Montgomery County Supervision Types
Parole, postrelease supervision, and probation are not interchangeable. Kansas parole applies mainly to older indeterminate sentences and certain off-grid cases in which the Kansas Prisoner Review Board decides whether a person is suitable to leave prison. Postrelease supervision normally follows the prison portion of a determinate guideline sentence. Probation is imposed by a court, often as an alternative to state imprisonment, and may follow a short county-jail stay or sanction.
The agency matters as much as the label. KDOC Community & Field Services handles parole and postrelease. The Fourteenth Judicial District Adult Community Corrections program supervises local felony probation in Montgomery and Chautauqua Counties. Ordinary court probation and Community Corrections are not proof of a KDOC prison release.
| Status | Who orders it | Best verification path |
|---|---|---|
| Parole | Kansas Prisoner Review Board | KASPER, then Coffeyville Parole Office |
| Postrelease | Follows a determinate prison term | KASPER Current Status and location |
| Probation | Fourteenth Judicial District court | Court journal entry and local Community Corrections |
| Discharge | Sentence reaches lawful end | KDOC discharge record or court record |
- Parole
- Supervised release from an eligible indeterminate prison sentence after Board approval.
- Postrelease
- A required supervision term after the prison part of many Kansas guideline sentences.
- Probation
- A court-ordered community sentence supervised locally rather than a grant from prison.
- Absconder
- A person reported missing or out of compliance while under supervision, not a person proven discharged.
Verify Montgomery County Post-Release Status
Begin with the custody path. A Montgomery County Jail-only case may never appear in KASPER. A person transferred from the jail to KDOC has not returned to the community, even though the county roster no longer shows the booking. The KASPER disclaimer and search is the state source for a person committed to KDOC.
- Search by KDOC number when known. Otherwise use name and enough identity details to avoid a same-name match.
- Read Current Status, Current Location, admission data, convictions, and movement history together.
- Distinguish parole, postrelease, conditional release, absconder, revocation, and maximum sentence discharge.
- Use the Parole Supervision County filter only as a lead. It does not prove conviction county, home county, or return county.
- For local felony probation, check the court journal entry and contact Adult Community Corrections.
- Ask the named office to clarify stale or unclear data within lawful disclosure limits.
KASPER updates each working day, not continuously. Its disclaimer also says Community Corrections probation events after April 21, 2021 cannot be displayed during data modernization. That gap makes local confirmation essential in a current Montgomery County probation inquiry.
Two Montgomery County Supervision Doors
Montgomery County has two distinct local routes, which is the county’s most useful supervision detail. The Coffeyville Parole Office is a KDOC South Region office serving Montgomery, Wilson, and Chautauqua Counties. It handles state parole and postrelease matters. The county’s Adult Community Corrections office in Independence handles local felony probation for Montgomery and Chautauqua Counties.
Coffeyville Parole Office
102 W. 7th Street, Suite 309
Coffeyville, KS 67337
620-625-7925
KDOC Automated Reporting System: 866-570-7225
Adult Community Corrections
300 E. Main Street, basement level
Independence, KS 67301
620-331-4474; fax 620-331-8263
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The courthouse address also houses other county functions on different floors and in different suites. It does not make parole and probation one program. Ask which office owns the active supervision file before relying on a phone answer.
Montgomery County Parole Hearing Timing
The Kansas Prisoner Review Board publishes monthly public-comment sessions and upcoming offender lists. Public comment occurs one month before the hearing. An official 2026 example placed a July comment session before an August hearing and possible September eligibility. These are three different dates. None is proof that release occurred.
An upcoming list may show commitment name, KDOC number, county of offense, case number, offense, and facility abbreviation. County of conviction is not necessarily a home county or release destination. The Board may grant parole, continue the matter for more information, or pass the case for a stated period. No stable official person-by-person decision search was identified. After a hearing, use KASPER status and movement, contact the Board, or make a focused KORA request for a releasable decision record.
Board correspondence goes to Kansas Department of Corrections, ATTN: Prisoner Review Board, 714 SW Jackson, Suite 300, Topeka, KS 66603. The current phone is 785-746-7516. Live monthly pages state the available written and scheduled-comment methods.
Montgomery County Absconder Records
KASPER maintains separate parole absconder and Community Corrections absconder searches. The separation prevents a common mistake. A parole absconder was under KDOC release supervision. A Community Corrections absconder was in a local probation or corrections program. Neither list is a complete Montgomery County warrant database.
An absconder label means the supervising agency reports a person missing or out of compliance. It does not prove a new crime, present physical custody, or a final court outcome. A supervision violation can lead to a Secretary’s warrant and return to custody, while other warrants follow their own process. Confirm the exact program and record source before describing the status.
Montgomery County Release Conditions
Release conditions vary by sentence and order. KDOC publishes standard postrelease information, while an individual parole certificate or court order controls the person’s actual terms. Common categories can include reporting, residence approval, travel limits, treatment, payment duties, and compliance with law. Public summaries should not be treated as the full case plan.
For probation, the court journal entry establishes the sentence and Community Corrections manages supervision. For parole or postrelease, KASPER supplies a public status, but the Coffeyville office holds the active operational information. Kansas VINE is not a supervision tracker. It covers participating county-jail custody events and expressly excludes KDOC prison offenders.
Use the exact status shown by the responsible office. Released does not automatically mean parole, and supervised does not mean the person remains in a cell. Maximum discharge ends KDOC authority, while parole or postrelease leaves an active obligation that must be verified through KDOC.
Ending Montgomery County Supervision
Leaving prison and ending state authority are different events. An indeterminate sentence may remain under supervision until its maximum date. KDOC explains that early discharge can begin after qualifying supervision, but it is discretionary. At maximum expiration, KDOC issues a maximum sentence discharge certificate. That certificate is the clearest state document that KDOC and Board supervision authority ended.
A probation case ends under the controlling court order and docket. The journal entry, later orders, and clerk record explain completion, revocation, or modification. A person absent from a live jail roster may still be on supervision, in another facility, or subject to another hold. For the custody and release-record chain, use the Montgomery County released-inmate search and record coverage.
Kansas open-records law allows access subject to exceptions. K.S.A. 45-221 treats identifiable correctional records field by field and permits disclosure of listed items, including supervision level, non-treatment conditions, violations, and location. It does not promise access to confidential case-management material. Make a focused request for the exact public record, agency, person, and date range.
A focused request can seek a releasable supervision status, placement office, movement event, or maximum sentence discharge record. For probation, ask the court clerk for filed orders rather than private officer notes. When public data appears wrong, send the identifier, disputed field, proposed correction, and supporting record to its custodian. KASPER directs corrections to kdoc_pub@ks.gov. A court order must be addressed through the clerk and proper court process because one agency cannot rewrite another agency’s record.
Read Montgomery County Status Records
Each source answers only part of a supervision question. KASPER permits searches by name, alias, KDOC number, conviction county, and parole supervision county. The KDOC number is the strongest starting key when known. Compare the conviction case and movement record before accepting a match. A Montgomery County conviction can coexist with supervision elsewhere, while a local supervision location does not prove the conviction or planned residence is local.
The MCSO roster answers a narrower custody question. It lists people currently displayed in the county jail, not everyone on probation, parole, or postrelease. Someone absent from both the roster and KASPER may be on local probation, transferred outside those systems, or fully discharged. The court journal entry and correct supervising office resolve those paths. Kansas VINE cannot fill the gap because it is a county-jail notification service, not a supervision database.
After-hours nonemergency callers to Adult Community Corrections are directed to leave a message for the assigned officer, who can respond the next working day. Emergencies go to local law enforcement. This routing does not promise disclosure of confidential case-management details. It identifies the agency able to interpret a current probation record that KASPER cannot display during its modernization gap.
K.S.A. 22-3717 separates determinate sentences, which generally use postrelease, from parole-eligible indeterminate and off-grid terms. Eligibility permits Board review only. It does not guarantee a grant, processing date, or physical release. Even after favorable action, KASPER movement and status should be checked for holds and actual placement.