ICE Release Custody Lane
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations is a federal immigration custody system. It does not operate the King and Queen regional jail, and the public sources do not identify an ICE detention center in the county. MPRSC’s FY2024 profile reports zero federal contract beds. That structural fact does not prove an immigration detainer can never affect a person booked locally. It means the actual record must establish any federal transfer.
A detainer is a request or authority for another agency to take or continue custody. When MPRSC records an exit to ICE, the regional-jail episode ends but immigration custody may start. The accurate description is “transferred to ICE” or the precise disposition in the record. “Released to the community” is unsupported unless the later immigration record establishes that result.
| Event | Custody meaning | Source to check |
|---|---|---|
| MPRSC release to ICE | Local jail transfers custody | MPRSC release transaction |
| ICE locator match | Current immigration location lead | Official ICE locator |
| No ICE result | Inconclusive because limits apply | ERO contact and identity check |
| ICE release | Immigration detention episode ends | ICE-issued record or official confirmation |
Search an ICE Detainee
The Online Detainee Locator System offers an A-number route and a biographical route. An A-number is the immigration file number assigned by federal authorities. Use it with the person’s country of birth when known. The biographical search uses name and other offered identity details. Exact spelling matters, and name variants may need separate attempts.
- Obtain the MPRSC release or transfer disposition and look for ICE or an immigration destination.
- Find the person’s A-number from a reliable case or agency document when possible.
- Search the A-number with country of birth, or use the full biographical fields.
- Compare every displayed identity and location detail before accepting a match.
- Contact the relevant ERO channel when the locator cannot verify the case.
- Request the ICE record that states the later release or transfer rather than inferring it from disappearance.
An absent result is not release proof. Recent bookings, people under 18, spelling variation, changed names, data restrictions, and other scope limits can affect visibility. Search results also should not be stretched into a historical release archive. The locator is a routing tool for current detention, not a complete list of everyone who once passed through ICE custody.
The King and Queen County release search shows how the ICE step fits after MPRSC, VADOC, or federal criminal custody.
Confirm an ICE Release
A complete ICE release record should answer which immigration custody episode ended, the actual date, the disposition, and whether another agency received the person. A person may leave one detention location through transfer while remaining in ICE custody. A locator location change therefore is not the same as final release. Ask for the existing record that documents the status change.
Begin with the local custodian when the chain starts in King and Queen County. MPRSC’s FOIA officer can be asked for the actual local release date and time, release type, releasing authority, and named receiving agency. If the record identifies ICE, use that detail to support the federal inquiry. The regional record establishes the handoff, while ICE controls the later immigration episode.
ICE Enforcement and Removal OperationsUse the Online Detainee Locator System
Search by A-number and country of birth
Or use the offered biographical search
Follow official ERO contact routing when no match appears
The research does not supply a King and Queen ICE office address or a universal public release-record phone number, so neither should be invented. The live locator and official contact path determine the right office. Keep copies of the A-number, facility name, event date, and contact response to distinguish the person from others with similar names.
MPRSC to ICE Transfers
MPRSC is the adult regional jail serving King and Queen County. Its current list shows current detainees and admission information, not a documented release or transfer archive. A person disappearing from the list could have bonded out, completed time, transferred to VADOC, moved to another jail or hospital, entered ICE custody, or left for another reason. The missing name alone cannot select among those outcomes.
Request the MPRSC release transaction. The facility contact is 170 Oakes Landing Road, Saluda, VA 23149, phone 804-758-2338. The FOIA officer is reached at extension 253, fax 804-758-4295, and ahogge@mprsc.org. Ask specifically for any transfer destination or receiving agency maintained with the booking episode.
If the record names ICE, record the handoff date separately from any later ICE release. If it names VADOC or another jail, the immigration locator may be the wrong next source unless a later record establishes an ICE transfer. Following the named custodian prevents speculative searches from becoming false claims.
Note: MPRSC’s zero federal contract-bed profile does not rule out a case-specific handoff to ICE after the local booking ends.
ICE After Federal Release
ICE custody can also follow federal criminal custody. The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator may display “RELEASED” and a past release date. Those fields mean BOP custody ended. They do not rule out immigration detention. If ICE then returns a current match, both records can be accurate because they describe successive agencies.
The U.S. Marshals Service can handle federal pretrial movement and court-ordered transfers. A USMS notation in the local record is not automatically an ICE transfer. Check the federal court docket and later agency documents. BOP “IN TRANSIT” also has a specific federal meaning and can include a pretrial person whose later court release did not generate another BOP notice.
Use identifiers to connect the records. A BOP register number belongs to the federal prison lane. An A-number belongs to the immigration lane. The federal court case number supplies judicial context. Do not merge records because the name and age seem close.
- A-number
- The federal immigration file identifier used in the ICE locator.
- Detainer
- Authority or a request that can continue custody with another agency.
- Transfer
- Movement between custodians without a return to the community.
- Release
- The end of the specific custody episode identified by the record.
ICE After VADOC Release
A state prisoner may complete or leave VADOC custody and transfer under an immigration detainer. VADOC’s release documents identify discharge, parole, probation conditions, or another agency’s detainer where applicable. A VADOC release date ends or changes the state lane; it does not by itself establish what ICE did next.
Search the VADOC locator first when state authority is active. A state-responsible person may remain at MPRSC temporarily or be housed in an institution outside King and Queen. The locator covers active custody and supervision, not a promised historical index of every fully discharged person. For an inactive person, request VADOC records and check the sentencing court.
If the VADOC record names ICE as the receiving authority, use the A-number and country of birth in the federal locator. If the person later leaves ICE detention, seek the immigration release record. Do not treat the state release document as proof of the later federal release.
Track ICE Release Dates
A multi-agency case can carry several dates. The arrest date starts the local case. The MPRSC admission date begins regional custody. A court order may authorize release or transfer. The MPRSC exit date closes the local booking. ICE admission or locator status belongs to the immigration episode, and an ICE release date closes that later event.
Keep each date with its source and label. A court order can precede physical movement. A local-jail custody alert may fire when the regional event closes even though ICE immediately takes custody. A VADOC or BOP release can likewise precede immigration detention. These are not database conflicts when the agencies handled different stages.
Identity matching is just as important. Use the booking number, court case number, DOC ID, BOP register number, and A-number when available. Names can change, omit middle names, or use compound surnames. A similar name is not enough to attach an ICE event to a King and Queen detainee.
Note: Preserve every agency’s exact status language so the final timeline shows custody handoffs rather than one broad release claim.
ICE Locator Release Limits
The ICE locator is not a public list of all immigration releases. It is designed to locate eligible current detainees. The research documents no reliable historical release archive or county-specific ICE release feed. It also provides no basis for estimating how often King and Queen cases involve immigration custody.
Negative results should be framed narrowly. State that the official locator did not return a match using the identifiers searched at that time. Do not state that ICE never held the person or that release occurred. Contact ERO, test verified name variants, and review the transfer record before drawing a conclusion.
No matching success image exists in the manifest for this facility page. The ICE capture failed with an access error, so no borrowed locator image appears here. That follows the source rule: a failed capture is not replaced with an unrelated county, state, or BOP screenshot.
Verify ICE Release Destination
Final confirmation follows the custody chain. MPRSC establishes whether the King and Queen regional-jail episode ended through an ICE transfer. The ICE locator and ERO response address immigration custody. A later ICE-issued record states release or another transfer. When BOP or VADOC came before ICE, their documents establish only those earlier endings.
This narrow approach protects accuracy. “Released from MPRSC,” “released from VADOC,” “released from BOP,” and “released from ICE” are four different statements. One can be true while another custody system remains active. The record naming the next destination controls the next search.
If the last official result remains unclear, avoid filling the gap with a guess. Preserve the known transfer, the failed or limited lookup, and the contact attempt. An inconclusive result is more accurate than an unsupported claim of community release.