Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

73010.6.3 Release Data

• Maximum Release Date

  • The Maximum Release Date (MRDMax Release Date) is calculated by adding the controlling term to the term start date, minus preprison custody credits, and plus any dead time (at-large on escape status/while released on appeal bond or bail).

  • The facility CCRMCorrectional Case Records Manager shall ensure that the MRDMax Release Date is calculated and entered. On manually prepared CDC Form 188s, any subsequent adjustment to the original MRDMax Release Date shall be entered in pencil to permit correction or change.

  • If one of the controlling offenses is a life term, the maximum release date shall be shown as “to be determined.” If one of the controlling offenses has an ISLIndeterminate Sentence Law sentence, the maximum release date shall be calculated and entered after the BPHBoard of Parole Hearings (formerly Board of Prison Terms) has set the term.

• Minimum Release Date/MINMinimum DSLDeterminate Sentence Law/EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date/MEPD

  • An inmate’s release date or parole eligibility date may be recorded as a Minimum Determinate Sentence Law (DSLDeterminate Sentence Law) Release Date (MINMinimum DSLDeterminate Sentence Law), Earliest Possible Release Date (EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date), or Minimum Eligible Parole Date (MEPD), depending on the controlling term.

• DSLDeterminate Sentence Law Non-IW/TIP

  • Non-IW/TIP DSLDeterminate Sentence Law terms have a MINMinimum DSLDeterminate Sentence Law date which is the maximum release date minus goodtime credit plus any credit losses or dead time.

• DSLDeterminate Sentence Law IW/TIP

  • IW/TIP DSLDeterminate Sentence Law terms have an EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date. The EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date is the maximum release date minus vested credits, plus credit losses or dead time and less the potential amount of goodtime credit to be earned based upon credit earning status.

  • Information relating to the IW/TIP is found in DOMDepartment Operations Manual 73030.4 and 73030.6.3.

• Indeterminate/Life Term

  • If one of the controlling offenses has an indeterminate or life term, manual entry of the MEPD into OBISOffender Based Information System will be made at the time of initial audit and changed as necessary due to any recalculation.

• Parole Period

  • The parole period entry shall reflect the maximum parole period required by law (e.g., one year, three years, five years, life).

• Sosa Credit

  • Any preprison credit in excess of the term assessed for a particular offense must be used to reduce the maximum parole period (In re Sosa (1980) 102 Cal. App. 3d 1002). This entry shall read: “________ years minus ________ days In re Sosa.” If additional credits are received, which are applicable under In re Sosa, the entry shall be changed accordingly.