Campbell Parole and Probation Compared
Tennessee separates the decision to grant parole from the work of community supervision. The Tennessee Board of Parole conducts hearings and decides whether an eligible person may leave prison before sentence expiration. The Tennessee Department of Correction, or TDOC, supervises both parole and probation in the community. A Campbell County parole record therefore may involve the Board’s decision, a TDOC release plan, FOIL status, and the local Jacksboro office. Those records describe related steps, but none should be substituted for another.
Probation usually comes from a court sentence. It may be imposed directly or after a term of split confinement. TDOC instructs a probationer to report within 48 hours after placement on probation or release from split confinement. Parole begins with a Board authorization before sentence expiration, but physical release still depends on an approved plan and completion of required steps. A grant is not proof that the person walked out that day.
| Point | Parole | Probation |
|---|---|---|
| Starting authority | Tennessee Board of Parole decision | Court judgment or authorized release type |
| Custody relation | Conditional community release before sentence expiration | Community sentence, sometimes after split confinement |
| Public check | FOIL status and hearing detail | FOIL status and court judgment |
| Local administration | TDOC community supervision | TDOC community supervision |
| End record | Discharge or sentence-completion record | Discharge or court/TDOC completion record |
Verify Campbell Post-Release Supervision
Start with the TDOC Felony Offender Information Lookup, known as FOIL. It covers current and former Tennessee felony offenders in TDOC custody or under TDOC supervision. Search by TOMIS or TDOC number when available because that identifier is more reliable than a name. A State ID, or SID, is a separate identifier. Name searches permit first and last name, an alias option, and race as a narrowing field. The search requires a case-sensitive CAPTCHA.
Read the status before drawing a conclusion. “Parole” or “probation” places the record in a community-supervision category. “Incarcerated” means custody continues. “Inactive” points to a former or inactive TDOC record and should be read with the release or sentence information. FOIL does not cover every Campbell County jail detainee. A local misdemeanor case or pretrial booking may never enter TDOC.
- Search the exact TOMIS, TDOC, or SID number. If no number is known, use the full name and check aliases.
- Match the record through date of birth, middle name, aliases, offense, and other available identifiers.
- Read the exact status, location, sentence, release, and parole-hearing labels. Save the date and time checked.
- Compare probation with the Campbell court judgment, or compare parole with the Board and TDOC release record.
- Call the Jacksboro field office with the TOMIS number when a public status needs an appropriate agency follow-up.
Campbell Supervision Office Details
Campbell County is part of TDOC District 21, which also serves Anderson, Blount, Fentress, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, and Scott counties. Campbell has a field office in Jacksboro. That local presence matters after a confirmed release because every inquiry need not begin at district headquarters in Clinton. Still, the office is not a substitute for FOIL. Staff may limit case-specific details, and a caller should ask how a public supervision status can be confirmed.
TDOC Campbell Field Office
563 Main Street
Jacksboro, TN 37757
Phone: 423-562-6920
Fax: 423-566-8698
Hours: Confirm through the TDOC field-office directory before visiting.
District headquarters is at 110 E. Centre Stage Business Park in Clinton, with phone 865-220-4001. Use the office tied to the current record and instructions rather than assuming an address from county residence alone. A person may move, transfer supervision, face a new custody event, or report elsewhere under a current plan.
Campbell Parole Hearing Records
A scheduled hearing is an eligibility event, not a release date. The Board’s Hearings Division page says schedules cover state prisons and county jails and are updated each Monday, or Tuesday after a Monday holiday. At the research date, current schedules were requested through BD.HearingSchedules@tn.gov. No separate official public decision-results portal was located. FOIL may display parole-hearing status, while an existing decision or order can be requested from the Board under Tennessee public-record procedures.
The official hearing page shows the current request route and cadence:
The image supports a weekly schedule check, but it does not turn a listed hearing into a grant or physical release. Hearing types include grant, preliminary and final revocation, custodial, rescission, time-setting, and appeal proceedings. A hearing officer’s recommendation is not binding. Board members may adopt, change, or reject it.
Denied, revoked, or rescinded decisions may be appealed on limited grounds, such as significant new information, substantiated misconduct, or a major procedural error. The Board appeal procedure generally sets a 45-day period after the person receives final-decision notice. An open appeal affects finality, so note both the decision date and appeal posture.
Campbell Supervision Terms and Violations
Supervision means a person lives in the community under enforceable rules. The exact terms come from the judgment, release certificate, supervision plan, and later orders. Conditions can govern reporting, residence, travel, treatment, contact, and compliance with law, but the person-specific record controls. A public FOIL status is not a full case-management file. Questions about a condition should go through the supervising office or counsel with access to the controlling document.
A violation allegation does not by itself prove that supervision ended or that a person returned to custody. Revocation involves a process and record. Tennessee parole proceedings can include preliminary and final revocation hearings. A new Campbell arrest can also create a local jail record while the older parole or probation status remains visible elsewhere. Check each custodian separately.
- Absconder
- A person alleged to have stopped reporting or left supervision without authorization.
- Revocation
- An official action that cancels community supervision after the required process and may return the person to custody.
- Detainer
- A request by another authority for notice or temporary custody transfer.
- Discharge
- The documented end of a sentence or supervision status, subject to the governing record.
No official statewide public general absconder list was located. A “wanted” notation on Tennessee’s sex-offender registry concerns registry compliance and is not a general parole or probation warrant search. Verify an urgent custody issue with the responsible agency.
Campbell Release ID and Discharge
A state discharge has a useful paper trail. TDOC Policy 511.03 provides for the CR-1941 Letter of Discharge to be given to the discharged person, with a copy retained in the record. That letter can help confirm or correct a state release history. It is more precise than relying on a name disappearing from a current list. A request for an old copy can go to TDOC Records Management with the full name, TOMIS number, date of birth, and a clear description of the needed discharge record.
Identification can matter soon after release. The Campbell County Clerk says it handles Tennessee identification-card and driver-license renewals and duplicates only. That is a documented local route for replacing an existing credential, not a promise that every first-time or special transaction can be completed there. Confirm eligibility, required papers, and service hours before visiting. A new local custody event belongs with the Campbell County Sheriff, while a probation order or revocation can be checked in Campbell Online Court Records.
For a broader Campbell County released-inmate search, including the sheriff record and court disposition, use the Campbell County released inmates search. The county release record answers when local custody ended. The TDOC discharge record answers the state-custody question.
Campbell Supervision Discharge Records
Supervision may end through sentence expiration, a discharge action, a court order, or another status authorized by the governing law and record. Mandatory reentry supervision under T.C.A. §40-35-506 is a separate Tennessee category that can place an eligible person’s final year in the community or impose a service-oriented form after expiration in specified cases. Community supervision for life under T.C.A. §39-13-524 is another distinct legal status. Neither should be assumed from a generic “released” label.
Tennessee’s Public Records Act, centered on T.C.A. §10-7-503, permits Tennessee citizens to seek nonexempt existing records. Ask for the identified FOIL entry, Board decision, discharge letter, judgment, or release record. The agency need not create a custom explanation. Under state guidance, the custodian generally must within seven business days produce the record, deny access with a legal basis, or state that more time is needed and provide an expected completion date.
For archived TDOC material, write to Attention Records Management, Rachel Jackson Building, 2nd Floor, 320 Sixth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0465, or call 615-253-8079 with process questions. Archive charges may apply, and TDOC says not to prepay because the amount is quoted after the search. Request the actual release date, release type, sentence expiration, receiving authority, and CR-1941 when those fields resolve the Campbell supervision history.