Benton County Parole and Probation
Sheriff Kenny Christopher oversees the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, while TDOC and the Board of Parole control state supervision records.
Parole is conditional release from a Tennessee Department of Correction sentence before that sentence has fully ended. The Tennessee Board of Parole conducts hearings and makes the parole decision. TDOC Community Supervision then supervises a person who is released on parole. A parole status proves that the person is serving part of the sentence in the community, but it does not prove that every duty tied to the judgment is complete.
Probation is a court-ordered sentence served in the community. A judge may order probation without a prison term, after a jail term, or as part of split confinement. TDOC supervises felony probation in Benton County. Local court records remain important because the probation order, later changes, and any revocation filings originate in the criminal case. A person can finish physical confinement yet remain on probation.
| Point | Parole | Probation |
|---|---|---|
| How it begins | Conditional release from a TDOC sentence after Board action and release processing | A sentence imposed by the court, sometimes after jail or split confinement |
| Decision source | Tennessee Board of Parole | Sentencing court |
| Field supervision | TDOC Community Supervision | TDOC Community Supervision for felony probation |
| Best public starting point | FOIL status, release, and hearing information | FOIL status plus the court probation order |
- Discharge
- The formal end of active supervision or a sentence status.
- Revocation
- A process that can withdraw community release or probation after alleged noncompliance.
- Absconder
- A supervision label for a person alleged to have stopped required contact, not automatic proof of current jail custody.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another authority that may keep or transfer a person in custody.
Verify Benton County Post-Release Supervision
The public starting point is TDOC's Felony Offender Information Lookup, known as FOIL. It covers felony offenders who are currently or formerly in TDOC custody or supervision. A result may show incarcerated, probation, parole, or inactive status, along with location, offense, sentence, hearing, and release information. A name alone is not enough. Compare date of birth, TDOC or State ID, convictions, and location before relying on a result.
- Search FOIL by TDOC ID or State ID when known. Otherwise, enter the name and use the alias option only when it helps identify the right record.
- Complete the case-sensitive CAPTCHA, open the likely record, and compare more than one identifier.
- Read status, location, sentence, release, and parole-hearing fields together. An inactive label alone does not state when or why supervision ended.
- Use the TDOC field-office directory to confirm which District 61 office serves the record rather than choosing an office by distance.
- For probation, obtain the sentencing order and any revocation entries from the court. For parole, obtain the final Board decision when FOIL does not provide a clear result.
- Ask the assigned office which unit can confirm a public status or correct an error. Do not assume an old office listing remains current.
The Benton County released inmate search gives the wider custody and court confirmation path when the question is whether someone actually left jail rather than whether state supervision remains active.
Benton County Supervision Office Details
TDOC District 61 covers Benton and nine other West Tennessee counties. The directory identifies a shared Benton and Henry County office in Paris. That office is a community-supervision site, not a jail and not proof of any person's release. Assignments can change, so FOIL and the live directory should be checked before treating the office as current for a named person.
The official District 61 directory is also the source for this view of the supervision network.
The directory image helps confirm Benton County's district and office route, while live confirmation remains necessary for an individual assignment.
TDOC District 61 Benton/Henry Office1188 N. Market Street, Suite B
Paris, TN 38242
(731) 641-5057
Fax: (731) 644-7358
Call to confirm records access.
Benton County Supervision After Release
TDOC states that probationers report within 48 hours after placement on probation or release from split confinement. Parole follows a different path. A release plan must be approved before parole begins, so a favorable Board vote and physical departure are separate events. The person's public status should be checked after processing rather than inferred from a hearing schedule.
Conditions differ by order and case. At a high level, supervision can require contact with an officer, compliance with the court or Board terms, and reporting of changes. A public directory does not supply a named person's schedule. Those details can change and should not be guessed or published from an old entry. The assigned office can identify the proper process for a public record correction.
Note: District 61 rules describe state supervision, not proof that Benton County Jail completed a physical community release.
Benton County Parole Hearing Records
A parole hearing is one step in the state process. The Board says state-prison and county-jail schedules are updated weekly on Monday, or Tuesday when Monday is a holiday. Schedules can change. Current schedules are requested at BD.HearingSchedules@tn.gov, and the Board lists (615) 741-1150 for verification.
Proceedings may include an initial or grant review, preliminary or final revocation, custodial hearing, rescission, time setting, or appeal. Hearing officers make nonbinding recommendations. Board members make the final decision and may adopt, change, or reject that recommendation. Even a grant can come before release-plan approval, detainer review, and final gate processing.
The Board's schedule hub shows how to request and check the current docket.
This schedule view identifies an upcoming event, not a release or final supervision status.
Benton County Supervision Violations
An absconder or violation notation does not mean the person is back in custody. It may reflect alleged failure to comply, an outstanding warrant, a pending revocation matter, or another stage of the process. No official Benton County sheriff absconder or warrant list was found on the reviewed county site.
Check three sources when a public violation status needs context. FOIL gives the TDOC status. The sentencing court docket may show a revocation filing, warrant, hearing, or order. District 61 can identify the correct route for current public supervision information. If custody resumed, confirm it with the jail or TDOC record rather than treating an allegation or warrant as a booking.
Note: A VINE custody alert may support a new event, but the supplying jail or TDOC record remains the event source.
Benton County Reentry After Supervision
No jail-run Benton County reentry office or halfway facility was found in the official access sweep. A regional community guide does list the Benton County Community Resource Center, transportation, and legal-navigation contacts. These are support routes. They are not TDOC field offices, correctional programs, or evidence that release occurred.
The West Tennessee Community Connections guide is the source for those regional contacts. Availability, eligibility, timing, and service area should be checked with each provider. The distinction matters because reentry help and supervision serve different roles. A support agency cannot change FOIL, a probation order, or a parole decision.
Benton County Release Property Records
TDOC's CR-1947 release authorization provides a concrete record of state release processing. The form accounts for money, property, clothing acknowledgment, and identification or license issuance. It can also contain release authority, dates, detainers, destination, and signatures. Those entries are more useful than an assumption about what was handed back at the gate.
Benton County publishes no comparable jail property or identification procedure. For a state release, request the public parts of CR-1947 from TDOC Records Management. For a local jail exit, ask the jail whether an existing property receipt or release sheet was created. The lack of a web policy does not establish what happened in one person's case.
Note: Release property paperwork may confirm processing details, but it does not replace the supervision status or sentencing record.
Benton County Supervision Discharge
Supervision ends through a formal record, not merely the passage of an expected date. A discharged or inactive FOIL result can be a useful clue. The exact reason and effective date should come from the release information, TDOC record, Board record, or court order that created the change. An inactive result may also require an archived-offender request for enough detail.
Parole completion means the person no longer serves that sentence under parole supervision. Probation completion means the court-ordered community term has ended, subject to the actual record. Neither conclusion should be extended to a separate case. If the sources conflict, use TDOC for state supervision, the Board for its parole decision, and the court for its order. Document the mismatch instead of choosing the most convenient label.
For a durable Benton County supervision record, request the document that marks the change instead of relying on a screen label alone. TDOC maintains an archived-offender request route for older state records. Board public records can supply a final parole decision when FOIL lacks a clear result. The clerk holding the criminal case can provide the probation order, revocation order, or later docket entry. Include the full name, TDOC number or case number when known, and the date range at issue. Those identifiers reduce false matches and help the custodian locate the right file. A completed supervision term also does not erase the criminal case. Expungement is a separate court process under current Tennessee law.