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About This Roane County Site

A released Roane County inmate may disappear from the live jail roster while a release transaction, court order, state offender record, or supervision status remains available elsewhere. This privately run reference site brings those official routes together. It explains which source fits a county-jail exit, a Tennessee prison discharge, parole or probation, and a federal custody change.

Why This Resource Exists

Tennessee provides several public paths, but they answer different questions. The Roane County Sheriff's Office keeps the county booking and release or transfer transaction. TDOC operates FOIL for current and former state felony offenders, including status and sentence information. TDOC also administers community supervision, while the Tennessee Board of Parole makes parole decisions. Former federal prisoners may appear in the BOP locator. We organize those release records, searches, contacts, and request steps so readers can choose the source that actually held the person.

What Roane Readers Find

The site separates a current-custody check from proof of a past release and points each task toward an official source.

  • The home page supplies the full named-person search and records path, with focused help for inmate release dates, VINE alerts, and post-release supervision.
  • Separate facility pages explain the adult detention facility and the confidential juvenile temporary holding resource.
  • Practical instructions show how the sheriff's current confinement tool differs from the statewide TDOC offender lookup.
  • Records guidance identifies the existing release transaction or booking photograph to request and the county response process.

Limits of This Private Site

Roane County Released Inmates is privately operated. It is not connected with a Tennessee government agency, the Roane County Sheriff's Office, a jail, TDOC, or the Board of Parole.

  • We cannot release, hold, move, or otherwise affect a person in custody.
  • We cannot post bond, arrange a visit, or send funds for a visitor.
  • We do not give legal advice or decide whether a record should be open.
  • We cannot promise that an office's fee, address, phone number, or procedure has not changed.

Only the responsible sheriff, court, corrections department, or receiving agency can confirm custody, charges, transfer, or release.

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