ICE Custody After Grayson Jail
No ICE detention center or verified county ICE detention contract was identified in Grayson County. A person transferred from Grayson County Jail to immigration authorities may be held elsewhere in the region. The county jail episode ends at transfer, but the person has not returned to the community.
ICE custody and conditional ICE release require their own records. The county release entry can identify the handoff. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System can address current detention and some recent releases. Release paperwork can identify reporting duties after conditional release.
Confirm an ICE Release
Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System only when an immigration transfer or ICE custody is supported. A blank county roster is not enough.
- Obtain the Grayson County departure record and look for ICE, immigration, detainer, or receiving-agency details.
- Search ODLS by nine-digit A-number and country of birth, adding leading zeroes if needed.
- If the A-number is unknown, use the exact first and last name, country of birth, and available birth details.
- Read the result as current ICE custody or a recent ICE release, not as a permanent archive.
- Use release paperwork or the responsible ERO office when the locator is blank or the event is older.
The Grayson County released inmate search supplies the local event that should be matched to the ICE record.
ICE Locator Search Fields
Exact spelling matters in ODLS, including hyphens. The system excludes people under eighteen and can omit other people for safety, security, processing, upload, or agency-discretion reasons. A miss proves neither that ICE never held the person nor that release occurred.
| Search item | Use or limit |
|---|---|
| A-number | Nine digits, with leading zeroes when necessary |
| Country of birth | Required with an A-number search |
| Exact first and last name | Biographical alternative when number is unknown |
| Birth information | Helps distinguish people with similar names |
| Custody result | Reports ICE scope, not county or BOP custody |
| Blank result | Requires agency or paperwork follow-up |
ICE Releases Stay Briefly Searchable
ICE's official ODLS guidance says the locator includes people currently detained by ICE or released from ICE custody within the last sixty days. This is a short released-person window, not a lasting release archive. Disappearance after the window is expected and cannot independently establish the release date or reason.
The official ICE detention guidance documents the scope and limits that govern interpretation of a recent released-person result.
The captured guidance supports the sixty-day distinction but does not replace the individual release paperwork or county transfer entry.
Separate three milestones: release or transfer from Grayson County Jail, arrival in ICE custody, and later conditional release from ICE. The county record establishes the first. ICE records establish the second and third. A later blank result may reflect the sixty-day limit rather than a new event.
ICE Release Information Contact
Unresolved locator questions route to the relevant Enforcement and Removal Operations office. ICE also operates the Detention Reporting and Information Line at 1-888-351-4024, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern, with language assistance.
ICE Detention Reporting and Information LinePhone: 1-888-351-4024
Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Have the A-number, full legal name, date and country of birth, last known facility, and approximate transfer or release date. Ask which office holds the record and whether release paperwork or another channel is needed. Do not ask county staff to certify an ICE event that occurred after the local transfer.
ICE Conditional Release Paperwork
ICE's Field Office Check-ins guidance explains that reporting after release is separate from immigration-court hearings. The reporting location, date, and time appear in the person's release paperwork. That document can corroborate conditional ICE release and the obligations that followed.
A check-in duty does not mean the person remains in a detention facility. It also does not resolve the immigration case. Preserve the release date, paperwork, check-in schedule, and court notice as different records. The immigration court, ICE supervision office, and prior county jail each hold different parts of the chronology.
- Detainer
- A request or hold connected to another authority.
- Transfer
- Movement from county custody into ICE custody.
- Conditional release
- Departure from detention with continuing immigration obligations.
- Check-in
- Required reporting that is separate from a court hearing.
Document the Grayson ICE Handoff
Ask GCSO for the booking or custody-status history, release or transfer date and time, release type or code, and receiving agency. A focused request should identify the person, booking number, arresting agency, and approximate date. The county record should be phrased as a transfer when that is what it shows.
The related court case can explain a local bond, dismissal, sentence, or hold, but it cannot certify what ICE did next. Grayson misdemeanor records belong with the County Clerk, while felony records belong with the District Clerk. Pair the clerk record with the sheriff event and ICE result rather than treating any single source as the full chain.
ICE, BOP, and USMS Differ
Federal systems define search outcomes differently. BOP can retain a dated Released or Not in BOP Custody record for someone who entered its sentenced-prison system. USMS manages much federal pretrial custody but publishes no public prisoner locator. ICE uses ODLS for immigration detention and only a short post-release period.
| Agency | Public result | Safe reading |
|---|---|---|
| ICE | ODLS custody or recent release | Immigration stage only |
| BOP | Location and release date | Federal prison stage only |
| USMS | No public locator | Use court, holding jail, or FOIA |
| GCSO | County custody event | Local stage only |
A BOP miss cannot resolve ICE custody. An ODLS miss cannot resolve USMS custody. Identify the agency first, then interpret that system's result.
Older ICE Release Records
When more than sixty days have passed, use the release paperwork, responsible ERO office, immigration court documents, and appropriately scoped agency records channels. Preserve any written response that says no record was found. It may reflect the wrong spelling, wrong custodian, retention window, or system limitation rather than a factual finding that no release occurred.
Do not attempt to infer an older ICE release date from a current blank screen. The strongest chronology combines the county transfer entry, ICE custody or release paperwork, and any later check-in record. Each item should retain its source and event date.
Grayson Immigration Detainers
A detainer or immigration hold can affect the destination when local custody would otherwise end. The county release or movement record should identify whether GCSO transferred the person. Do not infer an ICE handoff from citizenship, birthplace, a name, or a missing jail result.
If the county record names ICE, use that date as the start of the immigration custody check. The later ICE result must come from ODLS, paperwork, ERO, or another official ICE record.
Immigration Court Is Not ODLS
An immigration court hearing record and ICE custody record answer different questions. A hearing date does not prove detention, and an ICE release does not end the immigration proceeding. Release paperwork expressly separates check-ins with ICE from appearances before the immigration court.
Preserve the immigration court notice for case scheduling and the ICE paperwork for detention or supervision. Match both to the A-number and full identity details.
Interpret a Blank ICE Search
An ODLS miss has several possible causes. The person may be under eighteen, outside the public system for safety or agency reasons, entered under a different spelling, has not yet been uploaded, left the sixty-day released window, or belongs to another custodian. None of those possibilities independently proves release.
Retry only with verified identifiers. Then contact the responsible ERO office or information line and consult the release papers. Keep the exact date and wording of any no-result or no-record response.
Match ICE Identity Details
The A-number is the strongest public locator key when paired with country of birth. Add leading zeroes to reach nine digits when needed. A biographical search demands exact first and last names and country of birth. Hyphens can matter, so use official paperwork rather than an informal spelling.
Compare the A-number, birth information, last detention location, and case documents. If two people have similar names, ask ICE which identifiers can be confirmed through the proper channel.
Build a Grayson ICE Timeline
Record the county booking, local transfer time, receiving agency, ICE detention result, ICE release paperwork, required check-in, and immigration court date as separate events. A local bond or dismissal can coexist with an immigration transfer. The county outcome does not control the immigration case.
If ICE releases the person conditionally, keep the release document and reporting instructions. If custody resumes, record the new event rather than rewriting the earlier release. Paper records become more important after the sixty-day ODLS period.
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