Check ICE Custody Transfers

ICE Transfer Release Destinations

An HCSO exit can lead to the community, state custody, federal criminal custody, another county, or immigration custody. ICE transfer is one possible route, not an assumption to make from a person’s name, birthplace, or roster absence. The Hennepin release or transfer record should state the date, time, legal basis, and recipient agency when those public arrest-data fields exist.

If ICE took custody, the county event is a transfer rather than a community release. The person may be held outside Hennepin County because no verified dedicated ICE detention facility is established here. The Online Detainee Locator System can identify a current immigration custody location for some people. A result must be matched carefully, while a no-result requires official follow-up rather than a conclusion.

Confirm ICE Custody Transfers

Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System when a Hennepin release record, federal case, or other official source makes immigration transfer plausible. ODLS offers an A-number route and a biographical route. The A-number search also requires country of birth. The biographical search requires exact identifying fields, country of birth, and date of birth.

1. Gather the complete name, date of birth, country of birth, and A-number if known.
2. Search by A-number and country of birth for the strongest match.
3. If needed, use the exact biographical fields and test documented name variants.
4. Compare the returned identity and custody location with the Hennepin event date.
5. Request HCSO transfer data when the county roster does not identify the recipient clearly.
6. Contact ICE through official channels if ODLS does not resolve the status.

Access research did not confirm a current public ODLS retention period, so no number of days should be promised. A record may also be unavailable because of search-field mismatch or system scope. Search changes should be based on known names and identifiers, not guesses about a person’s nationality.

ICE Transfer Release Records

Minnesota Statutes § 13.82, subdivision 2 makes the date, time, legal basis, and recipient agency or person for a transfer public arrest data. That makes the HCSO record a key bridge between county and immigration custody. Use the Sheriff’s official data-request page for an older or incomplete county event.

Ask HCSO for existing arrest or custody data tied to the named adult and booking. Include the booking number, approximate dates, custody status, release date and time, legal basis, and transfer recipient. A request for a field is clearer than asking staff why the person disappeared from a roster.

The county request can also distinguish ICE from USMS, BOP, another county, or MNDOC. Those systems are not interchangeable merely because all can follow a Hennepin booking. If the transfer recipient is not in the online detail, cite the booking and request that existing field. Inspection is free under the county’s data-practices process, while copies may incur permitted costs after notice.

Note: The county timestamp and ICE locator answer different parts of the timeline and should be matched by identifiers and dates.

ICE Detainee Search Contacts

No dedicated ICE detention center in Hennepin County was verified in the official research. For that reason, this facility page does not publish a made-up street address, local phone, or release desk. Use ODLS and the official ICE contact route displayed by the locator. A confirmed facility result can then lead to the current detention site’s official contact information.

When asking about a Hennepin transition, keep the events separate. HCSO can address the county custody record. ICE controls immigration detention information. The court can supply the criminal case record but may not establish immigration location. Each office should be asked only for the record it creates or maintains.

Interpret ICE Search Results

A positive locator result can identify that ICE has a matching record and may show a detention location. It does not explain the whole Hennepin criminal case or establish what occurred before transfer. Compare it with the county booking number, transfer date, and recipient agency. Name alone is not enough for a confident match.

A negative result is also limited. It can reflect an incorrect A-number, name variation, date or country-of-birth mismatch, a record outside public scope, or a change in custody. It is not proof that HCSO released the person to the community. Contact ICE through its official channels and request the county transfer fields before drawing a conclusion.

Biographical searches require exact care. Use the person’s documented full name and date of birth, then use country of birth as the locator requires. Do not substitute nationality or place of residence. Name order, spacing, or a documented alternate form can affect matching. When an A-number is available, verify its digits from an official record before searching rather than trying possible numbers.

A-number

A federal immigration identifier used by ODLS when it is known.

Detainer

A request or notice tied to another authority; its exact legal effect must be read from the record.

Transfer

The end of one agency’s custody as another agency receives the person.

Community release

An exit from custody that should be stated only when the records support that destination.

Separate ICE Release Systems

ODLS is not a county-jail roster, state-prison locator, BOP prison search, or federal pretrial database. For a recent HCSO booking, the official Hennepin roster can show “Released from Custody” and Released Date/Time. For state prison, use MNDOC. For a sentenced federal prisoner, use BOP. For federal pretrial detention, follow the docket and USMS route.

VINE also has a narrower role. Minnesota VINE covers connected county jails and supplies custody notifications, but it does not replace ICE ODLS. An HCSO transfer alert means monitored county custody ended. It should not be rewritten as final immigration release. Preserve “transfer” and then check the receiving system.

The state notification split is just as firm. Minnesota Haven covers MNDOC prisons and DOC community supervision, not ICE detention. A Haven no-result cannot resolve an immigration transfer. Similarly, an ICE result says nothing by itself about whether a Hennepin criminal charge was dismissed, stayed, or completed. Use MCRO for the public court disposition and ODLS for the immigration custody question.

Map Hennepin ICE Transfers

Hennepin’s custody map has a local geographic trap. The Sheriff jail is one operation in two downtown buildings, while the sentenced Adult Corrections Facility has separate men’s and women’s sites in Plymouth. None of those addresses is a verified dedicated ICE detention center. An immigration transfer can therefore move the person beyond the local facility map.

Start with the operator, not the address. HCSO’s release record covers the downtown jail. DOCCR covers ACF. MNDOC covers state prisons. USMS and BOP cover different federal criminal stages. ICE covers immigration detention. A person may cross more than one boundary during the same case history, and each crossing needs its own date and receiving authority. The Hennepin County release search provides the county record path before ODLS takes over.

A practical timeline begins with HCSO’s Received Date/Time and ends the county phase with Released Date/Time plus the transfer recipient. Add the ODLS search date and returned location, then preserve any later change reported through official ICE channels. The dates should not be merged. The county exit can occur before the receiving system refreshes, leaving a brief gap that calls for verification rather than speculation.

Date ICE Release Checks

Write down when ODLS and the Hennepin roster were checked. Both describe status within their own systems, and their updates may not occur at the same moment. A dated result helps explain a short gap between the county transfer and the receiving record. Recheck through official channels before reporting a current location or later community release.

If a returned facility changes, use the latest confirmed ICE channel for contact rather than an old address. Keep the original HCSO transfer date as a separate historical fact. This preserves the full custody chain without implying that a move between immigration facilities was a new release.