Lancaster Work Camp Release Paths
Lancaster Work Camp houses state prisoners assigned by FDOC. The camp's placement in Gilchrist County does not turn its records into county jail records. The sentence may come from any Florida circuit, and FDOC controls custody, movement, time computation, and release information. The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office does not issue a work-camp discharge record.
A person can move from the work camp to Lancaster Correctional Institution, another state prison, a hospital, a program location, or another approved FDOC setting. Each move can change the public location field without ending confinement. When prison custody truly ends, the FDOC release detail documents the event. A later supervision record may show probation, conditional release, parole where legally applicable, or another state-supervised status.
Search Lancaster Work Camp Releases
Start at the Corrections Offender Network menu. FDOC intentionally divides public records by population. The current-inmate route answers whether someone remains confined. The release route searches people released or scheduled for release. The supervision route covers people under FDOC community oversight. Those are distinct questions.
- Use the Inmate Population Information Search if the person may still be at the camp or elsewhere in FDOC.
- Choose Inmate Release Information Search for an actual past release or a scheduled state release.
- Search by the six-character DC number when known, or by name with aliases selected.
- Compare the DC number, identity fields, photograph, institution history, and displayed status.
- Read whether the date is future or past. A scheduled event is not proof that release occurred.
- Use the Supervised Population Search when post-prison state oversight may follow.
FDOC states that release information and photographs update nightly. Current-population information receives a full weekly refresh, while release-date and location changes update nightly. Fast changes can still create a gap between a physical move and the public record. Contact the responsible bureau for a same-day or conflicting result.
Lancaster Work Camp Record Types
The state's search form supports last and first name, DC number, aliases, photograph choices, and a match limit. An identifier reduces name confusion. Open a detail only after comparing the public identity fields. A photograph can help distinguish namesakes, but it does not establish current location or the meaning of a release code.
| Question | Correct FDOC source |
|---|---|
| Is the person still in prison? | Inmate Population Information Search |
| Was the person released or scheduled? | Inmate Release Information Search |
| Does community supervision remain? | Supervised Population Information Search |
| Did the person stop reporting to FDOC? | Absconder/Fugitive Information Search |
| What underlying record supports the date? | Bureau of Admission and Release or FDOC public records |
The current detail can show a field labeled Current Release Date. Florida law calls a gain-time projection a tentative release date because it can move. A court correction, updated jail credit, gain-time award or loss, concurrent or consecutive sentence structure, or another hold can alter the result. Once release occurs, the separate release search is the better route for the recorded event.
Do not calculate a final date from the public field alone. Florida's gain-time rules depend on offense date, sentence type, credits, forfeitures, restorations, mandatory terms, and other details maintained by FDOC. County-jail credit can affect the state calculation, but GCSO does not become the custodian of the work-camp release record. Ask FDOC for time-computation material only when the public date needs explanation.
For older research, FDOC publishes monthly OBIS downloads with a released-inmate cohort dating from October 1997 and related history tables. Those files can help locate a past state release and interpret linked data. They are not live records, and the monthly schedule cannot confirm a same-day departure from Lancaster Work Camp. Use the public release detail and central release bureau for that task.
The download includes a data dictionary and linked alias, offense, detainer, and incarceration-history tables. Use the DC number to join the correct person's records and read coded values through that official dictionary. FDOC says sealed or expunged records are removed from the downloads, so an absent row does not prove that no record exists. A focused public-record request is the next step when the online cohort cannot answer the question.
Keep the event sequence clear: camp assignment, possible institutional transfer, actual end of FDOC confinement, and any supervision termination are separate entries. Combining them into one date can create a false claim of release. The bureau responsible for the displayed field is the right source for a correction or explanation.
The official FDOC release search appears in this captured image.
Its statewide coverage fits Lancaster Work Camp because the camp is an FDOC assignment, not a county booking site.
Lancaster Work Camp Contact Records
FDOC does not publish a separate work-camp release desk or standalone public contact in the reviewed Lancaster profile. Use the parent institution for local questions and the Bureau of Admission and Release for official release questions. Do not rely on a directory address or phone that the official profile does not give for the camp.
Lancaster Work Camp
Satellite of Lancaster Correctional Institution
Parent institution phone: (352) 463-4100
Lancaster official profile
FDOC Bureau of Admission and Release
Phone: (850) 488-9167
Email: dc.release@fdc.myflorida.com
For an underlying record, use the FDOC public-records channel. Provide the committed name, DC number, relevant date range, and the particular admission, release, incarceration-history, or time-calculation record sought. The records page identifies James Best as custodian at 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, with (850) 717-9774 for assistance.
Lancaster Work Camp Release Context
FDOC's official Lancaster profile lists Lancaster Work Camp as a satellite unit. It also identifies Bridges of Santa Fe as a satellite and lists a 100-hour Transition Program at the institution. These details help explain why a public location may change within the Lancaster complex. They do not guarantee that a specific prisoner is eligible for, enrolled in, or served by a program.
A work-camp assignment is one phase of FDOC confinement. It should not be described as county work release, county probation, or freedom in the community. The person remains a state prisoner until FDOC records the end of confinement or another custodian takes charge. The parent institution's published capacity of 544 applies to the official institution profile, not as a separate capacity figure for this camp.
The official Lancaster profile is the matching image source for the satellite camp.
The profile links the camp to the parent institution and supports the state-level release route.
Lancaster Camp Supervision Check
Leaving prison and completing every sentence obligation are separate events. Search the released record for the confinement event. Then check FDOC's supervised population when the record or sentence suggests community supervision. The detail can display the supervision type, current status, office or location, and termination information that FDOC publishes.
- Confinement release
- The person's physical FDOC prison custody ends.
- Community supervision
- FDOC oversight continues outside prison under recorded terms.
- Termination
- The supervision period ends according to the controlling record.
- Absconder
- FDOC reports that a supervised person ceased making himself or herself available.
Gilchrist County is in FDOC Community Corrections Region 2, Circuit 8. The official Gainesville Circuit Office page lists local office 081 in Trenton at 1122 East Wade Street, Suite B, with phone (352) 493-6760. That is a navigational fact. It does not prove that every person leaving Lancaster Work Camp reports there. Confirm the actual supervision order and responsible office.
Lancaster Camp Transfer Holds
Another hold may control the destination when an FDOC term ends. A detainer is a request or notice from another authority that can lead to a new custodian. It can involve another state case, federal process, or immigration custody. The FDOC release event can be correct even when the person does not go home.
Read the state's incarceration history and any available destination information. If a reliable record identifies federal custody, follow the federal docket, USMS path, and BOP locator as appropriate. If it identifies immigration custody, use ICE's locator. The Jacksonville ICE check-in office lists Gilchrist County in its coverage, but that does not prove an ICE contract at the work camp. The locator's time limits also make a no-hit inconclusive for an old event.
For the parent complex's contact and capacity details, the Lancaster Correctional Institution release page addresses the main facility. Both pages use FDOC as the controlling source. Note: A location change within FDOC should be read as a transfer until the release record shows otherwise.