ICE Detainee Release Scope
No official evidence found that Tri-County Regional Jail is an ICE contract detention site. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, is therefore a contingency channel for Madison County. Use it only when a local release record, court entry, detainer, A-number, federal record, or other concrete fact points to immigration custody.
A person can leave Tri-County custody and enter ICE custody without entering the community. The local jail record documents the end of local possession and may identify a destination agency. ODLS then addresses ICE's system. One result should not be stretched to describe the other agency's event.
Search ICE Detainee Release Records
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System offers two identity routes. The strongest uses the person's A-number and country of birth. The A-number has nine digits; add leading zeros when needed. The second uses exact first and last name, country of birth, and an optional date of birth. Name spelling must match the system closely.
- Confirm a factual immigration link, such as a detainer, transfer destination, A-number, or ICE notice.
- Search with the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when those facts are known.
- Otherwise enter the exact first and last name with country of birth and optional birth date.
- Compare the returned identifiers and custody wording. Do not merge a near match with a local jail history.
- If the result is absent, stale, or urgent, use ICE's reporting line or the proper ERO contact rather than guessing.
People under 18 cannot be searched through ODLS. Not everyone in ICE-related custody appears, and data can lag. A failed query should be described only as no matching public ODLS result under the identifiers used.
Note: Exact country-of-birth and identity data are required search keys, not proof that the returned record belongs to the intended person.
ICE Released Results Within 60 Days
ICE states that ODLS covers people presently detained and people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days, subject to system limits. That short released-result period is not a durable archive. An older immigration release may no longer appear even when the event occurred, and a new handoff may not display at once.
A released result means ICE reported a departure from ICE custody within the system's scope. It does not establish release from Tri-County, ODRC, BOP, or another authority. Nor does it rule out a later custody event. Keep the exact displayed wording and the date and time of the search.
| ODLS outcome | What can be said | What remains open |
|---|---|---|
| Currently detained match | ICE reports present detention for the matching record. | Local release details and earlier custodians |
| Released match | ICE reports release from its custody within the locator's recent scope. | Release reason and any later authority |
| No match | No public result appeared for the exact criteria used. | Spelling, scope, lag, age rule, or custody elsewhere |
When a local release timestamp and ICE record differ, preserve both. The first identifies when the local jail's custody ended. The second describes the ICE status based on its own data feed.
ICE Detainers and Madison Releases
ICE describes an immigration detainer as a request to another law-enforcement agency for notice before release and for a temporary hold of up to 48 additional hours so ICE may assume custody. It is a request, not a criminal sentence and not automatic proof that ICE took the person.
The official ICE detainer explanation is the successful manifest source for this transfer concept.
This source explains why release from the sending jail may be only a handoff. The local record should be requested for its release type, destination agency, and authority if those fields are maintained.
A detainer entry alone does not confirm pickup. Seek the later facility, transport, or ICE record. Conversely, an ICE record does not supply Tri-County's actual release timestamp. Both records may be needed to trace the full sequence.
Madison ICE Release Boundaries
Madison County has several custody systems that can be confused before immigration custody is considered. Tri-County is the active regional jail for Madison, Champaign, and Union Counties. The former Madison County jail is closed, and Sheriff Court Services transports prisoners between Tri-County and Madison courts. Madison Correctional Institution and London Correctional Institution are ODRC state prisons located in the county.
A local case begins with Tri-County and the Madison County court. An Ohio prison conveyance moves to ODRC. A federal criminal sentence may move through USMS and BOP. ICE is a civil immigration custody branch and should appear only when the record supports it. Geographic location or a shared “Madison” name cannot establish which system holds the person.
The Madison County released inmate search lays out the correct local, state, federal, and immigration paths. Use the branch based on the last proven custodian and the release destination.
Note: A transfer ends one agency's possession, but only the receiving agency can confirm its next custody or release event.
ICE Release Status Contact
When ODLS does not resolve a supported immigration case, ICE publishes the Detention Reporting and Information Line and an Enforcement and Removal Operations contact lookup. Use the person's correct identifiers and ask a narrow custody-status question. Do not supply more personal data than the official channel requires.
ICE Detention Information
1-888-351-4024
Use for supported immigration custody questions
The successful ERO capture shows the official contact route used to find the responsible field office.
The correct ERO office depends on the ICE record, not merely on Madison County as the committing or arrest location. No Madison-specific ICE detention office or contract facility was verified in the research.
Request Madison ICE Transfer Records
For a person who left Tri-County, request the existing booking sheet and release portion of the jail-management record. Include full name, booking number, approximate admission date, and Madison County case. Ask for actual release date and time, release type or reason, destination agency if transferred, and releasing authority when maintained and releasable.
Under Ohio Revised Code 149.43, qualifying public-office records are subject to inspection and copies with exemptions. Ask for exempt material to be redacted while the remainder is released. Do not ask for medical, victim, security, juvenile, sealed, or other protected facts. No verified Tri-County flat fee, counter schedule, or guaranteed response time was found, so ask for a cost estimate and delivery instructions.
The local response can establish whether the release code points to ICE. It cannot establish the later immigration result. Use ODLS or ICE contact only after that connection is documented.
ICE Versus Federal Prison Release
ICE and BOP are both federal, but their records answer different questions. ICE concerns civil immigration custody. BOP concerns federal prison custody after a federal criminal sentence. USMS may manage a federal detainee before acquittal, release, or BOP designation and can use local contract beds.
| System | Public route | Release meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ICE | ODLS with A-number or exact identity fields | Departure from ICE custody within displayed scope |
| BOP | BOP locator with federal number or name | Departure from BOP custody, sometimes with a release date |
| USMS | Federal court order and actual holding facility | Release or movement in federal pretrial and transport custody |
| Tri-County | Jail record, current roster, court, and VINE | Local physical release or transfer |
Do not use BOP because a local jail once held a person on a federal matter. Identify the federal case and agency. Likewise, do not use ICE merely because a person has a federal record. Each locator must be earned by the custody facts.
Note: A past release in one federal system does not rule out later custody or supervision in another system.
Verify ICE Detainee Release Proof
A complete verification preserves each step. The local jail provides its release or transfer event. A court docket may explain the underlying order. ICE supplies the immigration custody status. A later released result in ODLS applies only to ICE's own custody and recent display window.
- Confirm identity through booking number, court case, A-number, birth data, and agency where available.
- Obtain the local release type, time, destination agency, and authority from the custodian.
- Search ODLS using the strongest permitted identifiers.
- Record the exact ICE status and the date and time checked.
- Use the ICE information line or ERO contact when the supported record is absent, disputed, or stale.
Phrase a non-result carefully. “No matching public ODLS result found with these criteria” is accurate. “Not detained,” “released,” or “no record” is not justified without an affirmative source. That precision is especially important after the 60-day released-result period closes.