Locate ICE Release Records

Where ICE Transfers Go

An immigration detainer can affect the end of a CVRJ stay. CVRJ may close its own custody event and deliver the person to ICE or another federal agent. The exact statement should be “released from CVRJ to ICE custody,” not “released from custody.” The regional jail’s release or transfer record should name the receiving authority when that field is releasable.

ICE may place a detained adult at a facility outside Madison County and outside Virginia. The agency’s locator or Enforcement and Removal Operations contact is therefore the relevant next step. Later outcomes may include continued immigration detention, release from ICE custody, bond or another authorized release, removal, or transfer. Each outcome depends on the federal immigration record, not the Madison criminal docket alone.

Search ICE Detainee Records

Open the official ICE Online Detainee Locator. The most direct search uses the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. The alternative uses the person’s exact first and last name, country of birth, and optional date of birth. Try careful spelling variants only when they reflect a known name, not guesses about identity.

1. Choose the A-number search when the full nine-digit number is known.
2. Enter the country of birth exactly as the system requests.
3. Otherwise use the exact name and add the birth date when available.
4. Read any location or status message within the locator’s stated limits.
5. Call the ICE information line or contact ERO if the result conflicts with a documented transfer.

ICE says the locator may include current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. It excludes records for people under 18 and may not display every adult. That sharply limited post-release window is different from BOP’s much longer historical reach and from Jail VINE’s event-notification role.

Read ICE Release Results

A no-result can arise from a spelling mismatch, a recent transfer not yet reflected, the person’s age, an event outside the locator’s time window, removal, or another system limit. It can also mean the person is not in ICE’s public locator population. Preserve the A-number and the CVRJ transfer date before calling, because those details help separate similar names.

Do not substitute the BOP locator for ICE. BOP covers federal criminal imprisonment, while ICE manages civil immigration detention. A person can move from one federal system to the other, but the records do not merge into one universal federal release history.

ICE Release Contact Details

The ICE detention and contact directory is the official place to find current facility and ERO information. Research identifies the Detention Reporting and Information Line as the public follow-up channel. Use it when a transfer is documented but the locator does not return a useful result, or when location details need confirmation.

Have the full name, A-number if known, country of birth, birth date, and prior custodian ready. Staff disclosure may be limited. No Madison address should be inferred because no source reviewed establishes an ICE detention center in the county.

Note: ICE facility assignments and contact routing can change, so use the live federal directory rather than an old third-party address.

Request ICE Release Records

The public locator is designed for locating a person, not for supplying a certified release packet or complete immigration history. When durable proof is required, seek the existing ICE record through the agency’s official records process or through authorized case channels. Identify the person with the A-number, name, country of birth, date range, and the specific custody or release record sought.

The CVRJ record remains important when the question begins in Madison County. Ask CVRJ for the actual exit time, release type, and receiving agency. Then use ICE records to show what happened after the handoff. One agency’s record should not be stretched to certify the other agency’s event. The federal immigration case source may also explain an order, but it is not a substitute for the physical transfer record.

A-number

A federal immigration registration number used to identify a case.

Detainer

A request or notice concerning custody by another authority.

Transfer

A change from one custodian to another, not community release.

ERO

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, which manages detention and related case activity.

Madison ICE Custody Boundary

Use ICE only when a document, agency statement, counsel, or case record indicates an immigration hold or transfer. A Madison arrest does not establish ICE involvement. The Madison Sheriff may hold the arrest or transport record, while CVRJ holds the regional jail exit. ICE begins its own record trail only if federal immigration custody actually starts.

If CVRJ reports community release, do not add ICE to the chain without evidence. If the record reports ICE as the receiving agency, follow the federal locator promptly because its released-person window is only 60 days. The CVRJ release record page explains which local fields to request before moving to the federal check.

Another hold can also change the result. ICE release does not rule out later criminal custody, and a local court dismissal does not resolve immigration detention. Each system has its own authority and timeline.

ICE Versus Federal Prison Release

The Federal Bureau of Prisons handles federal criminal sentences. ICE detention is civil immigration custody. A BOP result may retain a former prisoner’s release date for years, while ICE says its locator may show a person released from ICE custody only during the last 60 days. USMS has a separate, limited role in federal prisoner management.

Choose the system named in the last reliable record. A BOP release followed by an ICE transfer requires both searches in sequence. A CVRJ exit to ICE requires the jail record and ICE search. Searching all federal tools without a custody basis can produce unrelated matches and false assumptions.

Preserve ICE Release Proof

The 60-day locator window makes prompt documentation important. Record the exact name used, A-number, country of birth, displayed location or status, and the date of the search. A saved result is still a public locator snapshot, not a certified record. Follow it with the existing agency document or authorized case record when the actual ICE release date and custody destination matter.

If the person has moved beyond the public window, use the known A-number and prior facility to frame a records inquiry. The absence of a current result cannot reconstruct what the locator once displayed. Likewise, a CVRJ transfer record proves only the handoff from the regional jail. It does not prove how long ICE held the person or how ICE custody ended.

Names can appear in more than one form across local and federal records. Compare birth data and the A-number rather than relying only on spelling. When the federal record conflicts with a local date, ask each custodian about its own event. The CVRJ exit and ICE intake may occur close together but remain separate timestamps created by separate agencies.