Find ICE Detention Releases

ICE Release Paths from Antrim

ICE detention is federal civil immigration custody. It is not an Antrim County jail sentence, a Michigan Department of Corrections prison term, or a Federal Bureau of Prisons sentence. No ICE detention facility was identified as physically operating in Antrim County. ICE becomes part of an Antrim custody trail only when the county jail record, a court file, or another official record documents a transfer or immigration hold.

A county record may show that Antrim custody ended because the person entered ICE custody. That is a transfer, not community release. A later ICE release is another event owned by the federal agency. It may include an Enforcement and Removal Operations check-in or other conditions. Departure from ICE detention also does not answer whether a separate criminal case, court order, or another custodian remains relevant.

Each event needs its own date and source. Combining them into one “released” label can erase a transfer and produce the wrong conclusion.

Search ICE Released Detainees

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, commonly called ODLS, supports two person-search routes. The first uses a nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Add leading zeros when the A-number has fewer than nine digits. The second uses exact first and last name plus country of birth, with date of birth as an optional refinement. Exact spelling matters, including hyphens. The system does not search people under 18.

1. Confirm that ICE detention is documented or reasonably connected to the custody trail.
2. Use the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when the identifier is known.
3. Otherwise enter the exact first and last name and country of birth, adding date of birth when available.
4. Compare all displayed identity and custody details before accepting a match.
5. Read the current or released status within ODLS’s stated coverage.
6. If no match appears, check spelling, the A-number format, age limits, and the released-record time window before contacting ICE.

A positive result should be saved with the search date, exact identifier, country of birth, and displayed status. A no-result is weaker. The person may be outside the locator population, the released event may be too old, the name may not match exactly, or the system may be unavailable.

The broader Antrim County released-inmate lookup helps establish whether the person left county, state, federal criminal, or immigration custody before ODLS is used.

ICE Released-Record Time Limit

ICE states that ODLS includes current detainees and people released from ICE custody during a limited preceding 60-day period. That window is central to a released-person search. A positive recent result can support an ICE custody status or release event. A no-result after the window expires does not show that ICE detention never occurred. It means only that the public locator did not return a current match under the search terms and coverage in use.

The official ICE detention information resources explain the locator’s released-person coverage.

The captured federal source supports the limited lookback and prevents an older no-result from being treated as proof that no ICE release occurred.

Read an ICE Release Result

An ODLS match should be tied to the correct person through the A-number or a strong set of identity details. An exact-name result without enough identifying information remains ambiguous. Record what the system actually states. Do not convert a locator entry into a precise release reason, destination, or supervision conclusion unless those details appear in the underlying ICE record.

“Released from ICE custody” is a narrow statement. It does not mean the person was released directly from the Antrim County Correctional Facility. It does not show that every court matter ended. It also does not rule out an ERO reporting requirement or another immigration condition. Where the Antrim jail delivered the person to ICE, the local release or transfer record proves the first handoff and the ICE result proves the later federal event.

A-number

A federal immigration identifier formatted as nine digits for ODLS.

Country of birth

A required search element used with either identifier or name.

Civil detention

Immigration custody, distinct from serving a criminal prison sentence.

ERO check-in

A possible reporting condition after detention ends, not continued detention itself.

Transfer

A custody handoff to another agency rather than release to the community.

ICE Release Contact and Records

When ODLS does not resolve a recent case, the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line is the documented contact route. It is staffed Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern and offers language assistance. Prepare the person’s full name, A-number when known, country of birth, date of birth, and last known detention information before calling.

Separate an information call from a durable record request. An oral answer may help identify the responsible office or current status. When a documented past release is needed, request the existing agency record for the named person and date range through the official ICE records process. Ask for the release date, custody movement, and destination category if maintained and releasable. Do not ask the agency to create an explanation that does not already exist.

The research did not identify an ICE records office in Antrim County. Antrim sheriff staff own the county booking and outgoing transfer record, not the later ICE detention record. Send each request to the agency that created the event.

Antrim Jail to ICE Transfer

The Antrim County Correctional Facility transports people to other jurisdictions. If immigration custody is suspected, call the facility at 231-533-8627 and ask whether the Antrim booking ended in community release or transfer. Staff may limit oral detail. A written sheriff FOIA request can seek the booking and release sheet, release date and time, release or disposition code and legend, receiving agency, and existing transfer authorization.

Capture both sides of the handoff. The Antrim record establishes when county custody ended and which receiving agency was recorded. ODLS or an ICE record establishes the later immigration status. A delay between updates may create a gap, especially during transport. That gap should be labeled unresolved, not filled with an assumed community release.

MiCOURT may show the local criminal case’s bond, dismissal, sentence, probation, or commitment entries. It does not control an immigration detention decision and may not show the minute of jail departure. Use the court case to understand the local legal stage, then rely on the sheriff and ICE records for the custody movements.

Note: An immigration hold can alter the destination after Antrim custody, but it does not turn the county’s release record into an ICE release record.

ICE Release Versus Other Custody

ICE, BOP, USMS, MDOC, and the Antrim County Sheriff answer different questions. BOP covers sentenced federal prisoners. USMS handles federal pretrial and transport custody and has no public name locator. MDOC OTIS covers Michigan prisoners and community-supervision cases under state jurisdiction. MI-VINE can provide participating jail or state custody notifications, but it is not an ICE release archive.

If the person moved into federal criminal custody rather than civil immigration detention, use the federal inmate release record. If the person remained in Antrim jail, use the sheriff record. A search should follow the documented custodian rather than opening every locator and treating multiple no-results as confirmation.

Confirm an ICE Release Record

A reliable ICE release confirmation records the search method, exact identifier or name spelling, country of birth, search date, and displayed status. If the event follows an Antrim booking, preserve the county release or transfer record too. One record shows the county departure. The other shows the federal civil detention event. The sequence matters more than a bare no-result.

Classify each outcome. A positive match with identifiers and status can confirm what ODLS displays. An exact-name match without enough identifiers is ambiguous. A server failure is unavailable. A no-result outside the 60-day release window is inconclusive. An oral response can guide the search, while a written agency record provides the stronger lasting proof.

Final wording should remain precise: transferred from Antrim to ICE, currently detained by ICE, or released from ICE custody. Avoid broader claims about all legal obligations or every possible custodian. Each statement should stay within the record owner’s authority and the date on which the source was checked.