Folsom Release Records

Releases from Folsom State Prison

Folsom State Prison is located at 300 Prison Road, Represa, CA 95671, and the research file lists phone 916-985-2561. It is a state prison under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. That point controls the entire release search. A person leaving Folsom is released from state custody or transferred by CDCR. The Sacramento County sheriff inmate search is not the release system unless the person separately appears in county jail custody before or after the prison event.

The correct first public tool is CIRIS, CDCR's California Incarcerated Records and Information Search. CA.gov describes CIRIS as an online lookup for people in CDCR custody, with results that can include name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearings dates and outcomes for currently incarcerated persons. For someone who has left CDCR custody and cannot be found online, CDCR's contact page points users to the Identification Unit at 916-445-6713, weekdays excluding holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

How to Confirm a Folsom Release

A Folsom release check should not be described as a county-jail release check. The state-prison route is narrower and more accurate.

1. Search CIRIS by CDCR number when available. If searching by name, compare age and commitment county before relying on the match.
2. Record the CDCR number, current location if shown, commitment county, admission date, and any parole-hearing fields displayed for the record.
3. If no record appears, verify spelling and age, then call CDCR's Identification Unit at 916-445-6713 rather than assuming release.
4. Check BPH schedules and BPH hearing results when the sentence required parole-suitability review.
5. Use CDCR DAPO parole channels if the person was released to parole. Use Sacramento County Probation Adult Services if the person was released from CDCR to PRCS in Sacramento County.
6. Use Sacramento Superior Court criminal records for the local case history when the commitment came from Sacramento County.

CDCR release-date fields and eligibility concepts do not match Sacramento jail's "Projected Release Date" field. CDCR's vocabulary includes Earliest Possible Release Date for determinate terms, Minimum Eligible Parole Date for life terms, and other parole-eligibility dates for nonviolent, youth, and elderly parole paths. A BPH grant, a projected state date, or a court resentencing entry may still require CDCR processing before physical release occurs.

Folsom State Prison Records and Contact

For Folsom-specific identity and release research, keep the facility, CDCR central records, parole, PRCS, and court records separate. The facility address and phone identify the institution. CIRIS and the Identification Unit confirm public CDCR custody information. BPH pages explain suitability proceedings. DAPO and PRCS explain supervision after release. Court records explain the sentence that sent the person to CDCR or changed the sentence later.

If the request involves release calculation, resentencing, or CDCR status, contact CDCR or use the appropriate CDCR records channel. If the request involves a sentencing order, abstract of judgment, resentencing minute order, dismissal, or warrant recall in a Sacramento case, use the Sacramento Superior Court records process. If the person was in Sacramento County jail before transfer to CDCR, the sheriff NextRequest portal can be used for the county custody session, but it will not replace CDCR's prison release records.

About Folsom State Prison

Folsom State Prison is in Sacramento County, but county geography does not make it a sheriff facility. Its release status is controlled by CDCR, state sentencing rules, parole eligibility, BPH outcomes when applicable, and CDCR processing of court documents. For local searchers, this creates a common split: the county court may have imposed the prison term, but the state prison system controls the custody record after commitment. A county jail roster can go quiet because the person was transferred to CDCR, not because the entire case ended.

The records path should follow the event being verified. A Sacramento jail booking and release uses sheriff records. A court sentence uses court records. A Folsom prison release uses CDCR. A parole term uses DAPO. A PRCS assignment in Sacramento County uses county probation. A BPH suitability case uses BPH schedules, results, and parole-eligibility materials. Treating all of those as one generic "release" can hide the actual agency responsible for the next answer.

Sacramento Court and Supervision Links

Sacramento Superior Court criminal information is available through the court's Public Case Access system for Sacramento Superior Court criminal filings from 1989 to present. The court system does not provide arrest records for other counties, federal courts, or other states, but it can show local disposition, sentence, abstract-related events, resentencing entries, future hearings, and warrant or probation proceedings. Use it to understand why CDCR custody began or changed.

After state-prison release, supervision may be state parole or county PRCS. CDCR DAPO Northern Region headquarters is listed at 9838 Old Placerville Road, Sacramento, CA 95827, phone 279-223-3800. Sacramento County Probation Adult Services says it oversees adults on probation, Post-Release Community Supervision, and Mandatory Supervision. Use Post-Release Supervision for that distinction.

Folsom records can also intersect with notification systems. California VINE is useful for participating county jail custody and can help with county-jail transfer notification before CDCR custody begins. Once a person is in CDCR custody, CDCR victim-services registration and CDCR records become the state-prison notification path. If a public searcher is moving from a Sacramento jail record to a Folsom record, that change in agency is the main thing to preserve.

When a Folsom search produces a possible match, write down the CDCR number before calling any office. The number reduces confusion between people with similar names and gives CDCR a clear identifier for manual confirmation. If the only known fact is a Sacramento case number, start with the court record, look for the sentence and abstract details, then move to CDCR. If the only known fact is a former jail booking, use the sheriff record to confirm whether the release was actually a transfer to state prison.

For release-date questions, avoid translating a county jail projected date into a CDCR date. CDCR credits, parole eligibility, BPH action, court resentencing, detainers, and processing of official court documents can all affect the state path. The practical answer is to document the source of each date and confirm the final release or transfer through CDCR when Folsom custody is involved.