ICE Detention Release Routes
No official evidence showed that Claiborne County operates an ICE contract facility. The relevant route begins when the sheriff's jail docket or another originating record identifies an immigration detainer or transfer. County custody can end at the handoff while federal immigration custody continues at a contracted facility elsewhere.
ICE can later release a person from its own custody, transfer the person, or continue detention. The Online Detainee Locator System covers adults currently detained or held by CBP beyond the stated threshold and, according to ICE guidance, people released from ICE custody within the recent window. It is not a permanent county release archive.
| Event | Meaning |
|---|---|
| County transfer to ICE | Claiborne custody ended; ICE custody began |
| Current ODLS location | ICE reports present detention |
| Recent ICE release | ICE custody ended within its displayed window |
| No ODLS result | No conclusion without further checks |
Search ICE Release Status
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System offers two main routes. The stronger route uses the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Pad leading zeros if needed. The other route uses exact name, date of birth, and country data. Exact matching makes spelling and name order important.
- Confirm that a county, federal, or court record points to immigration custody.
- Use the A-number and country of birth when available.
- Otherwise enter exact biographical details and test verified name forms.
- Read the result as current or recent ICE information only.
- Contact the named facility or ICE route to confirm important changes.
The locator does not search minors. A no-result may reflect a name mismatch, a person outside the release window, a transfer, data limits, or no ICE detention. Use the Claiborne County release record search to establish the county handoff first.
ICE Recent Release Window
ICE guidance says ODLS includes people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That limited period must be stated with every recent-release interpretation. Once the window passes, online absence cannot reconstruct whether the person was released, transferred, removed, or recorded under different data.
Dates also need labels. The county handoff date, ICE booking date, locator update, court order date, and physical release date are different events. An old county discharge entry establishes only the end of Claiborne custody. The ICE record establishes the immigration-custody stage.
A screenshot capture of ODLS failed in the project manifest, so no image is used. The official locator remains the live source. This avoids substituting an unrelated detention facility or stale commercial directory for the actual federal tool.
Note: Exact matching and the limited recent-release window make a durable A-number much more useful than a name alone.
ICE Detention Contact Route
There is no supported physical ICE detention address in Claiborne County to publish. Use ODLS to identify a current detention location, then use the official facility contact shown by ICE. If the person is not found, follow ICE's official attorney-information and detention resources rather than guessing at a contracted site.
No Claiborne County facility documented
Online Detainee Locator System
Official ICE detention guidance
Use the live result for facility contact
Do not send sensitive identity data to a third-party directory. The live government route should identify the responsible facility when a public result is available. Contract facilities and placements can change across county and state lines.
Claiborne ICE Transfer Record
Mississippi's jail-docket statute requires the Claiborne County Sheriff to state how the person was released or discharged and to keep the release warrant or receiving receipt. Request that exact entry for the named booking. It can show whether the person returned to the community or was handed to another agency.
Ask for the full name, date of birth, approximate booking date, case or booking number, release date and time if recorded, manner of discharge, authority, and receiving-agency receipt. The sheriff's official page provides P.O. Box 427, Port Gibson, MS 39150, telephone 601-437-5161, and fax 601-437-3830. It does not publish a physical jail entrance or records hours, so call first.
If ICE is named, pair the county record with ODLS. If USMS or BOP is named instead, use the federal court or BOP locator. A detainer and a completed transfer are not identical, so ask what the docket actually records.
ICE Release Evidence Bundle
The strongest evidence bundle has three parts: the originating custodian's transfer entry, the ICE locator or facility record, and the immigration court or federal record when relevant. Each source has a narrow role. The county tells how local custody ended. ICE tells current or recent immigration detention. The case record explains legal proceedings.
Do not infer a person's legal status, case result, or future location from one locator line. An ICE release can occur with reporting duties or another process still active. A transfer may be temporary or permanent. A no-result after the stated window does not prove that ICE never held the person.
- A-number
- A federal immigration identifier used for a precise locator search.
- Detainer
- A request or basis for another custodian to hold or transfer a person.
- ODLS
- ICE's locator for current and recent adult detention records.
- Receiving agency
- The custodian that assumes control after county release.
Use at least one durable identifier beyond name, preserve the source and observation date, and confirm any important status with the office that created the record.
ICE Locator Identity Checks
Identity matching is vital because ODLS relies on exact inputs. Confirm the full name form, date of birth, country of birth, and A-number from an official record when possible. A nine-digit A-number with country of birth is more precise than a common name. Do not use physical appearance alone to decide that a result belongs to the right person.
If the search fails, review leading zeros, spacing, order of names, and verified aliases. Then account for the locator's adult-only scope and recent-release limit. Contact the official ICE route only after collecting the best identifiers. Repeated guesses with unverified data can obscure the real reason for a no-result.
For a Claiborne handoff, the sheriff docket remains the local anchor. Ask whether the record names ICE, another federal custodian, or only a detainer. A detainer noted before release is not, by itself, proof that ICE completed pickup. The receiving record or ODLS result completes that part of the chain.
Save the A-number, exact name form, country of birth, source date, and originating booking identifier. These fields make later ICE release verification far stronger than a screenshot or name-only search.
Claiborne and ICE Release Sequence
An immigration custody check should begin with evidence that ICE entered the sequence. Ask the Claiborne County Sheriff whether the jail docket records a detainer, an actual receiving agency, and a completed handoff. A detainer noted before discharge is not the same as a receipt showing that ICE took custody. Preserve the exact wording and date from the county record.
If ICE is confirmed, search ODLS with the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when possible. That route is more precise than an exact-name search. Compare name forms, date of birth, and country data, then read the result only within the locator's scope. The stated recent-release window is 60 days. After that window, a no-result cannot show whether ICE released, transferred, removed, or once held the person.
Several dates may appear. County discharge marks the end of sheriff custody. ICE intake marks the federal stage. A locator observation reflects the system at that moment. An immigration or federal court order has its own filing date. Physical release from ICE can occur at another time. Label each date instead of merging them into a single release date.
When ODLS gives no result, check leading zeros in the A-number, verified spelling, and name order before drawing any inference. The tool does not cover minors, and no Claiborne County ICE facility was identified. Use the official ICE guidance route to locate the responsible office. If the county receipt instead names USMS, BOP, MDOC, or another county, leave the ICE path and follow that custodian. This prevents a broad immigration guess from replacing the actual release record.