This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking or release record. Contact the office that created the record.
Choose the Right Record Source
Release questions go to different offices based on the last custodian and the record needed.
- For a named local release and the complete record path, start with the home page.
- For post-release reporting status, use Parole / Probation and the TDOC field office.
- For a precisely bounded recent-release request, use Released Last 24 Hours.
- For sentence calculations or an alert, use Inmate Release Date or VINELink Release Check.
- For a specific jail or custody system, follow the facility pages listed below.
- For a Tennessee felony offender, use FOIL and TDOC records.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, the federal court or USMS, or ICE as the case requires.
Claiborne County Sheriff
The Claiborne County Sheriff is the first official contact for a county jail booking, physical release time, transfer destination, and booking photograph. Ask for the public-record coordinator and current request policy before mailing a request.
Claiborne County Sheriff's Office415 Straight Creek Road
Tazewell, TN 37879
Phone: 423-626-3385
Email: sheriff@claibornecountytn.gov
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A legacy sheriff page listed 423-626-6262 as a 24-hour jail line and 423-525-8781 as a fax. That domain appeared parked during research, so verify those numbers through the current county office before relying on them.
Claiborne Criminal Court Records
The Circuit Court and General Sessions Clerk holds the judicial file that explains a bond, dismissal, sentence, probation order, revocation, or case disposition. The office may not hold the jail's exact physical release timestamp.
Circuit Court and General Sessions Clerk415 Straight Creek Road, Suite 5
New Tazewell, TN 37825
Phone: 423-626-3334
Email: circuitcourtclerk@claibornecountytn.gov
Ask the clerk for inspection methods, division hours, copy costs, and certification charges. Sheriff office hours should not be assumed to apply to the clerk.
Tennessee Correction Records
The Tennessee Department of Correction archived-record route handles historical felony-offender records, while TDOC also maintains sentence calculations, release authorization, and public state-offender information.
Tennessee Department of Correction320 Sixth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0465
Central phone: 615-741-1000
Archived Records Management: 615-253-8079
Public-record email: TDOC.MediaRecordsRequests@tn.gov
Archive-search costs are quoted after processing. Do not send advance payment unless TDOC instructs you to do so.
Local Supervision Office
The New Tazewell field office serves Claiborne, Hancock, and Union Counties. It is a community-supervision office, not a jail or walk-in inmate locator. Call before visiting and request only public status guidance.
TDOC District 20 Community Supervision129 South Broad Street
New Tazewell, TN 37825
Phone: 423-851-5282
Fax: 423-526-9882
Board and VINE Contacts
The Tennessee Board of Parole decides parole matters, while TDOC calculates eligibility and supervises people in the community.
Tennessee Board of Parole500 James Robertson Parkway, Fourth Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-0850
Phone: 615-741-1150
Email: BOP.Webmail@tn.gov
Schedule email: BD.HearingSchedules@tn.gov
Tennessee VINE operator support is available at 888-868-4631 according to TDOC's launch notice. VINE provides notifications but does not replace confirmation from the agency reporting the custody event.