Why These Records Need Context
Tennessee provides several official ways to check custody and release information, but no single system covers every Unicoi County event. The Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department records a person’s local booking and physical release from Unicoi Jail (M) or Unicoi Annex (F). The Tennessee Department of Correction runs FOIL for current and former felony offenders, including public status, sentence, release, and supervision fields. TDOC field offices handle community supervision, while the Tennessee Board of Parole makes parole decisions.
Federal records follow a different route. The Bureau of Prisons locator can show a former federal prisoner as released, while the ICE locator focuses on current immigration custody. A move from a Unicoi jail to one of those authorities is a transfer, not proof of community release. This site organizes the official lookups, record-request steps, and agency boundaries so a reader can use the right source for the right event.
What the Reference Includes
The coverage follows the records a released person may leave behind and the offices that maintain them:
- The home page’s full released-person search and records-request path, plus release date lookup, VINE inmate check, and post-release supervision.
- Separate facility references for Unicoi Jail (M) and Unicoi Annex (F), including confirmed contacts and release-record routes.
- Clear steps for using Tennessee FOIL and distinguishing state custody, supervision, county detention, and an actual release.
- Focused instructions for requesting a booking-and-release sheet or booking photograph under the custodian’s current policy.
Limits of This Private Resource
This site is privately operated. It is not connected with Unicoi County, the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department, either county jail, TDOC, the Tennessee Board of Parole, or any other local, state, or federal government agency.
- We cannot release, detain, or transfer a person in custody.
- We cannot post bond, book a visit, or send funds for anyone.
- We cannot confirm custody or release and do not provide legal advice.
- We cannot promise that an address, telephone number, fee, or office practice has not changed.
Only the office that maintains the record can confirm current custody, charges, transfer, or release. The links here lead to official sources, but the official answer must come from the Sheriff, court, corrections department, or other responsible agency.
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