Locate DAPO Parole Releases

DAPO Role After Release

DAPO means the CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations. It supervises many people after state-prison release. For Modoc County, this route applies when a local criminal case became a CDCR sentence or a BPH parole decision. It does not apply to every person released from Modoc County Jail. A jail release can end with no supervision, county probation, a future court date, a transfer, or another legal route.

The research identifies CDCR's Northern Region directory and a CDCR rural parole article as the useful Modoc-specific context. The article describes Alturas home visits in the Redding rural parole context and notes that reaching Alturas from Redding can be a three-hour drive for some home visits. Weather and mountain passes can affect rural parole work. That fact helps explain why a released state-prison inmate living in Modoc may be supervised through a regional unit rather than a local parole counter in Alturas.

Verify Modoc Parole Status

Parole verification starts by proving the state-prison path. If the person never entered CDCR, DAPO is likely the wrong route. Check the Modoc Superior Court case first for the sentence. Then use CDCR CIRIS, the CDCR Identification Unit, BPH schedules or results, and DAPO contacts when the case points to state custody. If the release was from the county jail to local probation, use Modoc County Probation instead.

1. Search the Modoc court case for a state-prison sentence, abstract, disposition, or probation order.
2. Search CDCR CIRIS by name or CDCR number for state custody context.
3. Call the CDCR Identification Unit at 916-445-6713 if CIRIS is unclear or a release date needs verification.
4. Use BPH hearing schedules and results if a parole-suitability path is involved.
5. Contact the relevant DAPO Northern Region or supervising unit only after the CDCR route supports state parole.

For immediate county jail custody questions, call the Modoc County Jail at 530-233-4416. DAPO will not be the custodian for a person who is still in local jail custody or who was released on a local court condition without a CDCR parole term.

Redding and Alturas Route

Modoc's rural geography is not just background. CDCR has described rural parole offices adapting to reach remote communities, with Alturas in Modoc County tied to the Redding rural-parole context. The research note says the trip from Redding to Alturas can take three hours for home visits. That does not name a specific person's agent, but it gives a practical reason to avoid assuming that all parole business happens at an Alturas storefront.

BPH Route to Parole

The Board of Parole Hearings is the parole-suitability route for many state-prison release questions. BPH schedules identify hearing date, time, location, and whether hearings are video or in person. The research notes that schedules are updated weekly on Thursday morning. Results can include grant, deny, continue, postponement, waiver, stipulation, and other terms. Those terms describe the hearing status, not always the final release status.

A BPH grant means the person was found suitable and recommended for release to parole, subject to further review. A denial means not suitable at that hearing. A continuation or postponement means the release issue is not final. After a BPH event, confirm the actual release through CDCR, DAPO, the court record, or authorized notification channels. For a Modoc case, the court sentence and CDCR number help connect the BPH record to the right person.

The manifest includes the BPH schedule source image used on the parole/probation page. It applies here as a state-prison parole route, not a county jail release feed.

The image shows why BPH is a timing and decision source. DAPO becomes the supervision route after a state-prison release reaches parole.

Parole vs Modoc Probation

County probation and state parole can look similar because both can involve reporting, conditions, and violations. The source is different. Modoc County Probation is tied to a Modoc Superior Court order and local supervision at 326 South Main Street. DAPO is tied to CDCR release or parole-board action. A released county-jail detainee may be on probation, but that does not mean DAPO supervises the person.

Parole

State post-prison supervision through CDCR after release from CDCR custody or parole-board action.

Probation

Local court supervision ordered in a Modoc Superior Court case.

Discharge

The end of a parole or supervision term, when the agency records show release from that status.

Violation

A claimed breach of supervision terms that may trigger court or parole action.

Use Parole / Probation for the broader local-versus-state comparison. Use this DAPO page when the facts already point to state parole after CDCR release.

DAPO Contact Route

The research identifies the CDCR DAPO Northern Region directory as the public route for regional and unit contacts. It also identifies CDCR headquarters and units including Redding, Red Bluff, Chico, Auburn/Sierra, and others. For Modoc, the important detail is the rural link to Redding and Alturas. If the supervising unit is known, use that unit. If it is not known, start with CDCR records, CIRIS, or the court sentence before calling a regional parole office.

When the release came from Modoc County Jail without a state-prison sentence, the correct sources are the jail, the court, California VINE, or Modoc County Probation. A state parole office should not be treated as the general release records desk for the county jail.