ICE Release Paths for Perry
Immigration and Customs Enforcement administers federal civil immigration detention. It is not the Perry County Jail, the Mississippi Department of Corrections, or the Bureau of Prisons. No ICE-owned detention center was verified in Perry County. No official source reviewed also established a Perry County contract with a named ICE facility. A person connected to Perry may still enter immigration custody after the sheriff transfers that person to a federal receiving authority.
The next destination depends on the event. A Perry County jail discharge may return someone to the community. A handoff to ICE ends the Perry jail stay, but custody continues. Later, an ICE record may show a qualifying release from immigration detention. That later event does not dismiss a Mississippi charge, end a sentence, or prove that all other holds have ended. Each record answers only for the agency that created it.
| Event | What ended | Best confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Perry release to community | County jail custody | Sheriff jail-docket release entry |
| Perry transfer to ICE | County jail custody only | Sheriff entry and receiving receipt |
| ICE release | The immigration detention shown | ICE locator result or direct agency confirmation |
Confirm an ICE Detainee Release
Begin with the agency that last held the person. If the person vanished from a Perry County custody view, that absence proves neither community release nor ICE intake. Request the local jail-docket entry first. When its release authority or receiving receipt points to immigration custody, continue with the official ICE Online Detainee Locator System, commonly called ODLS.
- Match the person to the Perry booking with a full name, birth information, aliases, and booking range.
- Ask the sheriff whether the person left for the community or was delivered to another authority.
- If the record indicates ICE, search ODLS by A-number and country of birth when the number is known.
- Otherwise, use the exact-name search with country of birth and the available birth-date fields.
- Save the exact result wording and lookup date, then call ICE when the result is absent or unclear.
For the broader county custody chain, the Perry County released inmate search explains how the sheriff docket, court record, state system, and federal systems fit together. Do not merge those sources into one release date.
Note: A blank locator result can reflect spelling, delay, exclusions, or an expired recent-release window, not proof of freedom.
Search ICE Release Records
ODLS offers two identity paths. The A-number route uses a nine-digit immigration file number and country of birth. A shorter A-number may require leading zeroes so the entry reaches nine digits. The biographical route requires an exact first and last name plus country of birth, with date-of-birth fields used to narrow the match. Keep a hyphen in a hyphenated name. Minors are not included in the public system.
The A-number route is usually more precise because names can vary across records. If only a name is available, try the exact legal form first and compare aliases from the Perry record. Do not treat a similar name as the same person. ODLS results can also be withheld or delayed for safety, agency discretion, processing, or other limits described by ICE.
| ODLS route | Search fields | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit A-number and country of birth | Leading zeroes may be required |
| Biographical | Exact first and last name, country of birth, birth-date fields | Name format must match closely |
| Recent release | Identity fields above | Only certain ICE releases remain visible |
Read ICE Release Results
A locator match is a lead about civil immigration custody. It is not a Perry County case disposition. A current-detention result should guide contact with the proper ICE office and the facility identified through the agency. A recent-release result concerns release from ICE custody, not acquittal, dismissal, completion of a Mississippi sentence, or final resolution of the immigration matter.
Timing matters. The public data can lag, and some people are excluded. When ODLS does not return a match, check the number, country, name spelling, hyphen, and birth data. Then use direct agency help. A dated screenshot or note of the result is useful because the recent-release layer does not serve as a permanent archive.
- A-number
- An immigration file number used to narrow an ODLS identity search.
- Detainer
- A request or legal mechanism that can lead one custodian to notify or transfer a person to another authority.
- Transfer
- A change from one custodian to another, not release to the community.
- Community release
- Departure from the detention setting without an immediate custodial handoff shown by the record.
An ICE result is jurisdiction-limited. Pair it with the Perry jail docket when the custody chain began in Perry County.
ICE Release Help and Contacts
When ODLS does not answer the question, ICE directs inquiries to the proper Enforcement and Removal Operations field office or its Detainee Reporting and Information Line. DRIL is a request channel, not a public historical database. Be ready with the full name, A-number if known, country of birth, date of birth, and the last known custodian. Ask which office or facility can confirm the current immigration-custody stage.
ICE Detainee Reporting and Information Line1-888-351-4024
Weekdays, excluding holidays
8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Eastern
Online search: locator.ice.gov/odls
Do not travel to a guessed facility. The official directories reviewed did not identify a Perry County ICE building. A live ODLS result, DRIL, or the responsible field office should establish current routing before anyone plans an in-person step.
Note: Give sensitive identifiers only through verified ICE channels, and record the office, date, and exact response received.
Perry ICE Transfer Receipt Evidence
Mississippi's jail-docket law makes the local side of a handoff unusually useful. The Perry County sheriff's docket must state how a prisoner was released or discharged. For a penitentiary transfer, it also calls for the receiving officer's receipt. That record can distinguish a true local release from delivery to another authority even when no public roster preserves the earlier status.
Ask the Perry County Jail records route for the complete entry tied to the person and booking range. The request should seek the actual release or transfer time, release authority, destination or receiving agency, and any officer receipt. If the response says ICE or another federal authority received the person, use ODLS and direct ICE contact for the next stage. If the entry states bond, time served, dismissal, or another community-release authority, do not add an ICE claim without separate evidence.
The Perry request should be narrow enough to identify an existing record. Supply the full name, aliases, date of birth when known, and an approximate booking range. Ask for the public jail-docket entry required by Mississippi Code section 19-25-63, including how the person was released or discharged and any receiving receipt. The sheriff's official page lists no online records form, so call 601-964-8461 to confirm the current written submission route. A request for the exact entry is more useful than asking staff to create a new transfer list.
A court order can explain why one charge ended, but it may not show the physical handoff. Another hold may remain. The sheriff docket records the custody event; ODLS addresses the immigration layer. Read them in sequence.
ICE 60-Day Release Window
ICE detainee resources state that ODLS can include certain people released from ICE custody during the previous 60 days. That creates a short second search window when a Perry County departure involved an immigration transfer. It does not turn the county handoff into community release, and it does not make ODLS a lasting archive of all former detainees.
The official ICE attorney information and resources page shown below explains that post-release locator scope.
The limited window is why a lookup date should be saved and why an older case may require agency contact rather than another name search.
Safety rules, agency discretion, processing lag, and exclusions can prevent a qualifying person from appearing. A result that expires from this layer does not erase the underlying county transfer record. The permanent Perry jail docket remains the durable source for what ended the county stay, while ICE is the source for its own detention and release event.
No Perry ICE Facility Verified
No official directory reviewed verified an ICE-owned detention center physically located in Perry County. Research also did not establish a county contract naming one regional or immigration facility as Perry's routine destination. That unknown must remain explicit. A nearby building, a former placement, or a facility used by another county cannot be assigned to a Perry case without a current record.
Use the receiving receipt and live ICE routing for the individual case. Facility identity can change as a person moves, and county of arrest does not establish detention location. The correct wording is specific: Perry custody ended, ICE received the person, ICE currently detains the person, or ICE released the person. Use only the statement supported by the record.
No verified Perry source also supplies ICE transfer timing, transportation, a family waiting area, or local property-release procedures. Those details must come from the responsible agency for the actual case. Guessing can send someone to the wrong place and blur the line between a civil immigration transfer and release to the community.