Check ICE Release Status

ICE Detention Release Path

ICE's Online Detainee Locator System is the immigration detention route. Research notes that ODLS is designed to locate people in current ICE custody, with public guidance also pointing users to recent ICE or CBP custody windows. It is not a general archive of old Perry County jail releases.

The main Perry County risk is a detainer or hold. A local jail record may show that county custody ended, while the person went directly to ICE. That is a county release, not a community release. Ask for the release reason, receiving agency, and any hold notation before deciding which locator applies.

If a person was held outside Perry County during the jail closure period, ask the receiving jail the same ICE question. The receiving jail may have processed the transfer or final local release. Perry County may still have the originating case, but the physical custodian may have the handoff notation.

Confirm ICE Custody Status

Use ICE only for immigration detention questions. If the person was a Perry County detainee, start with the jail release reason to see whether ICE was involved. If the person is in ICE custody, the local jail may not have the later immigration release date.

1. Ask Perry County or the receiving jail whether the release reason shows ICE, detainer, hold, or transfer.
2. Search ODLS by A-number when known, or by name, country of birth, and birth date where available.
3. Review any current detention location or custody status shown by ICE.
4. If ODLS is blank, check whether the case is too old, the spelling differs, or the person is outside ODLS scope.
5. Use counsel, immigration court, federal court, BOP, or USMS records when those tracks appear.

For a local jail release with no immigration hold, return to Perry County sheriff records and the Circuit Clerk. For a federal prison release, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities route.

ICE Records Contact Route

There is no Perry County ICE facility page in the research. ICE detention is a system route and may use federal or contracted facilities. The first local question is whether the county release record names ICE or another receiving agency. The next question is whether ODLS shows current ICE custody.

When ODLS does not return a person, continue by custody type. A county jail release record can identify whether ICE was ever involved. Immigration counsel or court records may clarify later events. Federal custody sources may be needed if USMS or BOP appears in the chain.

ICE Locator Guidance

The ICE fact sheet explains ODLS as the public web-based route to locate detained individuals. See ICE locating individuals in detention for the agency's description of that scope.

The screenshot supports the distinction between current ICE detention lookup and county jail release records.

Use the locator alongside the county record, not instead of it. The county record can show whether ICE was the receiving agency. ODLS can help with current ICE custody. Later immigration-case details may require counsel, immigration court, federal court, or agency records.

Perry County ICE Detainers

ICE detainers are a release-type pitfall. A person may satisfy a bond or local court order and still not return to the community because a separate immigration custody event follows. The county release record should identify whether the person was released to ICE or held for another agency.

If the release reason is unclear, ask for the receiving agency and the date custody changed hands. That wording matters more than a simple released/not released label. It also helps avoid confusing a Perry County release with an ICE release.

Use the same discipline when a record says transfer, hold, detainer, or pickup. Those words do not all mean the same thing. Transfer may mean movement to another jail, ADOC, USMS, or ICE. A hold may block immediate exit after bond. A pickup may create a new custody track. The release record should name the next agency whenever possible.

Note: ODLS should not be used as a historical archive for every old Perry County jail release.

ICE and Local Release

An ICE-related release check should keep the local and immigration records separate. Perry County or a receiving jail can confirm whether county custody ended and whether ICE was named as the next agency. ICE ODLS can help locate current immigration detention. Those two records do not replace one another because they are created by different authorities at different stages.

If ODLS does not show a match, continue with the source that matches the known fact. For a Perry County booking, use sheriff and court records. For a federal custody event, use BOP or federal court. For an immigration case, use counsel, immigration court, or ICE channels. A no-result in one system is a prompt to classify the custody type, not a final release conclusion.

ICE Release Record Details

For a Perry County release followed by possible ICE custody, ask the jail for the exact release reason and the receiving agency. If the record says ICE, detainer, immigration hold, or agency pickup, then ODLS and immigration-case channels become relevant. If the record names another county, ADOC, or USMS instead, follow that named route first.

For ODLS searches, an A-number is the strongest identifier when available. A name search should use accurate spelling, country of birth, and birth date. If the person is not found, the next step is not guesswork. Return to the last confirmed custodian and ask where custody went next.

Search ICE Release Records

Use search for leads, then verify immigration detention with ICE, county records, counsel, or court records. A county jail release to ICE should be treated as a transfer until the immigration status is confirmed.

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