Henry County Release Date Terms
A projected date is an official calculation subject to change. An actual release date records the completed event. For a person in Henry County Jail before trial, there may be no calculated sentence end at all. Bond can be set or posted, but another hold or processing step can prevent immediate departure. A court order can authorize release without supplying the exact time the jail completes it.
For a sentenced person, several dates may coexist. Missouri’s public historical corrections data defines a sentence minimum and a sentence maximum. The Parole Board may set a presumptive release date. A court judgment may show the pronounced sentence and credit. None of those fields alone promises the day or hour a person will leave a specific facility.
| Date term | What it means | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence-I Minimum Release Date | Calculated minimum on an active MODOC sentence | Actual departure or guaranteed parole |
| Sentence Maximum Release Date | Sentence-expiration date | That custody must last until that day |
| Presumptive Release Date | Board-set date subject to conditions | Unconditional or final release |
| Actual release date | Recorded completed departure from a custodian | That no supervision or other custody follows |
Find Henry County Release Dates
The right search path begins with custody type. Henry County Jail holds local detainees and some people for other counties. MODOC holds sentenced state prisoners and supervises active probationers and parolees. Federal and immigration custody use different systems. Do not apply a state-prison sentence formula to a county-jail term.
- Check the Henry County current roster only to identify present local custody. An absent name does not prove release because transfer or correction can also remove a record.
- For a pretrial or county-sentenced person, call Henry County Jail and Records at 660-885-7300. Ask for the court judgment, jail computation, release authority, and any recorded date.
- Review Missouri Case.net for the matching Henry County case. Compare Charges/Judgments and Docket Entries for bond, sentence, probation, dismissal, or later orders.
- For a state prisoner, use the MODOC active offender search to confirm the person and assigned institution, then contact the institutional caseworker for the official calculation.
- If public date fields are needed, consult MODOC’s historical Sunshine data carefully. Use the exact minimum and maximum field names and request the actual release record when the event has occurred.
The active MODOC name search covers active offenders, including probationers and parolees, and expressly excludes discharged offenders. A missing result cannot supply a final discharge date. The Henry County release search provides the full fallback when custody type is uncertain.
Missouri Sentence Date Fields
Missouri does not expose a verified “Projected Release Date” field in the public active name search. The closest official public fields appear in MODOC’s historical offender dataset. `Sentence-I Minimum Release Date` is a calculated minimum for an active sentence. `Sentence Maximum Release Date` is the expiration date of that sentence. Both are sentence-level administrative fields, not a jail-door timestamp.
The historical file also uses values that are not calendar dates. A value of 99999999 means life, 88888888 identifies an indeterminate or interstate case, and 66666666 indicates a court assessment. Those codes must never be displayed as literal dates. Completed Flag, assigned place, sentence court and county, offense details, and sentence length provide needed context.
The MODOC field descriptions are the source for the minimum and maximum definitions shown below.
The definitions support careful sentence research, but MODOC warns that the historical file is working administrative data and may be incomplete, self-reported, or no longer current.
Note: Use the exact MODOC field labels so a sentence calculation is not misrepresented as an actual release.
Henry County Conditional Release
Missouri RSMo § 558.011 divides many qualifying prison sentences into a prison term and a conditional-release term. For eligible non-dangerous felonies, the conditional part is generally the final one-third of a term of nine years or less, the final three years of a term between nine and fifteen years, and the final five years of a term longer than fifteen years. Case-specific limits and Board action still govern.
The statute’s structure does not create a simple public release-date calculator. The Board can extend the prison portion through the statutory process. Sentence credit, consecutive or concurrent terms, court corrections, and offense-specific restrictions can also change the calculation. Conditional release means supervised release into the community, not final discharge from the sentence.
The current conditional-release statute provides the authoritative text pictured here.
The current Revisor text controls over summaries in older agency publications. An official caseworker calculation is still needed for an individual sentence.
Henry County Minimum Prison Terms
Missouri’s eighty-five percent rule is limited. Under RSMo § 558.019, a person convicted of a dangerous felony as defined by state law and committed to MODOC generally must serve the statutory minimum prison term. The section describes that minimum as the time before eligibility for parole, conditional release, or another early MODOC release. It is not a blanket rule for every felony or every Henry County case.
The statute also contains an age-based alternative: the relevant person may become eligible at age seventy after serving at least forty percent when the statutory conditions are met. Other offense-specific or no-parole laws can apply. A percentage should never be used without the full conviction, offense classification, sentence structure, and custody credit.
The official minimum-term statute supplies the source context for this image.
The statute helps identify an eligibility floor. It does not determine the exact release date or require release on the first eligible day.
Henry County Good Time Credit
Institutional good time under RSMo § 558.041 is discretionary. A person may receive credit on the institutional superintendent’s recommendation under MODOC policy for orderly conduct and program participation. Violations can cause credit to be lost or rescinded. The statute does not support a fixed number of days that can be promised in advance. Jail or prison credit under § 558.031 is different. Time already spent in qualifying custody may affect the official sentence calculation. Consecutive and concurrent sentences also matter. A pronounced sentence cannot be converted into an accurate release date without the agency’s complete credit and sentence record.
Earned compliance credit is different again. It applies after placement on eligible probation, parole, or conditional release and may reduce supervision by thirty days for a full compliant month. It does not move the prison gate date. Absconder status, custody, violation-report months, and pending revocation conditions can prevent or undo credit. No official Henry County Jail good-time or weekend-release policy was found. The county court judgment, Henry County jail computation, and actual release record are the proper sources for a local sentence. MODOC prison rules must not be transplanted into the county jail.
The Missouri discretionary good-time statute is shown in the manifest image below.
The law supports a conditional credit process, not an automatic reduction that can be calculated from the sentence alone.
Why Henry County Dates Change
A release date can move even after an agency has calculated it. Some changes affect eligibility, while others affect the ability to leave on the expected date. A new court order may correct the sentence. A detainer can cause transfer to another authority. A presumptive parole date may depend on programs and an acceptable plan.
| Factor | Possible effect | Who can confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence credit | Changes credited time in the official computation | Jail records officer or MODOC caseworker |
| Consecutive or concurrent terms | Changes how multiple sentences combine | Court record and MODOC sentence staff |
| Discipline or program status | May affect discretionary credit or a presumptive date | Institutional caseworker |
| Parole Board action | Sets, denies, reviews, or rescinds a future date | Missouri Parole Board |
| Detainer or hold | Can cause continued custody or transfer after local release | Current and receiving custodians |
| Court correction | Changes the controlling judgment or sentence | Court docket and corrections records |
| Escape time or record correction | Changes the administrative calculation | MODOC records staff |
The Missouri Parole Board’s dated Blue Book uses “Presumptive Release Date” for a Board-set date that depends on good conduct, required programs, an acceptable plan, and stable sentence time. Current statutes and current agency pages control when they conflict with the older guide.
A parole hearing is not a release appointment. Missouri’s published Appendix A is a time-to-hearing framework, not a named public calendar. After a hearing, the Board may set a presumptive date, deny parole and use a conditional or maximum date, or schedule another hearing. Official results generally take about eight to twelve weeks. Later conduct, program completion, plan review, sentence-time changes, or new information can still prompt review or rescission, so the written decision and institutional calculation must be read together.
Confirm Henry County Release Dates
For Henry County Jail, use the Sheriff’s official site to reach Records and ask for existing booking and release fields rather than asking staff to create a new calculation. Check the current roster only for present custody, then identify the person, booking number if known, arrest date, and relevant date range. Request admission and release date and time, release authority or type, and the receiving agency when a transfer occurred. A sentence or court-order question can be routed through the Henry County Circuit Clerk.
For MODOC, contact the institutional caseworker about an active prisoner’s official calculation. Historical questions can go to OD.SunshineRequest@doc.mo.gov with the DOC ID, sentence or cause, and specific existing records sought. The public Sunshine data can orient the search, but it does not certify the actual departure. If the active name search stops returning a former parolee, do not convert that absence into a date. The service excludes fully discharged offenders and may omit some records for safety, security, or confidentiality. Search the official historical file by DOC ID and identity fields, review Completed Flag and assigned-place data, and then ask MODOC for the existing discharge record. This is the reliable fallback for a past state case.
Registering for a current Henry County MOVANS release alert can add notice of a future custody change. The alert is still custodian-specific and may lag. After it arrives, compare the event with the jail, MODOC, or receiving-agency record.
A reliable answer states both the source and the kind of date. “MODOC Sentence-I Minimum Release Date” is more accurate than “release day.” “Henry County Jail actual release date and time” identifies a completed local event. Clear labels keep a changing sentence calculation from being mistaken for a guarantee.