Find Immigration Detainee Releases

Washington County ICE Custody Map

No official source reviewed for this project identifies an ICE detention center or ICE detention contract facility in Washington County. The county jail at 301 B Street is a local adult jail operated by the Sheriff, not an immigration detention center. Its role in an immigration case may end when another authority takes custody. That local exit can be real and fully documented while the person remains confined.

Follow the event in order. Confirm admission and departure at Washington County Jail. Obtain the release transaction and the name of any receiving agency. If the entry identifies ICE or another federal authority, check the federal system next. Do not select a distant detention center merely because it appears in a broad web search. The correct location is the one supported by the ICE locator or an agency response.

Transfer Is Not ICE Release

A Washington County record may use a phrase such as “released to other agency.” That describes the end of one local custody episode, but it does not say the person entered the community. The receiving agency may transport the person to a federal processing site, contract detention center, or another custodial location. The Sheriff’s date and time establish when local physical custody changed. They do not establish what ICE later did.

An ICE event also needs its own label. Transfer between immigration facilities is continued detention. Release on bond, release under an order of supervision, removal from the United States, and another agency transfer are distinct outcomes. Ask for the actual event rather than reducing all of them to “released.”

Search the ICE Detainee Locator

The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System is the federal starting point. It can locate a person currently in ICE custody or someone released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. It does not search people under eighteen. Use the exact information requested on the live screen and check spelling before treating a no-result as meaningful.

1. Choose the A-number search when the nine-digit number and country of birth are known.
2. Left-pad a shorter A-number with zeros when the locator instructs you to do so.
3. Otherwise use the biographical search with exact name details and country of birth.
4. Enter hyphens in a hyphenated name and try documented name forms if needed.
5. Read the returned custody or recent-release wording without changing its meaning.
6. Save the search date, then confirm the event with ICE or the named facility.

The A-number route usually separates people with similar names more clearly. A biographical search is useful when that number is unavailable, but exact data matters. A misspelling, name order, hyphen, incomplete intake, or recent movement may affect the result. Search again after checking the source record rather than guessing at identity.

Washington County Locator Limits

The locator’s 60-day recent-release coverage is a short window, not a permanent immigration release archive. Once that period passes, absence cannot reconstruct the earlier event. A no-result can also arise during processing, after a transfer, because the person is under eighteen, or because the entered data does not match the agency record. It is not proof that ICE never held the person, that ICE released the person, or that the person returned to Washington County.

The same caution applies at the local level. Washington County publishes no online jail roster or released-person feed. Disappearance from an unofficial list does not establish an ICE pickup. Obtain the Sheriff’s release field first. The Washington County Jail release page explains that local request path and the difference between the jail record and the court order.

What if the person does not appear? Recheck the exact name, A-number format, and country of birth, then escalate to ICE with the known custody timeline. Treat silence as unresolved, not as a release finding.

Escalate an ICE Custody Search

When the online search does not settle the matter, use ICE’s detention and ERO contact information. The Detention and Reporting Information Line is 1-888-351-4024. The researched schedule is Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Check the official page for current hours before relying on them.

Prepare the full name, aliases, date and place of birth when lawfully available, A-number if known, and the date Washington County custody ended. State that no ICE facility is claimed to be in Washington County and ask which office or location now holds the relevant record. If someone else is requesting protected detail, ICE may require a signed privacy waiver or an attorney’s Form G-28. Public locator information and a private case file are not the same level of access.

Separate Washington and ICE Records

Each custodian can verify only its part of the chain. The Washington County Sheriff’s record can show the local booking, holding authority, actual departure time, transaction type, and receiving agency. It cannot certify a later ICE release. ICE can document its intake, transfers, custody status, and federal exit, but its file does not replace the county jail entry. A court file may explain a warrant, bond, or case order without recording the precise moment of physical transfer.

County release record

Shows how and when the Washington County custody episode ended or changed.

ICE custody record

Shows the federal civil immigration custody episode and its recorded outcome.

Court record

Shows orders and proceedings within the court’s authority.

Receiving-agency field

Provides the bridge between the local exit and the next custodian.

For a local record, ask the Sheriff for the existing booking and release entry and name the approximate admission date. The Washington County released-inmate guide covers the county request fields and broader search route. For federal records beyond public locator fields, follow the process identified by ICE and expect privacy limits for another person’s file.

Read ICE Release Outcomes Carefully

A locator result should be quoted by its actual status and date labels. “Released” from ICE custody does not by itself explain whether the person was released on immigration bond, placed under an order of supervision, transferred outside ICE, or removed. Nor does it establish final resolution of an immigration case. Obtain the document that names the event when the distinction matters.

Dates also serve different purposes. The Washington County departure date marks the local handoff. ICE intake may occur later. A federal release date closes or changes the ICE detention episode. An immigration court date is a proceeding date, not a release date. Build a timeline with the source beside each event so that one agency’s date is not assigned to another agency’s action.

Note: Record the exact agency, event label, date, and source for each custody change before drawing a conclusion.

Choose the Right Custody System

Not every federal-looking transfer is immigration custody. A person prosecuted in federal court may move through the U.S. Marshals Service and a detention partner. A sentenced federal prisoner may appear in the BOP Inmate Locator. Neither fact proves ICE custody. The Federal Inmate Release page covers the BOP route, including the difference between “IN TRANSIT,” a future projected date, and a past release result.

A state felony sentence follows a different path. Use Kansas Department of Corrections and KASPER when KDOC received the person. Use the county jail for a local custody transaction. Use ICE only when the record or agency confirms immigration custody. Choosing the system from the holding authority is more reliable than choosing it from where the person was last seen.