What Does Committed Date Mean on an Inmate Profile?

The committed date is the date your inmate began serving their sentence. It is not the release date.

To put it simply: the committed date marks the start, and the release date marks the end. They are two separate fields and neither is required when setting up a profile on InmateAid.

If you enter both dates, InmateAid has a countdown feature built into the profile that shows how many days remain in the sentence. It is a small thing, but anyone who has done time knows exactly what that countdown means. Inmates mark off days on a calendar from the moment they arrive, and the feature reflects that reality in a way families on the outside can follow along with.