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St. Louis Correctional Facility Release Outcomes

St. Louis Correctional Facility, or SLF, is a Level IV men’s prison run by the Michigan Department of Corrections. Its inmates are serving state sentences. The prison’s Gratiot County address does not place them in Sheriff custody, and it does not mean that the criminal case arose in Gratiot. The sentencing county and court file shown in the state record may point elsewhere in Michigan.

There are three main status changes to separate. A transfer changes the Assigned Location while MDOC confinement continues. Parole allows the person to leave the prison under an MDOC supervision order. Discharge ends MDOC jurisdiction for the sentence shown, unless another sentence or legal hold remains. Each event may remove the person from SLF, but only the latter two are release-related, and only discharge can represent the end of the displayed MDOC sentence authority.

Even discharge requires care. MDOC’s official definition includes successful completion of parole or probation, service of the maximum term, and death before sentence completion. The public record should be described narrowly: the status and date show what MDOC reports for that sentence. They do not by themselves prove that no other agency had custody or that every legal obligation ended.

Check St. Louis Correctional Facility Release

Use the OTIS offender search instead of Gratiot JailTracker. OTIS covers state prisoners, people on MDOC parole or probation, absconders, interstate-compact supervision, and recently discharged records. It excludes county-jail-only custody. Search by MDOC number when possible. That number is a more stable identifier than a name and helps avoid false matches.

A name search is still useful when the number is unknown. Enter at least the last name, then narrow by first name, age, sex, race, status, or exact identifying marks. Open a likely profile and compare several identifiers before relying on its dates. Aliases, date of birth, physical traits, SID number, photo date, sentencing county, and court file can all help resolve a match.

1. Search the MDOC number, or use the last name with identity refinements.
2. Open the matching profile and verify the person through several identifiers.
3. Read Current Status and Assigned Location before interpreting any date.
4. Compare Date Paroled, Earliest Release Date, Maximum Discharge Date, and Discharge Date with each sentence row.
5. Follow the supervising office after parole, or request an MDOC record when the public profile is gone or incomplete.

A person shown at SLF or another assigned prison is still in state custody. A Date Paroled is the clearer public marker of physical departure on parole. A Discharge Date must be tied to a discharged status and its definition. The Gratiot County released inmate lookup provides the custody-system sequence when the last holding agency is uncertain.

St. Louis Correctional Facility Release Dates

The OTIS definitions page prevents a common date error. Earliest Release Date marks the first point at which the Parole Board obtains jurisdiction. It is not an appointment and does not promise that the prisoner will leave SLF. Maximum Discharge Date is an outer endpoint based on the sentence and applicable rules if parole does not occur first. Neither field should be rewritten as an exact scheduled release without added official confirmation.

Sentence rows matter when a person has more than one case. One term can discharge while another remains active. A hold from another agency can also follow an MDOC release event. Confirm the court file, sentencing county, and active status together rather than lifting one date from the profile.

Obtain St. Louis Facility Discharge Records

OTIS normally keeps a discharged profile public for three years after supervision discharge. A record can also disappear after a valid set-aside. When the public page is absent, the result is “not found,” not proof that the person was never at SLF or never entered MDOC jurisdiction. Older or formal questions belong with MDOC records and the sentencing court.

Send the person’s full name, date of birth, MDOC number, known court and sentence information, and a focused time range to MDOC. Ask for existing records that answer the question, such as a discharge certificate, custody and release history, parole date, maximum discharge data, and a releasable identification image with its date. MDOC can apply exemptions and redactions. A request cannot require the agency to build a custom narrative or certify an assumption.

The sentencing court supplies the judgment and later orders. MDOC supplies the state custody, parole, and discharge administration. Those records answer related but different questions. If the dispute concerns the court’s sentence, contact the court first. If it concerns a supervision location or absconder status, use the office displayed in OTIS.

Note: MDOC records are the correct source for an SLF discharge certificate; Gratiot County FOIA controls Sheriff records, not state-prison files.

St. Louis Correctional Facility Record Contact

The official St. Louis Correctional Facility page places SLF at 8585 N. Croswell Road in St. Louis. The institution phone is 989-681-6444, and its public contact email is mdoc-stlouis-public@michigan.gov. These are prison contacts. They are not Gratiot County Jail numbers, even though both systems operate within the same county.

Use the contact channel that fits the task. OTIS handles public status lookup. The prison contact line can route institution-specific questions. MDOC FOIA is the record channel for a custody history or discharge certificate. The supervising field office is the route after parole. Sending a state-prison question to the Sheriff can delay an answer and may produce a false “not found” because JailTracker never covered the person.

St. Louis Correctional Facility Release Context

MDOC reports that St. Louis Correctional Facility opened in 1999. It is a Level IV institution on a 67-acre site. The security level and site size describe the prison setting, not an individual sentence or release timetable. People at the same institution can have different sentencing counties, parole jurisdiction dates, maximum terms, holds, and Board outcomes.

Michigan’s parole and sentencing framework does not support one universal release percentage. Earliest Release Date concerns first parole jurisdiction, while truth-in-sentencing rules and sentence terms can limit credits and timing. Board action, another sentence, an institutional transfer, a warrant, or another agency hold can change what happens after the displayed date. The live profile and formal records must control the person-specific conclusion.

St. Louis Facility Parole and Discharge

Parole is the most common source of confusion in a released-person search. The person is outside the secure prison, but MDOC custody and supervision continue. OTIS may show Parolee status, Date Paroled, and a supervision location. The proper field office can confirm current reporting status. An absconder code means the person failed to report and is being sought; it is not a successful discharge.

Discharge is different because MDOC jurisdiction ends for the sentence. When authoritative proof is needed, pair the OTIS status with a discharge certificate or other MDOC record. If a later court case or another custodian is involved, that system must also be checked. “Released from SLF” is narrower than “free from all custody or supervision.”

Parolee

A person outside prison who remains under MDOC supervision.

Parole absconder

A supervised person reported as having failed to report and being sought.

Maximum discharge

The sentence endpoint reached without an earlier complete discharge, subject to the record.

Discharge certificate

An MDOC record documenting the end of jurisdiction for the stated sentence.

MI-VINE can provide general state-prison release notification, and direct victims can enroll with MDOC for expanded parole information. Notification helps with a current change. It does not replace OTIS identity review or the permanent record path.

St. Louis Correctional Facility Release Geography

Gratiot County combines three correctional facilities under two governments. The Sheriff’s county jail is in Ithaca. Central Michigan Correctional Facility and St. Louis Correctional Facility are MDOC prisons in St. Louis. This local arrangement makes the phrase “held in Gratiot County” too broad for a release search. A state prisoner can be housed there without a Gratiot booking or Gratiot criminal case.

SLF’s Level IV classification also differs from Central Michigan’s Secure Level I setting. That distinction describes separate institutions, but both use the same statewide OTIS and MDOC records path. Neither prison reports releases through the Sheriff’s current JailTracker roster. A transfer between them changes location while state custody continues.

The safest record chain stays agency-specific. Confirm the person in OTIS, interpret the location and dates, contact the supervising office after parole, and use MDOC records for a historic or formal discharge. Only use Gratiot Sheriff records when a separate county-jail custody event actually occurred.