Gadsden Re-Entry Custody Status
Gadsden Re-Entry Center is an FDC state correctional institution near Havana. Historical state material describes transition and substance-use programming for people approaching release. That purpose does not turn a resident into a released person. Someone can be preparing for community return and remain legally confined. The name of the institution should never replace the custody fields in the state record.
The key question is what FDC recorded after the person left this location. A new institution means transfer. A community placement can still remain in FDC custody. A past Release Date paired with an incarceration Date Out-Custody supports the end of the state-prison episode. A Supervised Population result can show that confinement ended while probation, conditional release, parole, community control, or another supervision term continues.
| Record combination | Careful conclusion |
|---|---|
| Current FDC location is the center | Correctional custody continues |
| Current FDC location changed | Institution transfer or placement change |
| Release Date plus out-custody date | The listed FDC confinement episode ended |
| Release record plus active supervision | Released from confinement and under supervision |
Find Gadsden Re-Entry Releases
Use the FDC offender-search menu, which separates current population, inmate release information, and supervised population. The all-databases search is useful for orientation, but each named database answers a different question. Search by the six-character DC number when possible. Name searches use beginning matches, so include aliases when relevant and verify the detail before relying on the result.
Begin with Current Population to see whether FDC still reports a location. Next, search Inmate Release Information for a historical or scheduled date. On the detail page, compare the Release Date with incarceration history. Then use Supervised Population to check whether state control continues outside prison. FDC updates location, release, and supervision data nightly, so a new movement may not appear at once.
- Enter the DC number in the FDC current-population search.
- Read the institution field and note any new FDC location.
- Run the same identity through Inmate Release Information.
- Confirm a past date with the Date Out-Custody in incarceration history.
- Search Supervised Population for a current office, status, or termination field.
Gadsden Re-Entry Release Contacts
FDC’s live-scan directory lists the center at 630 Opportunity Lane in Havana and supplies the local contact number. Facility staff can route institution questions, but state records offices are the stronger source for a formal release, movement, or sentence-computation record. The online detail is useful, yet it does not display a public release-reason field.
Gadsden Re-Entry Center
630 Opportunity Lane
Havana, FL 32333
850-539-2473
FDC state correctional center
FDC Admission and Release
850-488-9167
State-prison release date and type questions
Classification and Central Records accepts follow-up about inaccurate public offender data at 850-488-9859. FDC’s public-records office can provide existing records beyond the portal and may quote costs before preparation. Supply the DC number, full committed name, and a narrow description of the admission, movement, release, incarceration-history, or sentence-computation material sought.
Note: The center’s local line and FDC central records serve different roles, so use the state record for final release proof.
Gadsden Re-Entry Release Records
A released FDC detail can include DC number, committed name, aliases, birth date, custody, offense and sentence information, county, case number, Release Date, in-custody date, out-custody date, and a photograph. Those fields can tie a date to a specific state-prison episode. They do not show every movement or explain the legal release authority.
When the type matters, request the admission and release record, the actual release and out-custody date, public release authority, sentence-computation sheet, incarceration history, and public photograph. Expiration of sentence, conditional release, parole, and court action are not interchangeable. A precise request helps FDC locate an existing record without asking staff to create new analysis.
- Current Release Date
- A changeable date on a current-population record.
- Release Date
- The historical or scheduled field used in Inmate Release Information.
- Out-custody date
- The end of the incarceration episode listed by FDC.
- Transfer
- A move between placements while legal custody continues.
Gadsden Re-Entry Is Custody
The center’s transition focus creates a common records error. Family pickup plans, a community address, treatment planning, or education work may show that release preparation is under way. None substitutes for the FDC custody status. Historical state descriptions of transition and substance-use programming should be read as program context rather than an assertion that every person has the same services or a fixed discharge schedule.
A community-release placement also needs careful wording. Some placements allow work or community activity but remain part of correctional custody. Call it community placement unless FDC shows a completed out-custody event. When the release record and supervised-population record are both positive, the accurate phrase is “released from confinement and under community supervision,” not “fully discharged.”
Gadsden Re-Entry Release Dates
Florida Statutes section 944.275 distinguishes maximum sentence expiration from the tentative release date based on gain-time. The public current-population field is labeled Current Release Date and can change pending a gain-time award, forfeiture, or review. Additional sentences, corrected jail credit, amended judgments, mandatory terms, and return after a violation can also alter the calculation.
For covered post-October 1, 1995 offenses, gain-time generally cannot produce release before at least 85 percent of the imposed sentence has been served, counting qualifying incarceration credit. That floor cannot be applied as a simple formula to every record. Offense date, eligibility limits, sentence structure, credits, and forfeitures still control. A scheduled date should be verified near the event through FDC and can be paired with a VINE alert for changes.
Note: A projected state date is not an appointment time, release gate, or promise of community departure.
Gadsden Re-Entry Release Alerts
Florida Statewide VINE covers FDC status events. At VINELink, select Florida, search the named person, confirm the reporting facility and identifier, and register through the person record. Available delivery methods may include phone, text, email, or in-app notice. Telephone registration uses a four-digit acknowledgment PIN. A VINE notice is a timely signal from a participating custodian, but it should be checked against the FDC detail because transfer and release from one placement are not the same as freedom from every authority.
FDC’s Victim Notification Request is a distinct registration for qualifying victims, family members, or representatives. FDC says a direct VINE registration is not shared with its Victim Services Unit. Each system must be maintained separately. Registration does not create a release record, and failed delivery does not prove that no movement occurred.
Gadsden State Release Landscape
Gadsden County contains three very different FDC settings: a private-contract women’s prison, this state re-entry center, and Quincy Annex. The county also has a separate Sheriff jail. Geography alone cannot select the right search. The agency and DC number do. A Sheriff booking record tracks county detention, while FDC tracks state sentences, transfers, release calculations, and community supervision.
That mix is the core local distinction. A person can leave the county jail for an FDC institution and remain confined. A person can leave the re-entry center for another FDC unit and also remain confined. Only the state release history and out-custody fields show the end of the FDC episode. For all custody classes, the Gadsden County released-inmate lookup provides the broader comparison path.
Gadsden Re-Entry Record Limits
FDC records do not cover a person sentenced only to county jail or county probation. They may also omit confidential medical, substance-use, presentence, victim, or security information from a public response. A redacted field should be described as withheld or unavailable, not guessed from the program name or a projected date.
Conclude with the narrow fact the record supports. State whether Gadsden Re-Entry Center ceased to be the listed location, whether FDC reports another current institution, whether a past Release Date and out-custody date appear, and whether supervision continues. That language preserves the vital distinction between release from one facility, release from confinement, and full discharge from state control.