Minimum Security Release Paths
The Burlington County Court Liaison Program is the official county source that identifies the Burlington County Minimum Security Facility within the local correctional and treatment workflow. It conducts weekly evaluations there and at the county jail. That source supports the facility’s role, but it does not publish a separate inmate roster, a release list, fixed release times, or a stand-alone public records office for this unit.
Someone leaving the Minimum Security Facility may be released under a court order, complete a county custody term, move into treatment, enter electronic monitoring or another court-directed program, or transfer to another custodial institution. A treatment recommendation is not itself a release order. A placement can also have restrictions. The Corrections movement entry and the court document must show whether county custody ended and what legal status followed.
Confirm Minimum Security Releases
No distinct public search is documented for the Burlington County Minimum Security Facility. Use the county workflow instead. It is built around a specific person and custody period, not a broad request for every name. The Burlington County release search also compares county, state, federal, and court sources.
- Search New Jersey VINE for the exact name or offender identifier. Match the agency and descriptors.
- Contact Burlington County Corrections and ask which unit can confirm current county custody or route a movement-record request.
- Review the Burlington County criminal case in PROMIS/Gavel. Read the disposition and order rather than relying on the original charge.
- Submit the county OPRA form for the identifiable release or movement entry when a timestamp, authority, or destination is needed.
- Follow the receiving system if the record shows a transfer. A state institution belongs in NJDOC, and a federal move belongs in the federal system.
A VINE status can be a fast lead, but the supplying agency owns the underlying record. Court data can explain a release, program referral, or sentence. It does not continuously report a person’s physical location. A Corrections entry provides the best county account of when the movement happened.
Note: Match the custody agency before treating a missing result as proof of release.
Minimum Security Court Liaison
The Burlington County Court Liaison Program documents a local bridge among the courts, the county jail, the Minimum Security Facility, and treatment services. Its staff conduct weekly correctional-setting evaluations and make treatment recommendations for court-referred people. That role helps explain why a person may move from a secure setting into a program without the event fitting a simple “released with no conditions” label.
The court controls the legal order. Corrections records the physical movement. A provider may confirm program participation only to an authorized person and within confidentiality rules. These records answer different questions. If the issue is whether county custody ended, seek the Corrections entry. If the issue is what the judge required, obtain the order or judgment through the Judiciary. For a personal treatment-placement question, the referred person, counsel, or authorized party should use the liaison or provider channel.
Court Liaison Program
795 Woodlane Road
Westampton, NJ 08060
Phone: 609-265-5800
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Minimum Security Release Records
Use the Burlington County OPRA form and identify the Department of Corrections as the holder. Ask for an existing release or movement entry for a named person and a narrow custody interval. Include a booking or inmate number, SBI number, arresting agency, and case number when known. Avoid asking the custodian to decide why a person left or to create a new report.
| Record field | Use |
|---|---|
| Committed name and identifier | Matches the right person and episode. |
| Admission date | Defines the county custody period. |
| Movement or release time | Shows when the recorded event occurred. |
| Authority or disposition | Connects the event to the court or sentence. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Separates community placement from continued custody. |
The county custodian uses 49 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly, NJ 08060, opra@co.burlington.nj.us, and fax 609-265-5151. The form lists five cents for letter-size paper and seven cents for legal-size paper, plus actual media and delivery costs where applicable. New Jersey OPRA generally provides up to seven business days for an ordinary response, subject to lawful qualifications or extensions.
Some material can be redacted or withheld. Medical and treatment details, personal identifiers, victim information, security-sensitive facts, court-protected data, and juvenile material may have access limits. Ask for the segregable nonexempt fields. If the request is denied, ask the custodian to state the legal basis.
Minimum Security Release Meanings
Terms in the records should be read with care. A “release” can describe the end of Burlington County custody, but it may still lead to probation, a program, or another authority. “Time served” means the custodial part addressed by the court was satisfied. It does not erase another case. “Detainer” means a different authority claims custody. “Transfer” means the sending placement ended while another began.
- Community release
- County custody ends and no receiving custodial agency is recorded, though court duties may remain.
- Program placement
- A court-directed or treatment setting whose rules depend on the order and provider.
- Probation
- Court supervision in the community, confirmed through the case and Judiciary.
- Detainer
- A hold asserted by another authority that may prevent release into the community.
Two matching records give the clearest answer. Use the county movement entry for the physical event and the court order for its legal basis. If either names another agency, continue the search with that custodian.
Minimum Security System Fork
Burlington County contains county correctional units, several NJDOC institutions, FCI Fort Dix, and possible ICE or other federal custody. A person’s location inside the county does not make every record a county record. The agency holding legal custody selects the lookup.
| Event | Next source |
|---|---|
| County program or community release | Corrections record and Burlington court order |
| State-prison transfer | NJDOC Offender Search |
| Federal transfer | BOP Inmate Locator and federal case |
| Immigration movement | ICE detainee locator |
NJDOC’s Date Out-of-Custody documents the end of a state custody period, not the county event. A BOP release date applies to federal custody. A county Corrections entry remains the proper source for departure from the Minimum Security Facility itself.
Note: The receiving agency, not the facility’s county, controls the next custody record.
Historic Prison Is Not Active
The Burlington County Prison at 128 High Street is a museum, not the Minimum Security Facility. It closed in 1965. Its strong presence in local search results can lead a reader to a real county page that answers a history question rather than a current release question.
Recent Minimum Security release or movement records belong with Burlington County Corrections and the controlling court. The Burlington County Prison Museum is relevant to local history and genealogy only. Verify the operator and time period before using any facility record.
Minimum Security Release Evidence
A Burlington County Minimum Security Facility movement should be checked against the controlling court record. PROMIS/Gavel can preserve the disposition, sentence, judgment, and case events for a Superior Court criminal matter after a short county custody entry is no longer easy to find. A municipal matter uses the separate municipal court search. These court systems explain legal action, but they do not update as a real-time location service.
Read common terms narrowly. “Probation” is a court sentence and community supervision status, not proof of state imprisonment. “Time served” can satisfy the custody ordered in one case, but another warrant may remain. “Treatment recommendation” describes advice from the liaison process, not the judge’s final order. “Transfer” records a move from one setting to another and does not establish community freedom. The actual order and Corrections entry settle those distinctions.
For a disputed event, request the judgment or release order from the Judiciary and the movement or release entry from Corrections. Compare the person’s name, case number, booking identifier, date, and destination. If the movement names NJDOC, another county, federal custody, or immigration custody, search that system next. If it names a community program, the order may explain the terms, while private treatment details may remain unavailable.
The county publishes no separate Minimum Security Facility roster, feed cadence, release schedule, or retention period. Do not assign a standard time of day or assume that all placements follow the same route. A current phone call can help with routing, but a written record is more useful when an exact time or disposition matters. This facility’s sparse public profile makes precise identifiers and a two-record comparison especially important.
The Sheriff’s wanted information and mobile app do not fill this gap. County material describes Sheriff services, court information, wanted fugitives, tips, and news, but does not document a Minimum Security Facility lookup. Corrections remains the proper custody custodian. A wanted listing also answers a different question from whether a named person completed a county placement or moved under a court order. Keep the court, Corrections, and Sheriff roles separate. Preserve the response, record date, and cited case number for later verification.