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ICE Detention Release Network

Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates a national detention network rather than a Mille Lacs County jail. The research found no ICE-owned detention center and no current county ICE detention contract within Mille Lacs County. That negative finding does not rule out an immigration transfer. A person can leave the county jail and enter ICE custody elsewhere, making agency jurisdiction more useful than local geography.

ICE detention is civil immigration custody. Its public locator is not a county criminal-case disposition tool. The Mille Lacs court record may explain the local charge, bail, sentence, or dismissal, while ICE records address the later federal detention status. Keep those systems separate. A county case ending does not prove that federal civil custody also ended.

Mille Lacs ICE Transfer Records

A “release to ICE” is a custodial transfer. It should not be shortened to “released” when the intended meaning is release into the community. Mille Lacs County Booking can identify whether the named jail booking remained active, ended in a community release, or ended with a transfer. Ask for the receiving agency and the exact release or transfer code when public.

Minnesota Statutes section 13.82 identifies maintained adult arrest data that remain public, including whether and where a person is being held, the date and time of a transfer, its legal basis, and the receiving agency or person. It also addresses the date, time, and legal basis of release. Request both sets of fields. That wording prevents a roster disappearance from being misclassified.

1. Search the Mille Lacs County Inmate Locator and save the spelling and search time.
2. Call Booking at 320-983-8244 and ask whether the specific booking was released to the community or transferred to another authority.
3. Use the county Data Requests route for the existing release and transfer fields if a lasting record is needed.
4. Check the Mille Lacs criminal case for the local order, sentence, warrant, or disposition.
5. If ICE is the receiving authority, move to the federal detainee locator and search with the best identifiers available.

Note: County Booking is the source for the local handoff, while ICE is the source for what happened after federal immigration custody began.

Search ICE Detention Release Status

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, commonly called ODLS, searches current immigration detention. The research also found that it can include someone released from ICE within the last 60 days. That recent-release scope is not a permanent historical archive. A person whose ICE departure falls outside the window may require direct agency records or another authorized case source.

ODLS offers an A-number and country-of-birth route or a biographical search. An A-number is the identifying number used in the immigration record. Use the complete number and country information when available because that route reduces ambiguity. If searching by biographical details, enter them as accurately as possible and compare the returned identity rather than selecting a similar name without support.

1. Open the official ODLS page and choose the supported search method.
2. For the identifier route, enter the A-number and country of birth exactly as known.
3. For the biographical route, supply the requested personal details with the spelling used in the immigration record.
4. Read the returned custody wording and location carefully. Save the date and time of the search.
5. If no reliable match appears, use ICE's detention-information assistance route rather than assuming release.

Recent transfers can create a gap before data settles, and small identity differences can prevent a match. Search again with verified information from the county transfer record or legal papers. A no-result can reflect timing, spelling, a record outside the locator's public scope, or a departure older than the recent period. It does not prove community release.

Read ICE Release Results

An ODLS result should be read as an ICE status record. If it shows current detention, the person remains in immigration custody even though the Mille Lacs jail roster no longer lists the county booking. If it shows a recent ICE release, that confirms departure from ICE within the locator's stated recent scope. It does not by itself describe every condition, destination, or remaining court obligation.

Detainer

A request or legal mechanism tied to another authority's interest in custody.

Transfer

Movement from one holding authority to another, without a community release.

A-number

The identifying number used to match an immigration record.

Community release

Departure from physical detention into the community, which may still involve legal obligations.

Case disposition

A court or agency's formal action in its own proceeding.

Separate “not in county custody,” “currently in ICE custody,” and “released from ICE” in notes and requests. These are three distinct points in the chain. A precise timeline may pair the Sheriff transfer transaction with the later ODLS result and the applicable immigration or court record. Do not use one status as a shortcut for the others.

The same distinction applies to U.S. Marshals custody. A federal pretrial detainee can be physically held in a contract jail, while USMS remains responsible. BOP becomes the proper national prison locator after federal designation. ICE ODLS should not be used to search those separate forms of federal custody.

ICE Detention Release Assistance

When ODLS is insufficient, use the official ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line route. The source page provides the current assistance instructions. No local ICE address or telephone was verified for Mille Lacs County, so none should be inferred from a regional facility or an old contract. Follow the official federal route as it exists when the search is made.

Prepare the person's full identifying information, A-number if known, country of birth, and the county transfer details. Ask the federal source to explain its own record. The Mille Lacs Sheriff cannot decide or describe a later ICE case, but its transaction can supply the receiving-agency clue needed to start the federal search.

For legal representation or an active case, use the attorney and the authority handling that proceeding. The detention-information route helps locate or clarify custody; it does not replace legal advice, a filed order, or an agency's formal record response.

Mille Lacs ICE Court Records

The county and federal records answer different parts of the timeline. Use Minnesota Court Records Online for the public Mille Lacs criminal register, documents, and hearing information that remote access permits. Relevant entries can include bail, dismissal, judgment, sentence, warrants, and the order that affected county custody. The docket entry time may differ from the physical jail transfer time.

MCRO remote name search is incomplete. A pending criminal matter without a conviction may not appear through that search route, and sealed, destroyed, older, or non-remotely accessible records can also be absent. Use the case number, a courthouse public terminal, or the Mille Lacs County District Court where appropriate. A missing remote result does not erase the county custody event.

If the transfer relates to a federal criminal proceeding rather than civil immigration detention, PACER can provide the federal docket, detention or release orders, judgment, and sentence. USMS, BOP, and ICE remain separate agencies. Identify which authority owns the record before filing a request. For the immigration detention event itself, rely on ICE and the relevant proceeding rather than treating PACER as a universal immigration database.

Confirm ICE Detention Release

Build the confirmation in sequence. The Mille Lacs Sheriff establishes when and why the county booking ended. ODLS or ICE assistance addresses current or recent immigration custody. The applicable court or agency record supplies the order and case context that it lawfully makes available. Two-source agreement is stronger than a lone missing roster entry.

A release from ICE does not automatically explain the result of the Mille Lacs case, and the end of a county case does not automatically resolve immigration custody. Preserve exact dates and exact agency wording. If the person moved to BOP or USMS control, continue with that agency instead of treating the ICE search as final.

The Mille Lacs County released inmate search provides the broader custody-system sequence when the receiving authority is uncertain. Use it to identify whether the next source should be the county, Minnesota DOC, BOP, ICE, USMS, or a court.

Note: Confirm the agency that created each event, because county release, ICE release, and final case disposition are separate facts.