ICE Detention Release Scope
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses the Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, for adults currently in ICE custody and adults released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days. ICE civil detention is separate from a Calhoun criminal case, WVDCR regional-jail custody, and Federal Bureau of Prisons custody. An ICE record becomes relevant only when ICE has arrested the person, accepted a transfer, or otherwise assumed custody.
The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System is therefore a narrow status tool. It is not a broad archive of everyone who left Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility. It does not cover a person merely because immigration status may be questioned. Nor does it preserve a public released-person result indefinitely. Establish the ICE custody link before using the locator.
Search ICE Detention Records
ODLS offers two identity routes. The stronger route uses the person’s nine-digit alien registration number, commonly called an A-number, plus country of birth. Add leading zeroes when the known number has fewer than nine digits. The other route uses exact first and last name, country of birth, and the requested birth information. Spelling must match the record. Hyphens, multiple surnames, and name order can affect a result.
- Open the official ICE locator and choose the A-number or biographical search route.
- For an A-number search, enter all nine digits with leading zeroes and select country of birth.
- For a name search, enter the exact first and last name, country of birth, and requested birth details.
- Compare the returned identity and detention status before treating it as the correct person.
- Record the search date because a recent-release result can age out of the public window.
No result has several possible meanings. The person may never have entered ICE custody, the name or country detail may differ, the person may be under 18, or a release may fall outside the public time span. A no-result does not prove community release or disprove an older ICE episode.
Note: Preserve the exact search inputs and time so a later record request can explain why the public result changed.
ICE Detention Search Fields
The locator’s inputs are designed to identify one adult, not to browse Calhoun County releases. Country of birth is required in both routes described by ICE. The A-number route is less vulnerable to spelling differences, but only when the number belongs to the correct person. The name route needs exact biographical information and should be checked against a reliable case or custody record.
| ODLS input or result | Purpose and limit |
|---|---|
| Nine-digit A-number | Primary identity key; shorter known numbers need leading zeroes. |
| Country of birth | Required identity element used with either search route. |
| Exact first and last name | Biographical alternative when no A-number is available. |
| Birth information | Additional identity detail requested for the name route. |
| Current detention result | Indicates ICE custody as reported through the locator. |
| Recent release result | Indicates release from ICE within the limited public period, not the destination. |
Do not put a WVDCR OID, BOP register number, or state court case number into an A-number field. Those identifiers belong to different systems. The records can be compared after identity is established, but one number does not become another agency’s search key.
CRJCF ICE Detainer Handoffs
An ICE detainer changes the meaning of a Calhoun County regional-jail release. A detainer asks the jail to notify ICE before the person would otherwise be released and to maintain custody for up to 48 hours beyond that point so the Department of Homeland Security can assume custody. The request creates a potential handoff. It does not make the WVDCR roster a complete ICE record.
For someone held at Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, confirm both custodians. WVDCR’s actual release or transfer record should show when CRJCF ended control and identify a receiving-custodian category where recorded. ODLS can then show current ICE detention or a release reported within its limited period. A court order ending the Calhoun custody does not itself establish that the person walked free.
The official ICE detainer explanation supports the notification and hold framework. Keep its time separate from the criminal court order and WVDCR processing time. Three events may occur: the ordinary release point, the end of the requested hold, and ICE intake. A precise account identifies each source instead of merging them.
Read ICE Detention Releases
An ODLS “released” result means release from ICE custody. That is the full safe conclusion. It may reflect removal from the United States or another outcome rather than a return to Calhoun County. The public result does not provide a private destination, and no such destination should be inferred or requested for publication. When the outcome matters, use the immigration case record or a focused ICE record request under the applicable federal rules.
This custody-specific language prevents two opposite errors. First, a person transferred from CRJCF to ICE has left the regional jail but remains in custody. Second, a person released by ICE has ended that ICE episode, but another restraint or process may still exist. Neither event can be reduced to “not in jail, therefore free.”
| Observed event | Supported statement |
|---|---|
| CRJCF ends custody; ICE accepts transfer | Released from WVDCR to ICE custody. |
| ODLS shows current detention | ICE reports the adult currently detained. |
| ODLS shows recent release | ICE custody ended within the public recent-release period. |
| No ODLS result | No conclusion without checking identity, age, timing, and whether ICE ever assumed custody. |
| ICE release plus another agency record | Follow the named receiving system before stating the final destination. |
ICE Release Window Limits
ICE’s public materials set a 60-day scope for adults released from its custody. That is a locator window, not a general federal record-retention rule. On day 61, the absence of a released result does not erase the event or prove that ICE never held the person. It means the public locator is no longer the durable route for that past release.
The official ICE detention resources describe this current and recent-release reach. Search as soon as a credible handoff or release is known, preserve the date and identity fields, and seek the source record when a lasting confirmation is required. A screenshot or note of an earlier public result remains an observation, not a certified record.
ODLS also excludes people under 18. Do not try to infer a minor’s custody from an adult locator failure. The correct authorized channel depends on the case and agency rules. The exclusion is part of the tool’s scope, not evidence about where the minor is held or whether release occurred.
Note: The 60-day period describes public ODLS visibility after ICE release; it does not set how long ICE keeps its underlying records.
ICE and Other Release Systems
Calhoun-linked custody can cross several systems, but each locator has one role. The WVDCR regional-jail search reports current CRJCF custody. VINELink supplies notifications for participating West Virginia jails and prisons, not ICE. The BOP Locator applies to federal prison records and retains released-person results from 1982 forward. ODLS applies to ICE civil detention and its short recent-release window.
- WVDCR release
- The end of West Virginia corrections custody or a transfer recorded by DCR.
- BOP release
- The end of Federal Bureau of Prisons custody on the listed date.
- ICE release
- The end of ICE custody, which may have several possible outcomes.
- Detainer
- A request for notice and a limited hold so DHS may assume custody.
Begin with the last confirmed custodian and move forward. If CRJCF reports a transfer to ICE, use ODLS next. If a federal court committed the person to BOP, use the federal prison locator. If the person was held only before trial under U.S. Marshals Service authority, use the federal court order and USMS record path. The Calhoun County released inmate search connects these custody-specific routes when the starting agency is not clear.
ICE Detention Records Route
No specific ICE detention-site address, direct facility phone, or Calhoun ICE office is provided in the research. None should be invented. The correct contact feature is the official national locator and the federal record route. Start with ODLS for current or recent adult custody. When exact dates, transfer authority, or an older release is needed, identify the existing ICE record and submit the request through the agency’s rules.
ICE Detention and Release Lookup
Coverage: Adults currently detained or released within the prior 60 days
Search by: Nine-digit A-number and country of birth
Alternate search: Exact name, country of birth, and birth information
Official route: ICE Online Detainee Locator System
A focused request should name the person, available A-number, relevant dates, and the event sought. Ask for an existing custody, transfer, or release record rather than a narrative answer the agency would have to create. If the inquiry begins with a Calhoun arrest, separately ask WVDCR for the CRJCF transaction and the Calhoun court for the order that ended the state custody episode.
Privacy and access limits can affect the response. Request segregable portions when some material is protected. Keep the ICE record separate from the state record so the end of one custodian’s control is not mistaken for the end of the full custody chain.
Note: Route each request to the custodian that created the record instead of sending one broad demand to unrelated agencies.