BOP Release Record Path
The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. Research notes that BOP can show "Released" or "Not in BOP custody." That is a meaningful federal-custody result. It means BOP custody ended. It does not answer every later custody or supervision question.
BOP is relevant for Perry County when the case was federal, when USMS temporarily held a person in local or private custody, or when a person moved from a county setting into federal custody. A Perry County jail release to USMS is not a community release. It is a county custody end and a federal custody start.
Federal release records can overlap with local records without replacing them. A Perry County jail may show a transfer to USMS. BOP may later show a federal prison release date. Federal court may show the sentence, judgment, and supervised-release term. Those are separate records in the same chain, so the safest reading is to identify the authority at each step.
| BOP result | Careful meaning |
|---|---|
| Released | No longer in BOP custody, but other custody or supervision may exist |
| Not in BOP custody | No current BOP facility shown; check other systems if needed |
| Facility listed | Current BOP custody shown by the federal locator |
| No match | Not enough by itself; check spelling, register number, court, or other agencies |
Confirm a Federal Release
Use the locator first, then pair it with federal court or supervision records when the exact legal status matters. BOP's historical coverage is broader than ADOC's current-only public search, but the BOP result still has a limited meaning.
- Search by BOP register number if known, or by name on the BOP locator.
- Read any release date or custody-status wording exactly as a federal prison result.
- Check federal court records for sentence, judgment, supervised release, or later orders.
- If USMS custody is involved, use federal court and USMS custody context rather than county jail assumptions.
- If ICE appears after release, switch to the ICE detention pathway.
The BOP about inmate records page explains the locator's record scope and is the right source for the meaning of BOP release wording.
Federal Custody Contacts
BOP facilities are nationwide, so there is no Perry County facility address for this page. The locator and federal case record are the starting points. If the person was only held locally for USMS before federal transfer, the local jail may have a hold or transfer notation, but BOP and federal court records explain federal custody.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Locator: BOP Inmate Locator
Record scope: Federal inmates from 1982 forward
Use for: federal custody status and release date leads
For more detail than the public locator provides, federal records may require the federal docket or a federal records request. If the locator shows no current BOP facility, do not switch automatically to Perry County records unless the case was local. Check whether the person was released from BOP, transferred, or moved into another lawful custody or supervision process.
If the Perry County Jail or an out-of-county receiving jail shows "USMS" as the next agency, the local release record is only the handoff. The federal custody record should then be checked through BOP if sentenced, or through federal court and USMS context if pretrial or in transit.
BOP Locator Source
The BOP locator is the primary public federal release source. See the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator before treating a Perry County or Alabama search as complete for a federal case.
The screenshot supports the separation between federal prison release records and Perry County jail or ADOC release records.
The BOP locator is also useful when a person does not appear in Alabama local or state systems because the matter was federal from the start. In that case, Perry County records may show little or no custody history unless a local jail temporarily held the person for federal authorities.
Read any BOP date with care. It may be a projected release date, a past release date, or a custody-status marker depending on the record. Pair it with the federal case record when a court order, supervised-release term, or later modification matters.
Perry County Federal Boundary
Perry County records and BOP records may both be true while answering different parts of the custody history. A local jail can show that the person left county custody because USMS picked the person up. Later, the BOP locator can show a federal prison location or release date. The local release date is the county handoff date. The BOP release date is the federal prison custody date.
That distinction is especially important around the former Uniontown facility references. Older private-prison or contract-custody mentions should not be read as current Perry County jail records. If federal authority appears, verify the federal track first. Use the BOP locator for sentenced federal custody from 1982 forward, federal court records for the sentence and supervision terms, and local jail records only for any temporary hold or transfer notation.
BOP Release Record Details
When the BOP locator identifies the person, record the register number, name spelling, custody status, facility if listed, and release date if one appears. Those fields help separate a federal release from an Alabama state or county release. If more detail is needed, the federal docket can show the sentence and any later order, while a federal records request may be needed for records beyond the public locator.
For a Perry County contact point, ask the jail only what it actually handled: temporary custody, hold, transfer, or release to USMS. Do not ask the county jail to certify the later BOP release. That later record belongs to the federal system.
Search Federal Release Records
Use broad search for leads, then verify federal custody through BOP and federal court records. A BOP release result should be read as a federal custody result, not a global release certificate.
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