Yalobusha ICE Transfer Outcomes
An ICE detainer asks another custodian to hold or notify immigration authorities about a person. When the Yalobusha County Detention Center records a departure to ICE, that is a transfer between custodians, not release to the community. The sheriff's jail docket should state how the booking ended and preserve the supporting release warrant, receipt, or other authority.
Once ICE takes custody, the Online Detainee Locator System becomes the federal search route. A later release from ICE civil detention still does not end an immigration case, reporting rule, monitoring condition, or court proceeding. Preserve the exact agency wording rather than translating each noncustody result into an unconditional release.
No standing ICE detention contract or ICE facility was verified in Yalobusha County. The nationwide network may place a detainee outside Mississippi, move the person between sites, or omit a record for one of the locator's stated limits. The local county address should never be presented as an ICE detention site without an official record proving that role.
Search ICE Detainee Records
The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, offers two search paths. The precise route uses the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Add leading zeroes when the A-number has fewer than nine digits. The biographical route uses exact name, date of birth, and country of origin.
- Confirm that facts point to ICE custody. Ask the Yalobusha jail whether the departure was an immigration transfer and request the receiving agency.
- Search by A-number and country of birth when the number is known. Enter all nine digits with leading zeroes if needed.
- Otherwise enter the exact first and last name, date of birth, and country of origin. Check documented spelling and name order.
- Read the returned detention location and contact information, then confirm it directly before travel or other time-sensitive action.
- If a correct search fails, contact the relevant ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office and provide the identifiers used.
Identity errors can have serious effects. Match the A-number where possible. With a name search, compare full name, date of birth, country information, and the custody path documented by the jail. A name match by itself is not enough.
The broader Yalobusha County released inmate lookup helps distinguish ICE custody from a county release, MDOC transfer, or federal criminal sentence when the destination is uncertain.
ICE Locator Release Limits
ODLS excludes people under 18. Official ICE guidance says the locator includes current detainees and people released from ICE custody during the previous 60 days. It is not a complete historical release archive. A release outside that recent period may no longer appear through the ordinary public search.
Processing lag, transfer timing, safety exclusions, spelling, name order, an incorrect country field, and data eligibility can prevent a result. A no-match screen is therefore inconclusive. It does not prove community release, deportation, continued detention, or that ICE never held the person.
| Locator issue | What it means | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Person under 18 | Excluded from ODLS public results | Contact ICE ERO through the proper inquiry route |
| Release older than 60 days | Outside the stated recent-release display period | Request ICE records or use case records |
| Recent transfer | Data may not yet show the receiving site | Contact sending and receiving authorities |
| Safety exclusion | A record may be withheld from public display | Use ERO contact with full identifiers |
| No match | Search did not return an eligible record | Correct fields, then seek direct confirmation |
The official ICE detention information resource explains locator and custody limits. Its successful capture below supports the federal limits and follow-up context.
The captured information should guide a careful follow-up, not turn an absent public result into a release conclusion.
Confirm Yalobusha ICE Transfers
Start with the custodian that recorded the move. Call the Yalobusha County jail at 662-473-2722 and ask whether the person is physically present. If not, ask for the date, time, exact manner the booking ended, and the destination agency. The Sheriff's Office at 11803 Highway 32 in Water Valley keeps the county jail docket.
For written proof, request the complete jail-docket entry for the identified booking and the supporting transfer or release authority. Include the full name, aliases, approximate booking and departure dates, booking number when known, and arresting agency. Ask for the exact transfer type and receiving agency rather than only asking whether the person was “released.”
Mississippi Code § 19-25-63 calls the jail docket public and requires it to record how the prisoner was released or discharged. That local record owns the Yalobusha exit event. ICE owns the later civil detention event. Both can be accurate even if their timestamps or status labels differ.
Yalobusha County Jail Confirmation
Yalobusha County Detention Center
11803 Highway 32
Water Valley, MS 38965
Jail: 662-473-2722
Records hours: Not published, call before visiting
Note: Ask for the receiving custodian because a county transfer record provides the bridge needed to search the correct federal system.
ICE ERO Release Confirmation
Contact the relevant ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office when a properly formed ODLS search fails or the displayed location appears stale. Give the A-number, full name, date of birth, country of birth or origin, and the last known custodian. Explain that the inquiry concerns present or recent custody status and location.
Direct contact is especially important after a recent transfer. The Yalobusha jail may know only that ICE or another federal authority received the person. ODLS may not yet display the new site. ERO can route the inquiry, while the actual detention facility can confirm local procedures and current presence when disclosure is allowed.
If ODLS lists a detention site, use the facility information shown by ICE rather than a commercial directory address. Confirm that the person remains there before arranging a visit or sending records. Transfers can occur faster than public pages update, and the receiving site's procedures may differ from the prior location.
If the person was released from ICE custody more than 60 days ago, an ordinary locator search is not designed as the archive. A focused federal records request or immigration case record may be needed. Ask for an existing custody or release record and identify the relevant date range. Do not expect ODLS to reconstruct a full history.
ICE Online Detainee Locator
Search by: nine-digit A-number plus country of birth
Alternative: exact name, date of birth, and country of origin
Public recent-release window: previous 60 days
Open ICE ODLS
ICE Release Record Sources
The best source depends on the event. The sheriff's timestamped docket leads for the actual Yalobusha jail departure. ICE leads for federal civil detention, transfer, and ICE release. An immigration court or federal court record leads for what that court ordered. A notification result or news report can point toward an event but should not replace the record created by the responsible agency.
Release from ICE detention and the end of immigration proceedings are separate. A person may have an immigration hearing, reporting duty, monitoring condition, appeal, or removal process after leaving a detention site. ODLS is a custody locator, not a complete court-status system.
Also separate ICE from BOP and USMS. BOP handles sentenced federal criminal prisoners and maintains its own locator. USMS can hold federal pretrial prisoners, often in contract facilities. ICE detention is civil immigration custody. Searching all three without first identifying the episode can produce a false match or miss the correct authority.
When agency answers differ, assign each statement to its event. The Yalobusha jail may report that local custody ended on one date. ICE may report intake, transfer, or release on another. A court may enter an order earlier than the physical move. Record each timestamp and source before trying to reconcile the sequence.
Mississippi public-record deadlines govern the county jail record, not federal ICE files. A narrow county request can seek the public jail-docket entry and its transfer authority, with exempt details redacted. A federal request follows the federal agency's process. Keeping those routes separate helps avoid a denial sent to the wrong custodian.
- Detainer
- A request or notice tied to another agency's custody and possible transfer.
- A-number
- The immigration identifier used for the most precise ODLS search.
- ERO
- ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the field component used for direct custody follow-up.
- Community release
- Departure from physical detention, which does not itself end the immigration case.
Note: Preserve the exact ICE status, location, source, and check time because later movement may not appear in every record at once.