CDCR Release Lookup

Releases from CDCR Custody

A Sierra County criminal case leaves the county jail lookup path when the person is committed to state prison. At that point, Wayne Brown's Jail Media Report may show the earlier jail movement, but the prison record is maintained through CDCR systems. CA.gov describes CIRIS, the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, as showing name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for incarcerated people currently in CDCR custody.

State-prison release is not the same as a county Released Date field. CDCR and BPH use terms such as Earliest Possible Release Date, Minimum Eligible Parole Date, Nonviolent Parole Eligible Date, Youth Parole Eligible Date, Elderly Parole Eligible Date, controlling parole eligible date, parole hearing result, parole status, and discharge from supervision. Those fields should be paired with the Sierra County Superior Court judgment or minute order when the local case history matters.

How to Confirm a CDCR Release

Use CIRIS when the person has a CDCR number, was sentenced to state prison, was transferred from county jail to state custody, or appears in parole or BPH records. Search by CDCR number when available because it is the strongest identifier. If searching by name, compare legal name, aliases, age, commitment county, admission date, and current location.

1. Open CIRIS and search by CDCR number or legal name.
2. Review current location, commitment county, admission date, and BPH fields.
3. If the person is still shown in a CDCR institution, do not describe the person as released from state prison.
4. If parole, hearing, or discharge clues appear, check DAPO and BPH records for the state-supervision path.
5. Use Sierra County Superior Court records to confirm sentence, resentencing, credits, or local case disposition.

The Release Date Lookup page should be used for the difference between local jail credits and state-prison release fields. Nevada County jail reports confirm recent local jail release; CIRIS and BPH explain state-prison custody and release planning.

CDCR Records and Contact

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
CIRIS: https://ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov/
Identification Unit phone listed by CA.gov
916-445-6713
State prison and parole record system

For parole field supervision, CDCR's Division of Adult Parole Operations is the state route. For parole-suitability hearings and eligibility fields, use the Board of Parole Hearings. For the local case that produced the state sentence, use Sierra County Superior Court records with the person's full legal name, aliases, date of birth, case number if known, and the years to search.

About California DOC

No state prison in Sierra County was identified in the facility map. CDCR is included because it becomes the correct system after a Sierra County case results in state-prison commitment. A local jail release from Wayne Brown may precede a state-prison transfer, but once CDCR receives the person, public verification moves to CIRIS, BPH, DAPO, court records, and CDCR records channels.

Do not use CIRIS as the first source for a short local jail term or a same-day release from Wayne Brown. For those cases, the Nevada County Jail Media Report and VINE are more relevant. Use CDCR when the sentence, transfer, parole eligibility, or state parole status makes the person a state-prison record subject.

BPH Date Fields

BPH explains several date fields. EPRD is tied to determinate sentences and applicable credits. MEPD is used for life-with-possibility-of-parole cases. NPED, YPED, and EPED apply to specific parole-review categories. The controlling parole eligible date is the earliest applicable opportunity for release or parole consideration. These are planning and eligibility fields, not a simple county jail release timestamp.

For Sierra County, those fields should be checked against the court judgment and any resentencing or minute order. CDCR's release-processing materials explain that court abstracts and minute orders must be processed while the department complies with legal mandates. That is why a court order, a CIRIS result, and a BPH field may not all update at the same pace. When a public date is important, identify whether it is a local jail release date, a state-prison earliest possible date, a parole-eligible date, or an actual parole result.

Sierra Release Source Check

This page fits into a larger Sierra County release trail. The first source is not always the same agency that made the arrest or filed the case. Sierra County may supply the arresting or court jurisdiction, Nevada County may supply the public jail report, VINE may supply a custody alert, and a state, federal, or immigration system may control the next custody stage. Treat each result as one part of the timeline rather than a full answer by itself.

Before relying on any single entry, compare identifiers across systems. Use full legal name, aliases, date of birth, agency, case number, arrest date, booking date, release date, current location, and court case number where the source provides them. A released entry in one system can coexist with active court action, local probation, CDCR parole, federal custody, or immigration custody. That is why the correct path is to verify the release in the source that controlled that stage, then move to the next agency only when the facts point there.

Note: The safest reading is system by system, because release from one custody point does not always mean release from every legal process.

Final Sierra Record Check

Before closing a release search, compare the page source with the county record trail. Sierra County arrests can pass through a Downieville hold, Nevada County jail service, VINE notice, Sierra County Superior Court, and then a supervision or transfer system. The right source is the one that controlled the person at that moment. A jail report confirms jail status. A court record explains the case. A supervision office explains post-release terms. A state, federal, or immigration locator explains custody outside the county jail path.

Keep a simple timeline with the arrest date, booking date, release or transfer date, agency name, court case number, and source checked. If a name disappears from a current-custody list, verify it against the release-capable report or a records request before treating it as final. If a release entry appears, check whether the case continued in court or moved to another agency. This method keeps Sierra County release research tied to the documents found in the research rather than to assumptions.