Check ICE Release Status

ICE Brown County Release Paths

ICE detention is federal civil immigration custody. It is not Brown County criminal jail custody, Minnesota DOC prison custody, or county probation. The official Brown County jail pages reviewed do not identify the jail as an ICE detention facility and do not advertise an ICE detention contract. Still, an ICE detainer or federal transfer can affect what happens when a local booking ends.

Brown County may record an exit when another authority assumes custody. That transaction should not be described as community release until the destination is known. The county event can supply the actual local release or transfer time and, when public, the receiving agency. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System can then indicate current ICE custody or a recent ICE release within its limited window.

Search ICE Release Records

The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System offers two main search routes. An A-number search uses the nine-digit immigration number and country of birth. Add leading zeroes to a shorter A-number. A biographical search uses the exact first and last name, country of birth, and date-of-birth information requested by the interface. Spelling, hyphens, and name order matter.

ODLS does not search for people under 18. ICE's public detention resources state that the system contains information for people currently in ICE custody or released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That creates a real recent-release route, but a narrow one. After the window, absence proves nothing. The public description does not promise an actual release reason or destination field.

1. Use the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when the number is available.
2. Otherwise enter the exact biographical details requested by the live interface.
3. Read the current or recent-release status exactly and preserve the result date.
4. If the search fails, check spelling and the 60-day limit before drawing any conclusion.
5. Pair the result with Brown County's transfer event when the custody chain began locally.

ICE Detainers and County Release

An ICE detainer can turn a Brown County “release” into a custody handoff. ICE describes a detainer as a request that another law-enforcement agency notify ICE before release and maintain custody for up to 48 additional hours beyond the time the person would otherwise be released. The stated purpose is to allow the Department of Homeland Security to assume custody. ICE also describes detainers as requests rather than mandatory commands.

A detainer in a local file is not proof that ICE ultimately took custody. Confirm the actual event. Ask the Brown County Sheriff's Office for the segregable public booking-end or transfer fields, including the actual time, public authority, and receiving agency if available. Then search ODLS. A VINE alert can show that the county jail reported a custody change, but it cannot tell whether the person returned to the community.

The county jail record, court order, and ICE record serve distinct roles. The jail record supplies physical local movement. A Brown County court order can explain release on the criminal matter. ODLS addresses ICE custody within its scope. No one source should be stretched to answer all three questions.

Note: An ICE request can affect custody timing, but only the actual transfer and receiving record establish that the handoff occurred.

Brown County ICE Transfer Records

Brown County's Data Practices Inventory links its Public Data Request Form. Address the request to the Sheriff's Office and identify the adult, booking period, and booking number when known. Seek existing fields rather than asking staff to create a report or draw a legal conclusion.

A narrow request can ask for the booking number, admission date and time, actual local release or transfer date and time, public release or transfer authority, and receiving agency if public. Minnesota section 13.85 can protect medical, psychological, financial, safety, investigative, informant, and security information in corrections files. Brown County's inventory also classifies some admission, release, Huber, property, and post-discharge financial data as private or confidential depending on content.

1. Name the Sheriff's Office and the relevant booking episode.
2. Ask for public release or transfer fields, not the entire corrections file.
3. Request electronic inspection or copies and a cost estimate.
4. Ask for the statutory basis if a field is withheld.

For the criminal authority, review MCRO or request a certified order from Brown County Court Administration. For the federal immigration stage, use ICE's own source. The Brown County release-record path explains why the jail's current roster cannot serve as a former-inmate archive.

ICE Detainee Information Line

ICE publishes the Detention Reporting and Information Line at 888-351-4024. Its stated hours are Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern, and language assistance is available. The line can help with detention concerns and basic case routing. It should not be presented as a promise that protected information will be released.

Have the A-number and exact biographical details available. If ODLS identifies a detention location, use official ICE or facility information for next steps. If the person was released from ICE more than 60 days ago, the public locator's short window may no longer return the record. Ask ICE for the proper formal records route rather than relying on search absence.

Urgent safety or legal questions should be directed to the proper authority or qualified counsel. The information line is not a substitute for a court filing, attorney advice, or an official copy of the custody transaction.

ICE Recent Release Limits

ODLS is unusual among the systems serving Brown County because ICE publicly describes recent released-person coverage of about 60 days. That does not create a full historical release archive. It also does not guarantee that every brief, rapidly changing, or specially protected status appears without delay. The interface and direct agency record control.

The successful facility capture comes from ICE's official detention and attorney resources, which documents the recent-release scope and related access information.

The capture points to the official federal guidance; the live ODLS result and Brown County transfer record remain the evidence for a particular custody chain.

No Brown County ICE Center

No dedicated ICE detention center was verified in Brown County, and the county jail pages reviewed do not advertise an ICE detention contract. The page therefore uses a systemwide federal locator and a county transfer-record route. It does not represent a local ICE building, local visiting schedule, or Brown County immigration detainee list.

A municipal arresting agency listed on the Brown County roster also does not create a separate immigration facility. The Brown County Jail remains the local custody source. If ICE assumes custody, the search moves to ODLS and the federal detention resources, regardless of where ICE later houses the person.

Minnesota VINE can report a Brown County Jail custody change because it is connected to county jails. The alert does not follow the person inside ICE and does not certify the destination. Preserve it as a timestamped clue, then use the county transfer record and ODLS. Likewise, MCRO can show the criminal court order but not every federal civil immigration movement after local release.

If ODLS identifies a release, report only the status and date actually displayed. Do not infer the reason, place, immigration case result, or end of every legal obligation. ICE's public materials do not promise those fields. A formal federal record or court filing may be needed for questions beyond the locator's limited custody status.

Note: Follow the legal custodian and actual transfer record, not the county where the original criminal arrest occurred.