Check ICE Detainee Release Status

ICE Transfers from Plaquemines Parish

No official source reviewed identifies a dedicated ICE detention facility in Plaquemines Parish. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, commonly called ODLS, remains relevant when PPSO records an immigration detainer or transfer. It is a federal civil immigration custody search, not a parish jail roster and not proof that every missing PPSO detainee moved to ICE.

“Released to ICE” describes the end of PPSO physical custody and a handoff to immigration authorities. It should be written as “transferred or released to ICE custody” until ICE status is confirmed. The person has not necessarily been released to the community. Obtain the PPSO transfer time, authority, and destination before starting the federal search.

Search ICE Detainee Release Records

The official ICE Online Detainee Locator supports two main search routes. Use the nine-digit A-number with leading zeroes and country of birth when those facts are known. Otherwise use the exact name, country of birth, and optional birth date. Exact spelling matters, and a recent custody change may not appear at once.

1. Confirm a PPSO transfer, detainer, or federal immigration clue. Do not open an ICE search solely because a name left the parish roster.
2. Search with the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when available. Add leading zeroes so the number has the required length.
3. Without an A-number, enter the exact name and country of birth, then use the optional birth date to narrow the match.
4. Record the exact ICE status, location, and access time. Do not paraphrase a transfer or custody result as community release.
5. If the search fails, use the ICE reporting line or responsible Enforcement and Removal Operations field office. Keep the PPSO transfer record with the federal response.

The Plaquemines Parish released inmates search explains how to secure the local custody-ending record before moving into the ICE system.

Note: An A-number is an immigration identifier and should not be confused with a PPSO booking number or a criminal court case number.

ICE Detainee Locator Search Fields

ODLS is designed for current immigration detainees and people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That recent-release window is much shorter than BOP’s federal prison record scope. After the ICE window closes, a missing result cannot settle the older custody outcome.

These fields do not search PPSO, Louisiana DPS&C, BOP, or a criminal court. The PPSO booking number may help the Sheriff’s Office find the transfer record, but it is not an ODLS input. Keep each identifier attached to the agency that issued it.

ICE Recent Release Window

Official ICE material describes ODLS coverage for current detainees and people released within the prior 60 days. The date range is a locator scope, not a promise that each new transfer appears immediately. Data lag, a name mismatch, an incomplete identifier, or a custody move can produce no result.

After 60 days, the public result may no longer answer an older release question. Use the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line or the responsible ERO field office. Retain the date searched and exact inputs. A later blank result should not erase an earlier documented status.

Recent release from ICE also does not answer the prior Plaquemines Parish event. PPSO records when local physical custody ended. ICE records the federal civil immigration custody outcome. The two dates can differ because they mark different custodians.

Read ICE Release Outcomes Correctly

Immigration custody can end or change in several ways. Release on recognizance, release on bond, an order of supervision, removal from the United States, and transfer to another facility are not interchangeable. Use the exact ICE or immigration case term and do not replace it with a broad claim that the person “went home.”

A criminal case and immigration case can proceed on separate tracks. The 25th Judicial District Court can explain the parish charge or disposition. It does not certify the later ICE outcome. ICE records do not replace the PPSO jail entry or state court action.

Plaquemines Parish ICE Transfer Records

Ask PPSO for the custody event before relying on ODLS. The useful existing records include the booking sheet, release or transfer entry, date and time, release type or authority, detainer notation where releasable, and destination or receiving agency. The PPSO written public-record request is the documented route.

A current-roster disappearance is not enough. A local detainee may have posted bond, moved to Davant, entered state custody, transferred to another jail, or changed records for another reason. An ICE search becomes appropriate only when the parish record, court file, or reliable case facts point to an immigration hold.

Request an existing record rather than asking PPSO to create an explanation of federal immigration proceedings. PPSO owns the parish handoff. ICE and the immigration court own what followed.

Note: The receiving-agency field is the key bridge between a Plaquemines Parish custody entry and a valid ICE locator search.

ICE Locator Age Limits

ODLS excludes people under 18 from its public search results. A missing minor’s record is therefore a known system limit, not evidence that ICE never held or transferred the person. Do not work around that exclusion by publishing private identifying details or trying unrelated public systems.

Use the official ICE contact fallback and lawful case contacts when the person is under 18. The responsible office determines what can be disclosed. Keep the inquiry tied to custody confirmation and the documented Plaquemines Parish transfer.

The age rule also shows why a blank locator result has several possible meanings. Coverage, data timing, identifiers, age, transfer, and the 60-day window all affect what appears.

ICE Detainee Search Fallbacks

When ODLS does not answer, ICE directs people to its Detention Reporting and Information Line or the relevant Enforcement and Removal Operations field office. The published reporting line is 888-351-4024 during ICE’s stated weekday hours. Check the live ICE page for current hours before calling because schedules can change.

Provide the A-number when known, exact name, country of birth, birth date, and recent custody facts. Keep the PPSO booking number separate for the local request. Record which office answered and the exact status language.

Confirm ICE Release or Transfer

The final Plaquemines Parish check should reconcile at least two sources. PPSO supplies the local custody-ending entry and destination. ICE supplies the federal civil immigration status. The criminal court supplies the parish case action, while an immigration order or federal contact may be needed to explain the ICE outcome.

Preserve different dates instead of forcing them to match. The jail transfer time, ODLS update, immigration bond action, supervision order, or removal event can occur on separate days. If two agencies conflict, ask each office about the record it created.

ODLS is a dynamic federal service, so search controls and status labels can change. Use the live official locator and preserve the exact wording shown at the time of access.

A result should state only what the sources establish: parish release to ICE custody, current ICE detention, recent ICE release, transfer, supervision, or another documented outcome. Anything broader needs its own record.

Keep a source log with the A-number search route or name fields used, access time, returned wording, PPSO transfer details, and the office contacted. This makes later database changes easier to explain. It also prevents a federal update date from being mistaken for the earlier Plaquemines Parish handoff.