St. Louis County ICE Custody
No county ICE detention center was identified. No authoritative evidence established that St. Louis County Jail has an ICE over-72-hour detention contract or a 287(g) agreement. ICE may still assume custody under a detainer, but the handoff must be supported by the actual receiving-agency record.
A jail-to-ICE handoff is a transfer, not release to the community. The local Sheriff booking can end at the transfer time while federal immigration custody begins. A missing county-roster name therefore cannot establish freedom.
Hold for other Agency does not identify ICE. Ask the Sheriff for the named recipient and legal basis.Confirm a St. Louis County ICE Transfer
Begin with the county custody event. The current roster can show Location and order context, while the recent-release PDF can show when the local booking ended. Neither report has a normalized destination field.
- Match the county booking by name, jail number, birth data, and booking date.
- Read Location and Order Type without assuming the identity of another agency.
- Request transfer data naming the recipient, date, time, and legal basis.
- Use ODLS only if the official record points to ICE.
- Check the court or immigration case when the locator cannot explain the legal event.
The broader St. Louis County released inmates search covers county, DOC, BOP, and court alternatives when the receiving authority differs.
Search ICE Custody Records
The ICE Online Detainee Locator, or ODLS, is the correct public search after a supported ICE handoff. Search by an exact nine-digit A-number and country of birth, adding leading zeroes when needed, or use exact biographical information including country of birth.
| Search route | Required detail | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit number and country of birth | Identifiers must match |
| Biographical | Exact name and country-of-birth fields | Spelling differences can block a result |
| Recent-release coverage | Person within the reported recent ICE window | Not a complete historical archive |
| Under 18 | No public ODLS search | Use authorized channels |
ICE reports coverage for current detainees and certain people released within the prior 60 days, subject to lag and coverage limits. A not-found response is not proof of release.
ICE Custody Search Limits
ODLS can fail because data have not yet arrived, identifiers differ, the custody period was short, the person is beyond the recent-release window, or another authority holds the person. Recheck the transfer record before changing search terms at random.
The locator is not a complete historical release archive. It also does not replace the legal document behind detention or release. For a lasting account, use the appropriate immigration case and agency records. Do not treat a public search result as a certified county release record.
County VINE covers participating Minnesota county jails, not federal ICE custody. MN DOC Public Viewer covers adults under state correctional jurisdiction. BOP covers federal prison sentences. None is a substitute for ODLS when ICE custody is actually established.
Request County ICE Transfer Data
Minn. Stat. §13.82 treats adult release and transfer as separate public arrest-data categories. Transfer data include the date, time, legal basis, and receiving agency. Those exact terms answer whether a local booking ended in a handoff.
St. Louis County Sheriff Central Records100 North Fifth Avenue West, Room 103
Duluth, MN 55802
218-726-2340
DSO.Records@StLouisCountyMN.gov
Use the Sheriff public-data request channel. Give the person's identifiers, booking number if known, and approximate dates. Ask for existing transfer data rather than asking staff to speculate about the recipient.
Inspection of public Minnesota government data is free. Allowed copy costs may apply. No flat Sheriff release-record charge or guaranteed response time was identified, so ask for an estimate.
ICE Transfer Versus Release
The same local roster change can reflect different events. The receiving agency and legal basis resolve the ambiguity.
| Event | Meaning | Next source |
|---|---|---|
| Community release | Local custody ends without a named receiving custodian | Sheriff release data and court order |
| ICE handoff | Immigration custody begins | Transfer record, then ODLS |
| DOC commitment | Minnesota prison custody begins | Transfer record and Public Viewer |
| USMS transfer | Federal pretrial custody continues | Federal docket and holding jail |
| Overflow move | Another county jail supplies housing | Location and receiving-jail contact |
Do not use the word release to describe every departure from Duluth. The end of one custodian's record can coincide with the start of another's.
ICE Custody and County Rosters
The St. Louis County current roster is for a live Sheriff booking. Its Location can name another jail, and its Order Type can show a hold. The 48-hour report provides an actual Released Date for an ended local booking but no destination or standardized reason.
A person in intake may not appear until assigned a booking number. A person transferred for crowding may remain on the county roster with an outside Location. A person handed to ICE may disappear from the local population. None of these patterns alone proves the final status.
Pair the county report with the transfer record. Then use ODLS if ICE is named. This sequence avoids forcing federal meaning onto a county field.
ICE Custody and Federal Records
BOP and ICE are different federal systems. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal prison custody and can show a release date or no longer in BOP custody. ODLS covers ICE detention and certain recent ICE releases. A BOP result cannot confirm ICE status.
USMS custody is also distinct. St. Louis County Jail holds U.S. Marshals prisoners, and USMS relies on local facilities. There is no general public USMS detainee locator comparable to BOP. Use the District of Minnesota docket and holding jail.
When a person moves between federal components, preserve the event sequence. “Not in BOP custody” does not mean “not in ICE custody.” A federal docket or transfer record supplies the bridge.
ICE Transfers in County Geography
St. Louis County's Sheriff network includes one 197-bed full-service jail in Duluth and small lockups in Hibbing and Virginia with eight and twelve beds. County jail history dates to 1871, and the current Duluth jail opened in 1995 after state compliance concerns involving the older facility.
These local facts do not establish an ICE site or agreement. They explain the county custody points from which a transfer question may arise. ICE custody serving the county is a pathway, not an identified county detention building.
Note: The Range facilities' “72 hour lockup” description is not an ICE detention term or locator window.
ICE Custody Contact Boundaries
Call St. Louis County Jail at 218-726-2345 for current local operational confirmation. Use Central Records for an existing transfer record. Use ODLS after ICE is identified. Each office can address only its own part of the chain.
The research does not supply a local ICE detention address because no county ICE center was identified. Do not invent a facility contact card. The accurate contact feature is the county records office plus the official online federal locator.
If the person is not found, verify identifiers and authority before concluding that release occurred. The strongest answer states what each source proves and where uncertainty remains.
ICE Custody Timeline Records
Record the local booking end and federal custody start as separate points. Sheriff transfer data can identify the recipient and legal basis. ODLS can then report ICE status within its coverage. A court or immigration record may supply more context.
Dates should not be merged merely because the handoff occurred on one day. One date belongs to the ending Sheriff booking, while another agency controls any later release from ICE custody. This matters when ODLS reports a recent release but the county PDF has rolled over.
A durable summary names the source, retrieval date, identifiers used, and exact status shown. It avoids turning a locator failure into a claim that no custody exists.
ICE Release Record Sequence
The clean sequence is county roster, transfer record, ODLS, then the governing case record. If the receiving agency is not ICE, stop using ODLS and move to the named authority's route.
This method protects against false release and ICE claims. It keeps the Sheriff's role limited to local booking and transfer information.