervision begin date, current status, supervision type, scheduled termination date, current location, offense and case history, and a circuit-office link. An active entry generally means the person is in the community but remains subject to state supervision.

Probation is court-ordered supervision. Parole applies to a limited Florida population and is decided by the Florida Commission on Offender Review. Conditional release and other categories have their own authority. None should be inferred from the prison release date alone. The supervision result names the actual type.

If the status is Active Suspense, FDC says the person is temporarily unavailable for direct supervision, often because the person is in a jail or another facility while the case is still monitored. That is not unrestricted release. A separate Absconder/Fugitive search covers a person whose location is unknown for supervision and for whom a violation warrant has issued.

SFRC South Records Request

FDC public records can supply the South Unit location history, release date or type, transfer or discharge transaction, and a release-date calculation or audit. Identify the DC number and name the South Unit in the request. This helps distinguish a unit move from the end of state prison custody.

Use the FDC public-records portal for a trackable request. Florida chapters 119 and 945.10 govern access and corrections-related exemptions. Protected fields may be redacted. Ask for the nonexempt remainder and the statutory basis when information is withheld.

Florida’s general copy rule permits up to 15 cents for a one-sided page, five additional cents for a two-sided page, up to $1 for certification, and reasonable charges for extensive work. An agency may provide an estimate. Online display length does not set the legal retention period.

SFRC South Records Contact

South Florida Reception Center South Unit is at 13910 NW 41st Street, Doral, Florida 33178-3014. FDC identifies this unit separately from the main SFRC address. Facility contact can route a current question, while statewide FDC search and records staff remain the proper sources for a historical release or transfer.

The official SFRC South Unit source shows the separate facility identity used here.

The facility page identifies the unit, while the DC-number history supplies the individual release evidence.

SFRC South Release Rules

Florida Statute §944.275 governs the tentative state-prison release date. FDC starts with the sentence or combined sentences, applies lawful credit, and adjusts the tentative date as gain-time is granted, restored, or forfeited. For covered offenses committed on or after October 1, 1995, the statute prevents gain-time from producing release before 85 percent of the sentence has been served. Court-awarded physical-incarceration credit counts in that calculation.

The Miami-Dade judgment supplies sentence terms and jail credit under §921.161. FDC performs the state-prison calculation after receipt. A projected date may change and should not be treated as a guaranteed gate date. For a disputed calculation, request the audit and supporting custody history from FDC rather than applying a generic formula.

County-jail good time under §951.21 is a separate framework. It does not control an SFRC South state-prison sentence. The unit’s Doral address does not make it part of MDCR.

A future date can also be affected by a detainer or hold. Such an entry can change where the person goes after FDC custody ends. It should be verified through the release transaction rather than guessed from the projected date. FDC’s out-custody history confirms the prison departure, while the receiving agency’s record confirms the next status.

No statewide rule converts an SFRC South release into a Miami-Dade county release. TGK’s exit hours, MDCR’s recent-release list, and county good-time provisions belong to a separate custody system and should not be applied here.

SFRC South Record Review

Conflicting dates should be compared by source and function. The Clerk judgment establishes sentence terms and court-awarded credit. FDC’s active record shows the current calculation. Inmate Release Information records the completed state custody event. Supervised Population shows what legal oversight followed outside prison.

Start with the DC number and case number. Compare offense and sentence information, aliases, date fields, and location history. If the public screens still disagree, ask FDC for the incarceration and release history plus the calculation audit. Obtain the relevant certified court order when the dispute concerns the sentence itself.

Florida VINE may provide a prompt custody-status alert, but it is not a replacement for those records. A VINE event can flag a release or transfer. The FDC transaction supplies the lasting state-custody detail needed to tell them apart.

Note: The strongest SFRC South finding pairs the FDC transaction with supervision or receiving-agency records.

SFRC South Detainer Transfers

A detainer can direct the next step after an SFRC South out-custody event. The person may leave FDC custody and enter another agency’s custody without entering the community. A release date therefore answers only the state-prison question. Ask for the transfer or discharge transaction when the next destination is unclear.

When the record identifies ICE, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ICE says the locator retains people released from ICE custody for 60 days. A result still must be paired with release paperwork or immigration case information to distinguish conditional release, transfer, and removal.

The same method applies to another jail or federal custodian. Follow the receiving agency named in FDC’s record. A South Unit location change, a state out-custody date, and a receiving-agency entry are separate facts, and each one belongs to a different stage of the custody path.