You would have to contact the facility and ask the staff what they allow.

If it is not posted on the facility website, you would need to contact his case manager (your inmate DEFINITELY knows his out-date) to get that information

The inmate's release date is really the responsibility of the inmate. We are pretty certain that if your inmate went to his counselor and asked what his release date was, they would tell him. Not telling him is the same as saying he didn't ask, either. This is typical of the some case managers in the system. They are state government employees that punch a time clock. They do not interact well with the public. Their only concerns

Yes, newly released inmates can actually use their prison ID as acceptable identification along with their birth certificate to get a permanent ID card and even a driver's license. If you are concerned about ID for travel, you would have to see if your inmate's passport is still in his possession. Usually, the passport is one of the things they have to surrender upon arrest and conviction.

We would estimate that there are 60 days left before his release

It takes a few weeks before they calculate and post the date

Parole is only available if the judge puts it in the Judgement and Committment Order. There are not many other ways to reduce one's sentence and get out earlier than your "out-date". There are always rumors and optimistic stories about law changes that inmates like to tell each other to keep hope alive for early release. But if you are going to do the crime, you are going to do 85% of the time.

If the release date is not posted online, then you can try calling the case manager to see if they will share it with you.

The one good thing is that he is in a camp. That environment is almost like the military base instead of jail. State inmates that are offered parole are done so at about the 1/3 mark of their low number. Camp inmates are already considered low risk and are afforded the lowest custody level. If he does EVERYTHING that his counselor asks of him, he will get to that Parole Board hearing quickly.

The release date might be February 2017, but if he is telling you that he will be out in November it probably means that he has three months of halfway house.