Locate ICE Detention Release Records

ICE Detention Release Paths

Leaving Koochiching County Jail on an immigration detainer is a transfer, not a community release. A detainer is a request or hold that can cause another authority to take custody when the first custodian’s basis ends. The sheriff’s release or transfer record should identify the recipient agency when that field is public. ICE then owns the immigration-custody phase.

No official source located in the research identifies Koochiching County Jail as a current ICE contract detention facility. That does not rule out an immigration hold or later transfer elsewhere. It means the record trail should follow the named agency rather than inventing a local ICE center. A person can also leave ICE custody while another legal process or form of supervision continues.

ICE Detainee Release Record Search

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, supports two main search paths. When the A-number is known, enter the nine-digit number with country of birth. Pad a shorter A-number with leading zeros. The alternate search uses the person’s exact first and last name, country of birth, and date of birth where the screen offers it.

1. Begin with the A-number and country of birth when both are available.
2. If using a name, enter the exact spelling and country of birth, then add the birth date offered by the system.
3. Compare the result with the Koochiching transfer record and known identity facts.
4. Follow the locator’s official facility or contact route for a current detainee.
5. Call the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line when a valid search remains unresolved.

ICE guidance says the system covers current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days. That short historical window is useful, but it is not a permanent release archive. The locator excludes under-18 records and may omit or delay other cases. Record the search date and the exact result rather than promising indefinite visibility.

ICE Release Search Results

An ODLS match answers an immigration-custody question. It does not establish the earlier jail release time, the outcome of the state criminal case, or a BOP prison status. The result must be paired with the source that owns each stage.

“Not found” is inconclusive. It can reflect spelling, an alias, feed timing, age restrictions, a missing or incorrectly padded A-number, or custody outside the searchable population. Try the alternate official search path and then use the ICE help line. Do not convert one negative screen into proof of release.

Note: Preserve the exact ODLS result and date because the recent-release window is short and online visibility can change.

Koochiching ICE Transfer Records

The most reliable ICE trail begins at the county handoff. Minnesota Statutes §13.82 addresses public release and transfer data, including the date, time, legal basis, and recipient agency, subject to lawful restrictions. Request the adult custody episode from the Koochiching County Sheriff and ask whether the exit was to the community or another custodian. A recipient agency can direct the next lookup.

Include the person’s name, birth date if known, booking or case number, and approximate dates. Ask for the booking number, admission time, release or transfer time, legal basis, authority, coded reason, and recipient agency. If any data are withheld, ask for the classification and statutory basis. The permanent sheriff record required by §641.05 also preserves when and by what authority a committed person was liberated.

The county record is the bridge between local and immigration custody. Once ICE is named, ODLS and ICE contacts take over. If a different agency is named, follow that agency instead.

ICE Detainee Release Contacts

ICE lists the Detention Reporting and Information Line for detainee-location help. The research records 888-351-4024 and weekday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Use it when ODLS does not resolve a valid identity search, when location information needs official confirmation, or when the screen directs the user to seek help.

The official ICE detainee-information resources explain the locator and support path. Have the A-number, country of birth, full name, and date of birth ready when available. Avoid sharing extra personal data outside the official channel.

A-number

The immigration identification number used with country of birth in ODLS.

ODLS

ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System for covered current and recent cases.

Detainer

A request or hold that may lead one agency to transfer custody to another.

Recipient agency

The authority named as receiving the person at the county custody transfer.

ICE Release Versus Federal Custody

ICE civil detention is separate from Bureau of Prisons custody and USMS federal criminal detention. A person can have contact with more than one federal system at different points, but the locators are not interchangeable. BOP covers federal prisoners from 1982 forward. USMS manages federal pretrial custody and transport without a comprehensive public historical locator. ICE ODLS covers the immigration detainee population described by ICE.

If the county transfer record names USMS, use the responsible district and federal court until BOP designation. If it names ICE, use ODLS. If the person was committed to Minnesota DOC, use the state locator. The label “federal hold” is too broad to choose a search system by itself. The recipient and case record make that choice.

ICE Release Confirmation Limits

An ODLS result is a locator result, not a certified historical release record. For an exact ICE custody history beyond the online window, use the agency process indicated by official ICE resources. Keep the request focused on existing records and the known custody episode. Federal privacy and disclosure rules may limit what a third party can obtain.

The court record remains useful for the Koochiching case, but it may not show the actual ICE exit. Likewise, a sheriff transfer timestamp does not answer what happened after ICE accepted custody. The sources must be connected in chronological order. That sequence is county custody, recipient-agency handoff, immigration custody, and any later ICE release.

A recent ICE release can lead to a different legal status that ODLS does not fully explain. The locator’s role is limited to the covered detention population and recent window. It is not a complete immigration case docket, and it should not be used to infer the result of every proceeding. Follow the official case or agency route identified in the person’s own record when more detail is needed.

Identity checks deserve care. Names can be transliterated or entered in a different order, and country-of-birth data must match the official search. The A-number route is often more precise, but it also fails when a digit is wrong or a shorter number is not padded. Retrying with corrected official identifiers is appropriate. Cycling through guesses about a person’s identity is not.

If ICE is not the recipient named by the sheriff, stop using the ICE path. A DOC recipient points to Minnesota state custody, while USMS points to federal pretrial custody. The county record is valuable because it prevents an unsupported immigration conclusion based only on Koochiching County’s border location.

The Koochiching County release-record search gives the full local roster, court, and sheriff request route. It is the right starting point when the only known fact is that a name vanished from the county PDF.

Note: No official local ICE contract facility was identified, so do not use a made-up Koochiching detention address.