ICE Releases Connected to Clarke
ICE detention is civil immigration custody. It is distinct from the Clarke County criminal jail, MDOC state custody, BOP imprisonment, and USMS federal pretrial detention. No ICE detention facility or Clarke County ICE contract was verified in the reviewed sources. ICE is therefore a conditional path, used when a sheriff notation, detainer, court record, or other reliable source identifies immigration custody.
If Clarke County Jail records a release to ICE, Clarke custody has ended while federal civil custody continues. Ask the Clarke County sheriff for the exact date, time, disposition, destination, and receiving agency. The word “release” in a local system must not be rewritten as community freedom when the destination is ICE.
Search ICE Custody from Clarke
The official ICE Online Detainee Locator, known as ODLS, offers two identity routes. One uses a nine-digit A-number and country of birth. A leading zero may be needed when the number has only eight digits. The other uses exact biographical information, including name, date of birth, and country of birth.
- Obtain the exact destination notation from the Clarke sheriff or other prior custodian.
- Use the A-number and country of birth when both are known.
- Otherwise enter exact biographical data and try documented name forms without guessing identity.
- Compare the result with the prior agency, transfer date, and other known identifiers.
- If found, contact the listed or responsible immigration office for current routing and releasable status details.
- If not found, do not infer release; move to ERO inquiry or an appropriate records request.
The locator does not identify minors under eighteen. Its interface and help text are JavaScript driven, so the live instructions must be read during each search. Use the official portal itself because search labels and coverage limits may change.
Read Clarke ICE Search Results
An ODLS result is an immigration-custody lead, not a county release record or criminal case disposition. The information should be matched to the A-number or exact biographical record. Then call the responsible ICE office to confirm current routing where permitted.
| ODLS outcome | What it may mean | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Matching current record | ICE reports a covered custody entry | Confirm identity and responsible office |
| Recent-release information | A recent ICE event may remain within live coverage | Read current help text and seek the agency record |
| No result | Many explanations remain possible | Check identifiers, timing, transfer, and coverage |
| Name mismatch | Spelling or name form may differ | Use the A-number where known |
| Outside live coverage | The event may be too old or excluded | Use ERO or historical records channels |
ICE has historically limited how long released-person information remains visible, sometimes described in agency material as a recent period. The live help window must be confirmed before stating a number. No fixed period is asserted because the current official wording must be read in the live tool.
Note: A not-found result is ambiguous and cannot establish that a person was released from ICE custody.
Clarke ICE Not-Found Results
No result can reflect an incorrect A-number, a missing leading zero, a name variation, wrong country of birth, data timing, transfer, release outside the displayed period, or exclusion from public locator coverage. It may also mean that ICE never held the person. Those possibilities cannot be resolved from the empty screen alone.
Return to the source that indicated federal immigration involvement. For a Clarke jail handoff, request the sheriff's destination and transporting-agency notation. For another jail, use that custodian's movement record. The Clarke court source or a federal docket may show a legal event but still not record the actual transport.
When the locator cannot answer, contact the responsible Enforcement and Removal Operations office or ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line through current official ICE channels. For an older event, request historical records with the A-number, full identity, approximate dates, prior facility, and known destination.
Clarke ICE Detainers and Transfers
A detainer is a request or notice from another authority that can affect custody movement. Its presence does not by itself prove the later transfer. The Clarke sheriff's actual release entry should state the destination or receiving agency if that field is maintained and disclosable.
When ICE is listed, preserve the local timestamp and follow the transfer into ODLS or an ERO inquiry. If the local record says USMS, BOP, MDOC, or another jail instead, use that named system. Agency labels should not be swapped because each has different legal authority and public tools.
- ICE custody
- Civil federal immigration detention or processing.
- Detainer
- A notice or request that may affect a custodian's release decision or destination.
- A-number
- An immigration identifier used by ODLS, generally entered as nine digits.
- ERO
- Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE component used for case routing and custody inquiries.
Request Clarke ICE Release Records
Start locally when Clarke County is the last known custodian. Call Sheriff Anthony Chancelor's office at 601-776-5252 and ask for the jail-docket or booking-release entry. Request the actual date and time, disposition, destination, receiving agency, and transport notation if maintained and releasable. A written sheriff request may be sent to 444 West Donald Street, Quitman, MS 39355, or faxed to 601-776-1025.
Online: ICE Online Detainee Locator
Current or unclear case: responsible ERO office or ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line
Historical event: ICE records request channel
Clarke transfer source: Clarke County Sheriff's Office, 601-776-5252
For the federal request, include the A-number, exact legal name, date and country of birth, approximate detention or release dates, and the prior facility. Ask for the custody or release event and destination needed. Do not submit broad personal data through an unverified third-party form.
The local and federal records answer different halves. Clarke establishes the county exit and named receiver. ICE establishes the immigration-custody event. A federal immigration result does not replace the state court disposition that may explain the original local case.
Confirm an ICE Release from Clarke
A confirmed chain identifies the person, the local release or transfer time, the receiving agency, and the later ICE status. Keep each timestamp tied to its creator. If ODLS shows a recent event, preserve the wording and access time, then request the durable agency record when needed.
Leaving ICE custody also does not necessarily answer all other custody questions. Another warrant, federal matter, or state case may exist. Read the relevant court records and any destination notation. The Clarke County release-record path shows how the sheriff entry, court order, and receiving custodian fit together.
When sources disagree, contact both custodians. A transfer can produce timing gaps or different labels. The agency that created each field should interpret it, while the actual receiving record resolves whether custody continued.
About ICE Custody for Clarke
The ICE detention system is included in the Clarke facility map because a person can leave county custody through an interagency handoff. It is not a local jail, and no Clarke ICE detention site or routine contract was verified. Its use must be triggered by person-specific evidence.
ODLS is a live or recent locator with limits, not a permanent history. An ERO inquiry helps with current routing. Historical records require a records channel. The Clarke sheriff docket remains the best local source for the first movement, especially when the key question is whether “release” meant community departure or transfer to ICE.
Identity should remain tied to the A-number whenever one is known. Names, dates of birth, and countries of birth can be entered incorrectly or recorded in different forms. A record that cannot be matched should be treated as unresolved. The prior custodian and immigration office can help establish whether the issue is a data mismatch, timing gap, or absence from the covered system.
Keep the event sequence in writing: Clarke departure, named receiver, ICE custody event, and any later ICE release. This makes it possible to distinguish a county transfer from an immigration release and to identify which agency should correct an error.