Sullivan County to ICE Transfer
ICE detention is federal civil immigration custody. It is relevant to a Sullivan County release inquiry only when the jail discharge, court record, detainer, or named receiving agency points to ICE. Immigration custody is not inferred from nationality, birthplace, or the fact of an arrest.
A county discharge can accurately state that the person left the receiving jail while also naming ICE as the destination. Both facts matter. The county physical custody ended, yet another custodian accepted the person. Describe the event as a transfer to ICE until records show later release from immigration custody.
Search ICE Detainee Records
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System offers two main search modes. The preferred route uses the A-number and country of birth. A biographical route uses name, date of birth, and country of birth. Enter the information exactly and compare any returned detention location.
- Obtain the county discharge destination, detainer reference, or other record showing an ICE handoff.
- Use the A-number with country of birth when the number is known.
- Pad the A-number to nine digits with leading zeroes if the interface requires it.
- Otherwise search the exact biographical name, date of birth, and country of birth.
- Use the returned location or contact to verify current ICE custody and the next record source.
ODLS cannot search a person under eighteen. It is also not a complete historical archive. When the search fails, confirm spelling and identifiers, allow for recent-transfer lag, and use ICE's official detention information route.
ICE Release Locator Fields
The locator is designed to help find a detained person. Its input requirements and limits differ from county jail, PA DOC, and BOP systems. Keep the county discharge and ICE result as separate records.
| Field or result | Purpose |
|---|---|
| A-number | Provides the strongest immigration-system search identifier. |
| Country of birth | Completes the A-number mode and helps control identity. |
| First and last name | Supports the biographical mode when entered exactly. |
| Date of birth | Narrows the biographical match. |
| Current location or contact | Identifies the facility or office to contact when a match returns. |
The research states that the system covers people currently detained and people released from ICE custody within the last sixty days. After that span, absence is inconclusive. Contact the appropriate Enforcement and Removal Operations field office or seek case-specific immigration records.
Note: A locator match does not supply the county jail's exact discharge reason or certify every prior custody stage.
Confirm an ICE Custody Release
A later release from ICE custody is a different event from the earlier county-to-ICE transfer. Ask ICE or the named contract facility for the date, status, and destination available through the proper records route. Keep any immigration court or agency action separate from the physical release record.
The ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line is the official fallback when ODLS does not return a usable match. Provide the confirmed name, A-number when available, date of birth, country of birth, and details of the last known facility. Do not send more sensitive data than the official channel requires.
If a result disappears after the stated recent-release coverage period, that absence cannot prove final case closure, removal, transfer, or community presence. A focused agency record is needed to establish the event.
Build a Sullivan ICE Timeline
Sullivan County has no listed local correctional institution. A person may first be held in an outside county prison. That receiving jail creates the booking and discharge record. The Sullivan sheriff may create a transport entry, and the court docket explains bail, commitment, or sentence activity. ICE creates the immigration-custody record after a federal handoff.
| Event | Record creator |
|---|---|
| Sullivan court order | Sullivan County judicial custodian |
| Transport to county prison | Sullivan County Sheriff's Office |
| County admission and discharge | Actual receiving county prison |
| ICE detainer or acceptance | ICE and related agency records |
| ICE detention location | ODLS or the responsible ICE office |
| Later ICE release | ICE or the physical contract facility as applicable |
Line up the dates and destinations. A gap of hours between the jail exit and ICE system update may reflect processing rather than freedom from custody. Use the Sullivan County release search sequence when the first custodian remains unclear.
Request Sullivan ICE Transfer Records
Ask the receiving county jail for the booking and discharge entry showing the release time, reason, authority, and destination. Ask the Sullivan sheriff for its transport or handoff record when applicable. Ask the court custodian for the bail, commitment, sentence, or other order. These are Pennsylvania records and follow their proper state or judicial channels.
The ICE record follows federal procedures. Do not send the same generic request to every office. Each custodian should receive a narrow request for the existing document it created. Include a confirmed identifier, date range, and preferred electronic format where appropriate.
County records may redact protected information. Federal immigration information has its own privacy and access rules. A request for administrative movement fields does not guarantee disclosure, but it is more precise than asking an agency to answer “Was this person released?”
ICE, BOP, and USMS Custody
ICE, BOP, and USMS perform different roles. ICE manages civil immigration detention. BOP manages designated federal sentences. USMS generally controls federal pretrial prisoners and transport until release, acquittal, or BOP delivery. A person can pass among these systems, but one locator does not search them all.
- ICE detainer
- A request or basis for immigration authorities to assume custody after another release.
- ODLS
- ICE's online tool for current and certain recently released detainees.
- BOP designation
- Placement of a sentenced federal person into Bureau custody.
- USMS custody
- Federal pretrial or transport control without a general public person locator.
If the county destination says USMS, use the federal docket, named physical jail, and Marshals inquiry. If it says BOP, use the BOP locator. Search ODLS when the record identifies ICE.
ICE Detention Records Contact
No single ICE facility in Sullivan County is identified by the research. The detention network may use federal or contract sites elsewhere. Use the ODLS result to identify the correct facility or field office instead of inventing a local detention address.
Federal civil immigration custody
Online Detainee Locator System
Detention information and reporting route
Verify every contact through the official ICE domain. A commercial directory or a same-name county page cannot establish custody. Record the office, date, and status supplied, then compare it with the county discharge destination.
Verify Sullivan ICE Identities
Identity matching requires care. Use the A-number when lawfully available, plus country of birth and biographical details. Names can have multiple parts, alternate orders, transliterations, or spelling variants. A name-only match is weak.
Preserve the exact source, date, and returned facility. Do not treat an ODLS no-result as proof that the person was never detained or has left all custody. Juveniles cannot be searched, recent transfers can lag, and older releases can fall beyond the locator's stated recent span.
The final statement should identify each stage accurately: released by the county to ICE, detained by ICE at a named place, transferred again, or released from ICE on a confirmed date. That wording protects the distinction between agencies and avoids turning a custody change into an unsupported community-release claim.
When the returned facility changes, keep both results and their search times. A new location may show an ICE transfer rather than an error. Contact the current facility or responsible field office for the present record, while directing a correction about an older entry to the office that created it. Do not ask the Sullivan sheriff to amend ICE data or ask ICE to rewrite a county discharge field.
Use only identifiers obtained through lawful, case-specific channels. Record the format in which a name and A-number were searched, including any leading zeroes added for the locator. If a corrected spelling produces a match, preserve both the prior no-result and the successful query times. This makes the change traceable without overstating what the earlier search proved.