Locate ICE Custody Releases

ICE Release Status Meaning

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, is the official search route for immigration detention. ICE states that it can include people now detained and people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That short window is useful after a Bonner County handoff, but it is not a lasting archive of all immigration releases. A result must be read as an ICE event, not as a Bonner jail release record.

No ICE detention center was identified inside Bonner County. The system appears in the local facility map because a person can leave the Sheriff’s physical custody under an immigration detainer or federal pickup. The county booking may close while custody continues elsewhere. Confirm the receiving agency and destination in the Sheriff record before describing what happened.

Search ICE Bonner Releases

ODLS offers two search methods. The first uses the person’s A-number and country of birth. An A-number is the immigration file number assigned by federal authorities. The second uses first name, last name, date of birth, and country of birth. Search only with information that is known and spell the name as it may appear in the immigration record.

1. Open the official ICE locator.
2. Choose A-number or biographical search.
3. Enter country of birth in either route.
4. For a name search, add the full birth date.
5. Read the displayed custody or release wording exactly.
6. Contact ERO when a valid search still fails.

Try known aliases, spacing, and name order when a careful first search fails. Data lag and record restrictions can also matter. Do not guess an A-number. If the county record names ICE as the destination but ODLS produces no result, the documented fallback is Enforcement and Removal Operations, commonly called ERO.

ICE Locator Search Fields

The required fields differ by route. A correct name without a birth date and country of birth is not a complete biographical search. An A-number search still needs country of birth. Use the narrowest accurate route, then compare each result detail before concluding that a record belongs to the person sought.

A-number

The immigration file identifier used with country of birth.

First and last name

The biographical search fields as held in the federal record.

Date of birth

A required name-search match field.

Country of birth

Required for both ODLS methods.

Custody or release information

The ICE result to quote without expanding its meaning.

Children under 18 do not appear in the public locator. Some protected records, delayed data, spelling differences, aliases, and case limits can also prevent a match. A null result supports only one statement: ODLS returned no person with the fields used at that time.

Bonner Handoff to ICE

An immigration detainer is an ICE request for notice before release and can request up to 48 additional hours so DHS may assume custody. The detainer alone does not prove that ICE took custody. Bonner Sheriff’s completed release record should identify the actual time local custody ended, the disposition, and the receiving agency or destination when recorded.

Start with Sheriff Booking for an immediate local check. For a document, request the custody-history or release entry. Ask for the actual release time, reason, releasing authority, and destination. Then compare it with ODLS. If the Sheriff record says ICE pickup while the locator is blank, use ERO rather than treating the blank result as release.

The county request page provides the form and routing. Use the email shown on the live form or call to confirm delivery because two official pages have displayed different records email domains.

ICE Sixty-Day Release Window

ODLS covers some people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days, subject to exclusions and data limits. That is a short post-release window, not an immigration history. A person who no longer appears after the window has not thereby been shown never detained. Save the exact result and access date while the event remains visible.

For an older event, build the chain from source records. The Bonner release entry can establish the county endpoint and named destination. Immigration counsel or the proper federal case channel can explain later proceedings. ERO can address locator failures and custody questions within its authority. These sources answer different questions and should not be merged into one broad release label.

A person can be released by Bonner County to ICE, later released by ICE, or moved within immigration custody. Each is a separate event with a different custodian and date.

Verify ICE Community Release

A displayed recent ICE release shows that ICE custody ended within the locator’s available period. It does not establish an address, return to Sandpoint, case outcome, or lack of another hold. Preserve the displayed wording and seek case context through counsel or the proper federal channel.

First, confirm whether Bonner County recorded community release or an ICE transfer. Second, search ODLS with complete fields. Third, use ERO if the record should exist but does not appear. Keep any ICE custody ending distinct from a BOP release, IDOC discharge, or county release. The Bonner County release guide covers the county-side record.

ICE Release Record Boundaries

ODLS is a locator, not a county court docket or full immigration case file. Report a public result with the date searched and exact input method. Avoid claims such as “never detained” or “definitely free” when no result appears. The age rule, short release window, protected cases, lag, and spelling issues make those conclusions unsupported.

Bonner County’s current inmate PDF cannot fill the gap. It tracks current local custody and may show Scheduled Release, but it does not prove an ICE pickup or later federal release. Ask Sheriff’s Records for the completed local event. Use ICE for the federal segment. This method preserves the difference between release from one custodian and release from custody as a whole.

Enforcement and Removal Operations is the documented fallback when valid ODLS searches fail. Provide accurate identity details and explain the Bonner-to-ICE connection without assuming the outcome. Privacy and case limits may restrict what can be disclosed.

Note: No physical ICE detention center was found in Bonner County; this page provides system routing, not a local facility claim.

Document the ICE Custody Chain

A complete Bonner-to-ICE account should identify each custodian without assigning one agency’s date to another. Begin with the Sheriff’s booking identifier and completed release or movement record. The county entry should answer when Bonner custody ended and whether the destination actually names ICE. A detainer request by itself is not proof that DHS assumed custody; the research distinction is between a request for notice and an accomplished handoff.

Next, record the ODLS method used. For the number route, note that the A-number and country of birth were entered. For the biographical route, note the exact name, date of birth, and country of birth used, including any known spelling or name-order variant tried. Save the access date and quote the displayed status narrowly. This makes a later no-result understandable when the 60-day release window has closed or the public data changes.

If ICE custody is shown as ended, that date still answers only the immigration-custody question. It does not establish where the person went, whether another authority assumed custody, or what the immigration case ultimately decided. Counsel and the appropriate case channel provide legal context; ERO is the operational fallback for a locator failure. The Bonner Sheriff can verify only its part of the chain.

For an older event, the absence of a lasting ODLS entry increases the importance of the original county destination and any lawfully available federal case record. Report the documented sequence and its gaps. Do not convert an expired public-locator window into a claim about whether detention occurred.