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Work Camp Release Paths

IDOC lists the Southwestern Illinois Work Camp separately while placing it within the SWICC perimeter. A person associated with the camp may be moved within SWICC, transferred to another IDOC institution, released from confinement to mandatory supervised release, or eventually discharged from IDOC jurisdiction. The public record must identify which event occurred.

Physical departure does not by itself mean the sentence ended. An IDOC transfer keeps custody within the prison system. MSR ends prison confinement but begins or continues a supervised state phase. Final discharge ends that supervision component. The county sheriff's adult jail search cannot distinguish any of these state events.

Confirm Work Camp Release

Use the official IDOC search, not the St. Clair County current-inmate page. The IDOC form accepts last name, IDOC number, or birthdate. An IDOC number is the strongest public search key when available.

1. Open the matching record and confirm identity.
2. Read Parent Institution, Offender Status, and Location together.
3. Review Admission Date, Last Paroled Date, and Projected Discharge Date.
4. Check every sentence count and its separate discharge flag.
5. Request written IDOC history if the public record is absent or unclear.

A no-match response is not a release record. IDOC explains that a completed and discharged sentence may be one reason for no result, but misspelling or search mismatch can also cause it. The St. Clair County custody overview provides the county, state, federal, and immigration fallback routes.

Work Camp Records Contact

The work camp shares the SWICC address and telephone: 950 Kingshighway Street, East St. Louis, Illinois 62203, and 618-394-2200. Because IDOC operates the site, historical admission, transfer, parole, and discharge records come from IDOC rather than the sheriff or county clerk.

Identify the person by name and IDOC number, state the relevant date range, and ask for existing public portions of the admission, movement, parole or release, and final-discharge history. IDOC may redact confidential master-record content. A partial production does not authorize an inference about undisclosed facts.

Work Camp Population Context

The official IDOC page reported an operational capacity of 100 and a population of zero as of June 30, 2024. Those facts describe one date. They should not be rewritten as a permanent closure claim, proof that nobody can later be assigned there, or proof that a named person was released.

A later status must be rechecked with IDOC. Facility pages and directories can change, while a dated capture remains historical evidence only. The safe description is that IDOC separately listed the camp with zero people on the stated date and linked it to SWICC.

Work Camp and SWICC Link

The camp is locally distinctive because it has its own official facility name but sits within the SWICC perimeter, sharing the address, phone, operator, and release-verification system. That relationship matters when a public IDOC profile shows SWICC as the parent institution rather than the work-camp wording a family remembers.

Parent Institution is not always the exact bed location. Read it with Location and Offender Status, then ask IDOC for a movement history when the precise placement matters. Do not convert a mismatch between a remembered camp placement and a parent-institution label into a claim of release.

IDOC Work Camp Date Fields

The exact Illinois label is Projected Discharge Date. It may change due to sentence credit, pre-sentence credit, the structure of concurrent or consecutive sentences, disciplinary events, statutory eligibility, or court corrections. It is not a guaranteed pickup time at the gate.

Projected discharge

An administrative calculation that may change.

Last Paroled Date

A date associated with movement into a supervised phase.

Sentence discharged

A count-level flag that must be checked across all counts.

Final discharge

The end of IDOC supervision, distinct from prison exit.

Record labels verbatim. A person can have one discharged sentence and another active count. This is why the whole profile, not one date or one flag, controls the reading.

Work Camp Historical Verification

The zero-population figure is tied to June 30, 2024. A later directory entry, profile, or IDOC statement may show a different operational status. When timing matters, preserve the date of each source and ask IDOC for the record applicable to the period in question. Never turn an old population snapshot into a claim about permanent closure or an individual's release.

An IDOC movement history can resolve whether a person was assigned to the camp, listed under SWICC as parent institution, moved elsewhere within the department, or released from confinement. The public profile may be enough for a current status clue, but written history is the safer route for an older event.

Work Camp Sentence Counts

Each IDOC sentencing block must be read on its own and with all other blocks. A “Sentence Discharged?: YES” value is count-specific. Another count can remain active, and the person may still be confined or supervised. Record the mittimus or case, offense count, custody date, sentence, county, and discharge value before reaching a conclusion.

A projected date can also move. Sentence credit, loss or restoration of credit, court corrections, escape or other absence, and concurrent or consecutive terms may affect calculation. IDOC says potential eligibility for credit does not guarantee an award. The current official profile and written IDOC history control over an old screenshot or remembered date.

Work Camp Notification Check

VINELink is available in Illinois as a participating-agency status and notification layer. Search the specific person, check that IDOC is the contributing source, and register a permitted contact method if the record offers notifications. Complete any confirmation or PIN step required by the service.

An alert is only as current and precise as the source feed. A transfer, MSR start, or other event should be verified with IDOC and preserved with its exact wording. VINELink is not a complete historical IDOC record, and it does not cover federal BOP or ICE custody in place of their official locators.

Work Camp Records Boundaries

IDOC may disclose public status, admission and release dates, sentencing information, and other listed fields, while withholding confidential master-record content. Ask only for the public portions needed to verify the event. A maintained photograph, if requested for a lawful records purpose, is a separate item and may be subject to review or redaction.

A denial, redaction, or missing public profile is not affirmative proof of release. Keep the response, date, cited exemption, and any review route. If the court sentencing record and IDOC history differ, ask IDOC to explain its maintained event and use the court record only for what the judge ordered. The physical movement and administrative discharge remain IDOC events.

Work Camp Court Record Role

A sentencing court record can show the judgment and mittimus that placed a person under IDOC authority. It generally does not track each later assignment between the work camp, SWICC, and another prison. For those movements, the IDOC profile and written movement history are the controlling sources. Keep the court's sentence date apart from the prison movement and actual release dates.

If a later court order corrects credit or sentence terms, compare it with the current IDOC calculation. Do not assume a new projected date took effect before IDOC processed the order. Ask IDOC for clarification when the profile and docket appear out of sequence.

Work Camp MSR Verification

Mandatory supervised release is an IDOC-controlled phase after prison confinement. A person may leave the SWICC perimeter while remaining under state jurisdiction. The IDOC profile's Offender Status, Location, Last Paroled Date, and Projected Discharge Date can identify that distinction. Final discharge requires separate support.

The Prisoner Review Board handles specified conditions, hearings, revocations, and final-discharge matters, but no general public statewide supervising-officer lookup was verified. Use IDOC as the first public clue and PRB material only for a proceeding or decision within its role. A return to custody after a violation can also change the status without erasing the earlier prison-release date.

Work Camp Local System Check

Similar St. Clair County names online can lead to the wrong state. Verify that a source belongs to Illinois, uses East St. Louis or Belleville geography, and connects to IDOC or the official Illinois county domain. Alabama's release roster and Michigan's inmate pages do not document this work camp.

The official IDOC facility page is the correct source for camp identity and the dated capacity snapshot. The statewide IDOC search is the correct source for an individual status clue. A written IDOC response is the stronger historical source when a profile has changed or disappeared.

Official Work Camp Source

The official IDOC work-camp page documents the separately named facility and its dated figures.

This source confirms the official listing, not permanent closure or an individual's release.