Mule Creek Release Lookup

Releases from Mule Creek State Prison

Mule Creek State Prison is a CDCR adult state prison located at 4001 Highway 104 in Ione. Because it is a state facility, a person released from Mule Creek is not simply an Amador County Jail release. The Amador Sheriff's Records Division is the right custodian for Amador County Jail booking and release documents, but it is not the record owner for a Mule Creek prison release unless the same person was separately booked at the county jail on a local matter.

A person leaving Mule Creek may be released to parole supervision, discharged from CDCR control, transferred to another CDCR institution, moved under another state or court process, or involved in parole-suitability proceedings before a physical release occurs. That distinction matters because an online searcher might see "Mule Creek" and assume the county jail roster should show the person. It will not. Mule Creek release verification should begin with CDCR's California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, known as CIRIS, then move to CDCR Identification Unit assistance, CDCR Public Records Portal requests, CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations, Board of Parole Hearings pages, VINE, and the sentencing court.

Amador's facility mix is unusual for a small county because the local jail, Mule Creek State Prison, and Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp all sit within the county's public-record search orbit. The physical location in Amador County does not decide the record owner. The agency that held the person does. For Mule Creek, that agency is CDCR.

How to Confirm a Mule Creek Release

Start with the statewide CDCR path. CIRIS is the public population lookup described by CA.gov as showing name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates and outcomes for people currently in CDCR custody. The official descriptions found in the research do not support promising a projected release-date field for every person, so if a date, parole result, or discharge status is not clear, use CDCR's assistance and records channels.

1. Open CDCR CIRIS at ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov.
2. Search by CDCR number when known; otherwise search by full legal name and known spelling variants.
3. Check the current location field. If it lists Mule Creek State Prison or another CDCR facility, treat the person as a CDCR custody case unless a later official source shows a change.
4. Review commitment county and admission date to separate an Amador-sentenced person from someone housed in Amador County but committed from another county.
5. Look for BPH dates or outcomes if the case involves parole suitability, life-sentence eligibility, youth offender parole, elderly parole, or nonviolent offender parole review.
6. If the CIRIS result is missing, unclear, or not enough for a formal record need, call CDCR Identification Unit at (916) 445-6713 during the listed weekday hours or submit a CDCR Public Records Portal request.
7. If the person was released to parole, use CDCR DAPO and the relevant parole unit or headquarters contact. For a local court explanation, check the sentencing court docket.

Mule Creek Records and Contact

CDCR lists Mule Creek State Prison's physical address as 4001 Highway 104, Ione, CA 95640, with main phone (209) 274-4911. CDCR also lists a mailing address of P.O. Box 409099, Ione, CA 95640. Use the facility phone for facility-specific routing, but use CDCR's central public lookup and records channels when the question is a release/discharge record, statewide custody status, or a formal PRA request.

For a formal CDCR request, include the person's full name, CDCR number if known, date of birth, facility, approximate release or discharge date, commitment county, and the specific record needed. CDCR's Public Records Portal page says GovQA is the authorized third-party vendor for that portal, and that requests may still be made by mail, email, fax, or phone and manually entered into the portal.

About Mule Creek State Prison

Mule Creek State Prison is part of California's state prison system, managed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is not a county jail, city jail, or regional jail. Its population and release paths involve sentenced state-prison custody, parole-suitability decisions for some cases, parole operations for people released to parole, and CDCR records channels for formal custody or discharge documentation.

The manifest's direct Mule Creek facility screenshot failed during capture, so this page does not force a nonmatching image. The core facility facts are taken from the CDCR facility locator research, and the lookup instructions are based on CDCR CIRIS, CDCR contact, DAPO, and BPH source notes in the research file.

BPH and DAPO After Mule Creek

For some Mule Creek cases, "release" is tied to parole eligibility or parole suitability rather than a simple fixed date. The California Board of Parole Hearings conducts parole-suitability proceedings and nonviolent offender parole reviews. BPH's public schedule page identifies hearing date, time, location, and whether a hearing is in person or by video, while its results page posts recent parole-suitability outcomes by week and month. A BPH result helps explain the parole decision process, but it is not always the same thing as a final street-release date.

BPH materials say people sentenced to state prison may become eligible for parole consideration or release based on one or more parole eligible dates. For life sentences, BPH describes a minimum eligible parole date and explains that a hearing panel's decision can be proposed and subject to review before becoming final. That means a grant, denial, postponement, waiver, stipulation, or other outcome should be read in context, then confirmed through CDCR or the court when timing matters.

If the person is released to parole from Mule Creek, CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations is the supervision path. DAPO is distinct from Amador County Probation. The research notes that CDCR DAPO has regional and headquarters contacts, and a local service-area clue points Amador-area parolees toward Stockton and Sacramento contacts, but official verification should come from CDCR DAPO itself.

Records Limits and Photos

CDCR records are not the same as county jail booking records. CDCR may maintain identification photographs and state criminal-history identifiers, but the research warns not to imply that CDCR photos are freely downloadable. Public release depends on CDCR policy, public-records law, and criminal-history dissemination restrictions. If a reader needs a Mule Creek identity or release record, the defensible public route is CIRIS, CDCR Identification Unit assistance, CDCR Public Records Portal, the sentencing court, and VINE where the person is covered.

Photo and identity questions should stay tied to the record owner. A CIRIS result, BPH hearing result, VINE alert, or court docket can help identify the correct state case, but none of those sources should be treated as a complete release packet. When the question is the exact date, release authority, parole status, or final discharge, use CDCR's Identification Unit, the CDCR Public Records Portal, and the sentencing court rather than relying on a copied image or a third-party summary.

Mule Creek records also need the commitment county checked carefully. A person may be housed at Mule Creek while the conviction came from another county. CIRIS commitment-county fields, BPH materials, and the sentencing court help separate a person physically housed in Amador County from a person whose criminal case began in Amador County. The release search should follow the state record and the sentencing court, not the county where the prison sits.

Other Amador Facilities

If the person was locally arrested, booked at 700 Court Street, and then released without a state-prison commitment, use Amador County Jail and sheriff Records instead of Mule Creek. If the person was at the specialized CDCR youth conservation camp in Pine Grove, use Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp and keep the youth/confidentiality limits in mind. The shared county location should not blur the facility type.