Federal Prison Camp Duluth Releases
Federal Prison Camp Duluth is a minimum-security federal prison camp on Ralston Drive and Prison Road in Duluth. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates it. A sentence release belongs to BOP records and the federal docket, not to the St. Louis County Sheriff's rolling release PDF.
A person leaving FPC Duluth may no longer be in physical BOP custody while still serving a court-imposed term of federal supervised release. “Released” therefore answers a custody question, not every question about the sentence or court jurisdiction. Another agency can also assume custody.
Confirm an FPC Duluth Release
The BOP Inmate Locator is the primary public search. A federal register number is the strongest key when known. Name search supports optional age, race, and sex criteria, which can help distinguish similar names.
- Open the BOP locator and choose number or name search.
- Use the BOP, DCDC, FBI, or INS number when available.
- For name results, compare full name, register number, age, and other displayed identity fields.
- Read the location or status and release date together.
- Check the federal docket for the sentence, release order, and any supervised-release term.
The wider St. Louis County released inmates search explains when a county, DOC, federal, or immigration source applies.
FPC Duluth Release Results
BOP results can display the person's name, register number, age, race, sex, location or status, and release date. The official explanation says a past date with no location means release occurred on the date shown and the person is no longer in BOP custody. A RELEASED result has the same custody meaning.
| Result | Careful reading |
|---|---|
| Current BOP location | The person remains in BOP custody at the listed site |
| Future release date | A projection that can change |
| Past date and no location | BOP custody ended on the displayed date |
| Released | No longer in BOP custody |
| No match | Check identifiers, USMS status, older records, or another authority |
Not in BOP custody does not rule out local, state, or ICE custody. It also does not end federal supervised release. Keep those facts separate.
FPC Duluth Locator Image
The successful manifest capture comes from the official federal BOP locator.
The screen illustrates the correct federal search route and the kind of release status that must be read without implying county custody.
FPC Duluth Federal Records
The District of Minnesota docket provides the legal basis that a locator result cannot. Use the case to review sentencing, detention, release, and supervised-release orders. PACER's Case Locator can help identify the federal matter. A locator date and a court order answer different questions and are strongest when read together.
BOP's electronic locator covers federal inmates released from 1982 forward. Older historical records may require the National Archives. A future date may change, including through sentence computations or First Step Act credits. Do not present it as an executed release until the federal record reflects that custody ended.
FOIA can serve as a records fallback for federal agency material, subject to exemptions. It is not a rapid custody-notification tool.
FPC Duluth Versus USMS Custody
St. Louis County Jail states that it holds U.S. Marshals prisoners. A federal pretrial detainee can move among local contract facilities and may not look like a sentenced BOP prisoner. USMS has no open nationwide detainee locator equivalent to BOP.
Use the District of Minnesota docket and the believed holding jail for immediate status. A missing BOP result does not prove release if the person remains in pretrial USMS custody. Conversely, an FPC Duluth sentence should not be searched through the county release PDF.
U.S. Marshals Service, Duluth515 West First Street, Suite 307
Duluth, MN 55802-1302
218-529-3620
FPC Duluth Release Comparisons
St. Louis County has several custody systems in one region. Matching the institution to the operator prevents a false release conclusion.
| Institution or status | Authority | First public route |
|---|---|---|
| FPC Duluth sentence | BOP | BOP locator and federal docket |
| USMS pretrial custody | USMS and holding jail | Federal docket and facility confirmation |
| St. Louis County booking | County Sheriff | Current or 48-hour release roster |
| Minnesota prison commitment | MN DOC | Public Viewer and DOC records |
| ICE custody | ICE | ODLS after a supported handoff |
No unified release list combines these systems. A person can move between authorities, and each source proves only its own custody event.
FPC Duluth ICE Transfer Checks
Minnesota public arrest data distinguish release from transfer for a county Sheriff event. No St. Louis County ICE detention agreement was established, and a Hold for other Agency label does not prove ICE. These local facts do not govern an FPC release, but they matter if the search begins with a county booking.
If an originating agency identifies ICE as recipient, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It covers current custody and certain recent releases, subject to lag and identifier limits. A not-found response is not proof of community release.
A BOP-to-ICE or jail-to-ICE handoff is a custody transfer. Describe it that way even though the prior agency reports that its own custody ended.
FPC Duluth in County History
St. Louis County's dispersed corrections geography includes the federal prison camp, the Duluth county jail, Range lockups, and NERCC. The county jail network itself has one 197-bed full-service facility and small eight-bed and twelve-bed lockups. County jail history dates to 1871, and the current Duluth jail opened in 1995.
Those local figures do not describe FPC Duluth's capacity or history. They explain why a Duluth location name is not enough to select a locator. The operator and legal authority control. FPC Duluth remains federal even though the county jail and federal camp share a city.
Note: Do not use county jail statistics as federal prison statistics.
FPC Duluth Search Limits
A BOP release date can be projected or historical. Read the status, date, and location together. Recheck near the expected date because sentence calculations can change. For the legal effect of release and supervision, use the federal case.
The locator does not cover all pretrial USMS situations and is electronic only from 1982 forward. Another authority may hold the person after BOP custody ends. These limits are reasons to add sources, not reasons to replace the federal route with the county roster.
Strong confirmation pairs the BOP custody result with the federal order. If transfer is suspected, identify the receiving authority and use that authority's verified source.
FPC Duluth Release Timeline
Build the timeline from the federal sentence rather than a county booking date. A future BOP release date is conditional. A past date and released status establish the end of BOP custody as described by the agency. The court docket can then show whether federal supervised release follows and which order controls.
If the person later appears in another custody system, record that as a separate event. Do not overwrite the BOP date with a county, state, or immigration date. Each transition needs its own source, authority, and meaning.
For older releases outside the electronic locator's scope, use the National Archives route identified by BOP. For current uncertainty, recheck the register number and federal case before assuming that a name-search failure means release.
FPC Duluth Record Accuracy
Similar names can produce a false match. Compare the federal register number and all displayed identity fields. Save the status and retrieval date because the public result can change as custody changes.
A precise statement says BOP reported the person released or not in BOP custody on the displayed date. It does not claim every legal obligation ended. The federal order supplies that broader context.