Where ICE Releases Go
Immigration detention is separate from Conecuh County jail custody, Alabama state-prison custody, BOP federal prison custody, and ALEA registry status. A person may leave Conecuh County Jail because a local charge resolved, bond posted, time was served, or a transfer occurred. If the next step is ICE custody, the local jail release does not necessarily mean the person is free in the community. It may mean the person moved from criminal custody to immigration custody.
Research did not locate evidence of a Conecuh County ICE detention contract or federal prison facility in the county. That means ICE should be treated as a fallback system, not a local Conecuh facility page. Use ICE ODLS only when facts point toward immigration custody, an ICE detainer, a transfer to ICE, or recent ICE release status.
For a local Conecuh jail release with no immigration facts, start with the Conecuh County Sheriff's Office and Conecuh court. For a state-prison release, use ADOC and ABPP. For federal prison release, use BOP. For registry status, use ALEA. ICE is the right path only for immigration detention or release.
How to Use ICE ODLS
ICE ODLS is the online starting point for current adult ICE custody. It is not a county criminal-release list.
- Open the ICE Online Detainee Locator System at https://locator.ice.gov/.
- Search by A-number and country of birth if the A-number is known.
- If A-number is not known, use biographical search with name, date of birth, and country of birth.
- Review the result for current ICE custody information or facility contact details.
- If the person is not found but there is reason to believe the person is detained, ICE guidance directs users to contact the appropriate ERO field office.
- If the person was only released from Conecuh County Jail, return to the sheriff and court release-record path.
ODLS can help after a local transfer, but it does not explain the Conecuh criminal case. The court docket remains the source for bond, disposition, sentence, dismissal, or revocation. The sheriff remains the source for local booking, release, or transfer details.
ICE Release Contact Route
The research file identifies ICE ODLS and ICE locating-individuals guidance. ICE says ODLS locates a detainee currently in ICE custody or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. If ODLS does not locate the person and there is reason to believe the person is detained, the fallback is the appropriate ICE ERO field office.
ICE Online Detainee Locator System
Locator: https://locator.ice.gov/
Search fields: A-number and country of birth, or name, date of birth, and country of birth
Use for: Current ICE custody, CBP custody over 48 hours, and immigration custody routing
Not for: Conecuh jail releases, ADOC state-prison release, BOP federal prison release, or ALEA registry status.
Conecuh Local Follow-Up
Sheriff: 104 Liberty Street, Evergreen, AL 36401, 251-578-1260
Court: 111 Court Street, Room 203, Evergreen, AL 36401, 251-578-7012
Ask: Was the person released to the community, transferred, held for another agency, or released to ICE?
About ICE Custody Records
ICE records answer immigration custody questions. They do not show a county booking number, Conecuh release type, bond posted in a state criminal case, state prison minimum release date, or federal BOP release after a federal sentence. If a person leaves local jail and appears in ICE custody, the local release record and the ICE custody record are two pieces of one timeline.
| Question | Correct route |
|---|---|
| Was the person released from Conecuh County Jail? | Conecuh County Sheriff's Office and court docket |
| Was the person transferred to ICE? | Sheriff transfer record plus ICE ODLS or ERO follow-up |
| Is the person in current ICE custody? | ICE ODLS |
| Was the person sentenced to Alabama state prison? | ADOC and Conecuh sentencing record |
| Was the person in federal prison? | BOP inmate locator |
Detainers, Holds, and Transfers
A released county detainee may be released to the community, or the person may be delivered to another agency. Holds and detainers can change the release path. If an ICE hold or immigration transfer is involved, ask the sheriff whether the local custody ended by transfer rather than community release. Then use ODLS to check current immigration custody. If ODLS does not find the person, use ICE ERO guidance when there is a real reason to believe the person is detained.
Do not call an ICE transfer a normal jail release without that caveat. The person may no longer be in Conecuh custody, but still be in government custody. That distinction is the reason this ICE page exists separately from the Conecuh County Jail page.
ICE ODLS Limits
ODLS is not a historical archive of every immigration custody event and is not a criminal case docket. Name spelling, country of birth, age, A-number accuracy, custody timing, and system limits can affect search results. A missing ODLS result is not proof that a person was never detained or never released. It means ODLS did not return that public match for the search. Use agency follow-up and court or jail records where the facts justify it.
The strongest Conecuh workflow is to confirm the local endpoint first. Ask whether the sheriff released the person to the community, transferred the person to another jail, delivered the person to ADOC, or released the person to another agency. If the answer points to immigration custody, ODLS and ERO follow-up are relevant. If the answer points to bond, dismissal, time served, or local sentence completion, the sheriff and court records are the better release-record route.