Check Duane Waters Status

Duane Waters Release Outcomes

Duane L. Waters Health Center is a Michigan Department of Corrections institution at 3857 Cooper Street. Its prisoners are under state authority. Leaving the assigned institution does not always mean release from prison. OTIS may instead show a new assigned institution, which is a transfer inside MDOC. A county release list will not document that movement or a later state-prison gate event.

Parole means physical release from prison with supervision still in force. Final discharge means the relevant MDOC sentence and supervision term have ended. A person may also remain confined until the maximum discharge date. Read the status and dates as a group. The parole date answers when the prison release occurred; the later supervision discharge date answers when state supervision ended.

Confirm Duane Waters Release Status

Begin at the official MDOC OTIS gateway. Search by last name and use the six-digit MDOC number when known. A broad name match is not enough. Compare date of birth, aliases, physical description, photograph when available, marks or tattoos, sentencing county, offense, and sentence.

1. Open the matching OTIS record and verify the person’s identifiers.
2. Read Current Status and Assigned Location together before interpreting a departure.
3. Check Date Paroled, Supervision Begin Date, and Supervision Discharge Date when shown.
4. Read each sentence’s Earliest Release Date and Maximum Discharge Date.
5. Request a specific MDOC release or discharge record if formal proof or older history is needed.

OTIS retains people now under MDOC supervision and discharged records for three years after supervision discharge. A no-result can therefore reflect age of record, lawful removal, or search mismatch. It does not prove that the person was never held at Duane Waters. The direct OTIS search application supplies the public fields, not a certified certificate.

Duane Waters Release Dates

Michigan uses the field names Earliest Release Date and Maximum Discharge Date. The earliest date is not an appointment for release. It is the point when the Parole Board may have jurisdiction under the sentence, subject to the law and a release decision. A person can remain in prison after that date. The maximum date is the outer sentence marker, though sentence changes and legal events can affect the displayed record.

A favorable Parole Board decision also precedes the gate event. MDOC says a minimum of 28 days is required between a positive decision and physical release so placement, conditions, notices, and other processing can occur. A favorable result should not be restated as same-day parole. Date Paroled is the field that confirms the later physical move to supervision.

Earliest Release Date

The earliest parole-jurisdiction marker for the sentence, not promised release.

Date Paroled

The date the prisoner physically left prison under parole supervision.

Maximum Discharge Date

The outer sentence date shown for the relevant sentence.

Supervision Discharge Date

The endpoint of community supervision when the record supplies it.

Note: Michigan does not apply a broad 85 percent shortcut; the sentence, offense date, and governing rules control.

Duane Waters Records Contact

The official Duane Waters facility page confirms the institution and address. Public status belongs in OTIS. Requests for an existing formal release record go through MDOC, not the Jackson County Sheriff merely because the facility is located in Jackson.

Identify the MDOC number and ask for the precise existing item, such as the date and reason of discharge, parole order and date, nonexempt Basic Information Sheet, release-processing record, judgment maintained by MDOC, discharge certificate, or offender photograph. MDOC distinguishes current prisoner records from past-prisoner records. Its retention contact handles some questions up to six years post-release, while older material may require another state records route.

Duane Waters Record Boundaries

OTIS is broader than a prison roster but narrower than a full corrections file. It covers state prisoners, parolees, probationers, and recently discharged people. It excludes county-jail-only sentences and city lockups. A person who served only at Wesley or Chanter Road should be checked through sheriff and court records, not forced into the state search.

MDOC describes a PENPACK that may include a Basic Information Sheet, Parole Eligibility Report, photograph, fingerprints, judgment, and discharge certificate. Access restrictions and exemptions apply, and the complete package is not promised to a general requester. Ask for the nonexempt record needed. For formal proof, the discharge certificate or specific parole document is more precise than a screenshot of an informational public index.

The Jackson County release search separates county-jail, state-prison, court, and federal routes. Duane Waters follows the state-prison branch. The custody authority controls even though several prisons and both county jail buildings share the same city.

After Duane Waters Parole

After parole, OTIS can show an assigned supervising location. Jackson County falls within MDOC Region 9, but placement can depend on the approved release plan rather than the prison’s county. Use the assigned office displayed in the individual record and confirm it through the live MDOC directory. Do not assume the Jackson parole office solely because Duane Waters was the releasing prison.

Parole continues MDOC jurisdiction. Conditions and the parole term are set through the state process, and a violation can lead to proceedings and return to custody. Successful completion ends in supervision discharge. The Date Paroled and Supervision Discharge Date therefore mark different events. One is the prison release; the other is the end of state control.

A move to another MDOC facility has no parole term because it is still incarceration. That simple distinction prevents a common Jackson County error: treating any person who leaves a local prison building as a released county inmate.

Duane Waters Medical Transfers

Duane L. Waters Health Center is MDOC’s secure health setting, not a county hospital or county jail. A person may arrive from another prison for treatment and later return to an MDOC institution. That movement is a medical placement change inside state custody. It should never be described as community release merely because the person no longer appears assigned to the health center.

Use OTIS for the public custody and supervision answer. Read Current Status first, then Assigned Location. Prisoner with another institution means confinement continues. Parolee with Date Paroled indicates physical release under supervision. Discharged means MDOC jurisdiction has ended within the scope and display period of the public record.

Duane Waters Medical Confidentiality

Public release status is separate from protected health information. OTIS may identify the assigned institution and legal status, but it is not a medical-record system and should not be used to infer a diagnosis, course of care, or reason for transfer. The health file remains confidential.

MDOC directs a former prisoner or an authorized representative through its health-information process. Authorization is required for the medical record. A general public requester cannot turn a release-status lookup into access to treatment details. Ask MDOC records for a discharge certificate, parole order, or other nonmedical release record when the goal is to confirm the legal custody event.

The MDOC medical-record request page explains the authorization route. The official Duane Waters page confirms the secure health center and address.

Prove a Duane Waters Release

First verify identity in OTIS with the MDOC number, birth information, aliases, sentence, and identifying details. Then compare status and location. A past Earliest Release Date is not proof that the person left. Date Paroled documents the prison-to-parole event. Supervision Discharge Date marks a later end to state control.

For formal proof, request the specific existing document from MDOC FOIA. Useful choices include a discharge certificate, date and reason of discharge, parole order and date, or release-processing record. This narrow request avoids protected medical material and keeps the inquiry tied to custody status.

Note: The Jackson County Sheriff does not create Duane Waters release records simply because the health center is in Jackson.