Locate ICE Custody Records

Butte County ICE Custody Route

The ICE detention network is listed for Butte County because a local custody event may end with a federal immigration handoff. It is not listed as a building in Arco. The research found no ICE detention center in Butte County and no verified contract under which the county routinely houses ICE detainees. A search should not imply otherwise.

When the Butte County Sheriff reports an “ICE hold,” “released to ICE,” or a transfer to immigration authorities, ask for the release disposition, destination, and time. Those details establish what happened at the county jail. They do not show what ICE did next. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, commonly called ODLS, for the next custody check.

The broader Butte County released inmate search explains how the sheriff record and court disposition fit around this federal check. Only the originating office can provide its own official record.

Search ICE Release Records

ODLS offers two routes. The strongest begins with an exact nine-digit Alien Registration Number, usually called an A-number, plus the person's country of birth. Enter the digits without guessing. If an A-number has eight digits, ICE instructions may require a leading zero so the locator receives nine digits.

The second route uses the person's exact name and country of birth, with date of birth available to narrow the match. Names must be entered as they appear in ICE records. A middle name, second surname, spelling variant, hyphen, or order of family names can affect a result. The locator does not search for people under 18.

1. First obtain the county release destination and time from the Butte County Sheriff.
2. Open ODLS and choose either the A-number route or the name route.
3. Enter the required country of birth and the most exact identity details available.
4. Compare the result carefully and record the facility or contact path shown.
5. If no result appears, try a documented name form rather than an invented variation.
6. Call the ICE information line when the locator cannot resolve a reported handoff.

Do not use a shared name alone as proof. Keep the date checked and the source of the A-number or spelling. That small record helps explain later changes to a dynamic custody result.

Read Butte ICE Locator Results

The locator is mainly a current immigration-detention tool. Official ICE material also states that it includes people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That limited window makes a prompt check useful after a Butte County handoff. It does not turn ODLS into a permanent release archive.

A no-result has several possible causes. The person may have been released beyond the public window, recently entered processing, moved between systems, used a different recorded name, or fallen outside the locator's public scope. Call the proper ICE channel and return to the county destination record instead of treating a blank screen as a release certificate.

Butte County ICE Detainer Handoffs

An immigration detainer is a request from ICE to another confinement agency. It asks that agency to allow ICE to assume custody when local release would otherwise occur. The official ICE detainer explanation is vital when a Butte County jail record uses “hold” or similar wording.

The sequence matters: Butte County arrest, local booking, legal authority for county release, possible ICE detainer, and then either community release or transfer into immigration custody. The county jail episode ends at the handoff, but custody continues. That is why “released by Butte County” cannot always be shortened to “released.”

Ask the sheriff for both the disposition and destination. If ICE accepted custody, check ODLS soon because the public released-result period is limited. Never label the handoff “deportation” or “removal.” Those are later immigration outcomes that require an official immigration record. A jail transfer proves neither one.

Detainer

A request that a jail let ICE assume custody when local release is due.

Transfer

A move from one authority's custody to another, not release to the community.

Community release

An exit from physical custody without an immediate handoff shown by the release record.

A-number

An Alien Registration Number used to identify an immigration record.

ICE Detention Contact Path

ODLS is the first public route, but it is not the only one. ICE provides a Detention Reporting and Information Line for basic detention information and concerns. The research lists the number and hours below, subject to current ICE updates. Have the full name, date of birth, country of birth, A-number if known, and the reported Butte County handoff date ready.

The ICE detention management page supplies current locator and contact context. If ODLS identifies a facility, use the facility or Enforcement and Removal Operations contact route ICE provides. Verify the live page before relying on fixed hours or routing, since agencies can update both.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office remains the source for the county side of the event. ICE is the source for federal immigration custody. Sending the same question to both offices without identifying which custody period is at issue can produce answers that seem to conflict when they address different dates.

Separate Butte Release Systems

ICE, BOP, USMS, IDOC, and the county jail serve different legal systems. ODLS does not search an ordinary Idaho prison sentence. The IDOC Resident/Client Search does not establish immigration custody. The BOP locator covers federal prison records, while the U.S. Marshals Service handles federal prisoners without a comparable public historical-release database.

If the sheriff says the person went to IDOC, use the statewide Idaho correction search. If the person served a federal prison sentence, use BOP. When USMS is named, ask the Marshals Service for the responsible district or facility route. Choose ICE only when the record or agency identifies immigration custody or a detainer.

VINE can give custody-change notifications for participating Idaho jail and correction feeds, but it does not replace ODLS for ICE. Likewise, iCourt can show a Butte County bond order, dismissal, judgment, or sentence. A court order explains legal authority, yet it may not record the exact moment a jail finished processing a transfer.

Note: County, state, federal prison, and immigration searches are complementary records; none should be used as a substitute for every other system.

Obtain Butte ICE Release Records

For the local side, request the Butte County release disposition, date and time, destination, booking number, and the authority for the release or transfer. The sheriff can confirm what its own file shows. A narrow request is more useful than asking for every record about a person.

For the immigration side, start with ODLS and the ICE detention contact route. Ask which office holds the record for the relevant custody period. Preserve the person's exact identifiers and define the document or fact sought, such as detention location, transfer routing, or the date ICE custody ended. Public access can be limited by privacy and other legal rules.

A released ICE entry may age out of the locator after the stated 60-day period. Save lawful details at the time of the search and seek an official response if the date or status must be documented later. A screen result is useful for routing, but it is not a certified release record.

The final check should reconcile both halves. The Butte County record should state whether the person went to ICE, while the ICE channel should address the later immigration custody episode. If either half remains unclear, report the uncertainty. Do not convert a transfer, a blank search, or an old result into a claim of community release.