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About This Cocke County Site

Finding a released Cocke County inmate requires knowing where a record moves after the person leaves an active jail roster. This private reference site brings the county release-record route, Tennessee offender search, supervision sources, and federal locator into one clear starting place.

Why This Resource Exists

Tennessee makes many government records available, but they are kept by different offices. The Cocke County Sheriff documents local booking, movement, transfer, and release events. The Tennessee Department of Correction operates FOIL for current and former felony offenders, including people on parole or probation. The Tennessee Board of Parole and TDOC Field Services handle parts of post-release supervision, while the Federal Bureau of Prisons maintains a separate federal locator. This site organizes those official paths and explains which one fits a county release, a state discharge, or a federal custody exit.

Information Gathered Here

The focus stays on practical, source-based release verification:

  • The home page combines a named-person search path with steps for requesting a Cocke County release record.
  • Separate pages explain an inmate release date, a VINELink release check, and parole and probation.
  • Facility pages identify the Cocke County Detention Center and the contracted Jefferson County Workhouse route.
  • Instructions distinguish an active roster from FOIL, court records, VINE notifications, and completed release records.
  • Records-request guidance explains how to seek a booking record or named booking photograph from its custodian.

Limits of This Site

This is a privately run reference site. It has no connection with the Cocke County Sheriff, either jail, TDOC, the Tennessee Board of Parole, or any government agency.

  • It cannot release, hold, move, or transfer a person.
  • It cannot post bond, arrange a visit, or send funds.
  • It cannot provide legal advice.
  • It cannot promise that a phone number, fee, address, or status has not changed.

Only the responsible sheriff, jail, court, or corrections agency can confirm custody, charges, transfer, or release from its official record.

Third-Party Search Partners

Some pages contain search boxes supplied by outside providers. Those providers set their own prices and control their results. If a search leads to a paid registration, this site may receive a referral fee that helps keep the public reference pages available without charge. The site does not set partner fees or decide which records a partner returns.