Graceville Correctional Facility Status
Graceville Correctional Facility confines Florida state prisoners under state authority through a contracted operation. A recent official procurement source identifies the institution in Jackson County and describes contracted operation. The public release authority remains the Florida Department of Corrections. Requests for a formal state release history go to FDC, not to the Jackson County Correctional Facility records portal.
This distinction controls every lookup. A county jail booking record is useful for a person’s earlier transfer into FDC after sentencing, but it cannot prove the later end of a state-prison term. The contractor’s role also does not create a separate public release database. Search by the FDC DC number across population, release, and supervision records.
The official FDC facility listing identifies the state institution and contact source.
The official listing anchors the facility identity, while the statewide offender databases provide the named person’s custody and release history.
Graceville Correctional Facility Release Paths
A state prisoner can leave Graceville Correctional Facility in several ways. A transfer to another FDC institution changes location but continues state custody. A community-release placement may move the person into a less restrictive correctional setting without ending the sentence. A release can begin probation, conditional release, parole for the limited eligible population, or another supervision type. A full discharge ends the controlling FDC term shown by the record.
The FDC release detail is the main public source after prison departure. It can show Release Date and incarceration history with dates in custody and out of custody. When the last out-custody date matches the Release Date, the two fields support the historical departure from FDC custody. Search Supervised Population next. A supervision begin date on the same day can show that prison custody ended but legal supervision continued.
Search Graceville Correctional Facility Releases
The FDC Offender Search menu separates current population, released inmates, supervised people, and absconders. The all-database form can mix those categories, so use the dedicated database that matches the question. Search by last name, first name, or six-character DC number. Name fields use prefix matching, and the alias option helps with former names or uncertain spelling.
- Open Inmate Population to see whether the person remains in FDC custody and which institution is listed.
- Compare the DC number, name, birth date, aliases, physical description, and photograph. A list-row name alone is not enough.
- Open the Inmate Release search with the same DC number.
- Read the detail heading, Release Date, detainers, and final incarceration-history interval together.
- Search Supervised Population for the supervision begin date, type, current status, office, and scheduled termination date.
- If the person appears at a new prison, record it as a transfer. If fields conflict, request the FDC history with the DC number.
The release database is updated nightly. Most population data update weekly, though FDC says release dates and location changes update nightly. A same-day gap can reflect separate update clocks. Preserve the time and wording from each source rather than converting a missing result into a claim of release.
Note: Graceville Correctional Facility records belong to FDC even though the daily prison operation is performed under contract.
Graceville Facility Release Record Fields
An FDC release detail may carry the person’s name, DC number, photograph, race, sex, birth date, custody classification, Release Date, aliases, sentence history, detainers, and incarceration history. Not each historical record has every field. Read the record in time order. Current Prison Sentence History identifies commitments but does not alone prove current confinement. Incarceration History shows the custody intervals.
| Field | What it supports |
|---|---|
| DC Number | Joins population, release, and supervision records across facility changes |
| Release Date | Reported state-prison release date on the release detail |
| Date Out-Custody | End of a custody interval; compare the final entry with Release Date |
| Detainer | Possible interest from another authority affecting timing or destination |
| Supervision Begin Date | Start of the state community-supervision record when one follows |
| Stated Residence | Intended or reported destination, not a guarantee of current residence |
Do not mistake “Custody” on an old release detail for a live confinement status. It can be the classification held while imprisoned. The page heading, Release Date, and out-custody history do the release work. A photograph helps compare identity, but it may be historical and does not prove present custody or supervision.
Note: A photograph and old custody classification help identify a record, but neither field alone reports current Florida prison status.
Graceville Facility Projected Release Dates
The in-prison detail uses “Current Release Date” for the projection field. Florida section 944.275 uses the term “tentative release date” for the gain-time calculation. A public detail can show a date, “PENDING REVIEW,” or “TO BE SET.” It may change with gain-time awards, restoration, forfeiture, misconduct, corrected jail credit, new sentences, detainers, court orders, or review.
For eligible offenses committed on or after October 1, 1995, FDC may grant up to ten days per month of incentive gain-time under the statute’s limits. Gain-time cannot produce release before 85 percent of the imposed sentence is served under that framework, with physical pre-sentence jail credit counted toward the floor. Offense date, offense type, and disciplinary history matter. The projected day remains a calculation until FDC posts the actual release history.
After the expected day, check the release database rather than relying on a saved population screen. A future date can move, and “pending review” is not a release promise. The public FDC field is statewide, not a local estimate made by the Jackson County jail.
Graceville Facility FDC Records Requests
When the online detail is absent, incomplete, or disputed, use FDC public records. Identify the person by full name and DC number, name Graceville Correctional Facility, and give the relevant custody dates. Ask for the release detail, incarceration history, transfer record, detainer information, and supervision history that answer the exact question. A narrow field-based request is more useful than a broad demand for all records.
FDC public-record assistance is available at 850-717-9774, fax 850-488-4534, and FDC, 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399. FDC applies Florida public-record law along with correctional confidentiality rules and may review or redact protected information. The agency can provide an estimate. Classification and Central Records lists 850-488-9859 for population and detail questions; Bureau of Admission and Release lists 850-488-9167 and dc.release@fdc.myflorida.com.
If a result appears wrong, identify the exact field and attach or cite the conflicting source, such as a court judgment or earlier FDC record. Correction in a Jackson court or county system does not automatically change FDC. Ask the state custodian for the correction or notation procedure and the resulting record if a correction is made.
Supervision After Graceville Facility Release
A prison release can lead directly to FDC Community Corrections. Match the release date to the supervision begin date. “Active” means active supervision in the community. “Active Suspense” means the person is temporarily unavailable for direct supervision, which can include custody in a jail or other facility while the officer monitors the case. “Absconder” means the person is unavailable and a warrant has issued. None of those labels is the same as discharge.
Use the exact Supervision Type shown. Florida parole is narrow because modern sentencing rules largely ended parole for crimes committed on or after October 1, 1983, with limited exceptions. Many people released from Florida prison are on conditional release, probation, community control, or another form, not traditional parole. For a Jackson County case, FDC office 141 in Marianna is at 2863 Green Street, Marianna, FL 32448; phone 850-482-9524.
Florida Statewide VINE can provide an alert for certain FDC release, transfer, community-release, return-to-custody, and supervision events. Search VINELink or call 1-877-846-3435. Feed wording varies, so match an alert to FDC’s durable release and supervision records.
Note: An agency-fed transfer alert records movement, while the FDC release detail establishes whether state prison custody actually ended.
Graceville Prison Name Difference
Graceville Correctional Facility is at 5168 Ezell Road. Graceville Work Camp is nearby at 5230 Ezell Road and is a satellite under Jackson Correctional Institution. Both use FDC release records, but they are not the same physical operation. The correctional facility’s contractor status and the work camp’s satellite status should be preserved when describing a custody history.
Use the full name and street number when contacting an institution or requesting a transfer record. If an old document says only “Graceville,” compare the DC-number location history. A move between these or other FDC institutions is a location change. Do not describe it as release from state custody.
Graceville Correctional Facility Contact
The institution’s official directory contact helps with facility routing, while FDC remains the public records authority. Do not send a state-prison release request to the Jackson County jail merely because both facilities are in Jackson County.
Graceville Correctional Facility
5168 Ezell Road
Graceville, FL 32440
Phone: 850-263-5500
Fax: 850-263-1560
The FDC institution page is the official facility source. Facility staff can route an operational question, but the statewide databases and FDC records office establish public release history. Include the DC number in every call or request when it is known.
Confirm Graceville Facility Departure
Use a matching set of records. First establish that the person was at Graceville Correctional Facility through the population or location history. Next, find the actual FDC Release Date and final Date Out-Custody. Then check for a supervision record beginning afterward. If a new FDC location appears instead, the person transferred and remained in state custody.
VINE can add notice, and a court record can explain the sentence, but neither replaces FDC’s release history. The Jackson County released-inmate records search separates county, state, federal, and juvenile routes when the last custodian is uncertain. Preserve each event label, because “released from Graceville Correctional Facility,” “transferred within FDC,” and “discharged from the sentence” describe different outcomes.