ICE Detention Release Paths
ICE detention concerns civil immigration custody. A person may enter that system after leaving a Bossier Parish facility, but a local roster disappearance does not establish the handoff. The person could also have moved to another parish facility, Louisiana custody, federal criminal custody, or the community. The Sheriff's release or destination code is the first record to seek when Bossier was the last known placement.
Within the immigration system, a person can transfer between facilities, be released from ICE detention, be removed, or fail to appear in the locator because of an exact-match problem or coverage limit. An ICE release ends that ICE detention event. It does not end an immigration case or prove the absence of another form of custody.
Search ICE Release Status
Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, known as ODLS. It offers an A-number route and a biographical route. An A-number search needs the number and country of birth; add a leading zero when needed to make a nine-digit number. The biographical route requires exact identity details.
- Obtain the exact A-number from an authorized record or use exact biographical details.
- Search ODLS and compare the full identity and location returned.
- Read any detention or recent-release wording without treating no result as release.
- Contact ICE ERO or the reporting line for case-specific help when the match fails or is unclear.
- Request the Bossier destination code and relevant ICE event when the person moved from local custody.
ICE guidance says ODLS can include people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That is not a complete archive or a promise that every recent event appears. The Bossier Parish release-record route supplies the local event needed to start a supported ICE check.
ICE Release Contact Routes
ODLS is the public location tool. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations provides the case-specific contact route when the locator does not resolve a detention question. The Detention Reporting and Information Line also offers language help and published weekday access. These channels may limit information based on identity, privacy, and the caller's authority.
ICE Detention Status
Online Detainee Locator: locator.ice.gov/odls
ICE ERO contact directory
Detention Reporting and Information Line: 1-888-351-4024
Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
No local dedicated ICE detention-center contact was verified for the three named Plain Dealing facilities. Use the Bossier facility for its own departure record, then ICE for any documented receiving event.
ICE Locator Search Fields
The locator works best with the precise immigration identifier. Exact-match rules can hide a real record when a name, birth date, or country entry differs. Restricted records, records for minors, an upload delay, or a record outside the recent window can also produce no result.
| Search route | Required comparison |
|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit A-number and country of birth |
| Biographical | Exact name, date of birth, and country of birth fields offered |
| Matched location | Facility or ERO detail shown for the identified person |
| Recent ICE release | Literal result wording and date, within locator coverage |
| No result | Requires exact-data review and ERO or representative follow-up |
A local booking number and an A-number serve different systems. Include both in a narrow request when the Bossier event is believed to have become an ICE transfer.
Bossier ICE History Limits
Historical ICE documents identify Bossier Parish Corrections Center in a 2019 intergovernmental service arrangement and describe it under standards for an over-72-hour facility. A January inspection letter and a December reinspection support that dated history. U.S. Marshals material also documents historical federal use of Bossier correctional space.
No authoritative source reviewed proves that Bossier Maximum, Medium, or the Transitional Work Program currently operates as a dedicated ICE detention center in 2026. The historical record must not be converted into a present-tense contract claim, current population claim, or general instruction to search ICE whenever a Bossier name disappears. Use ODLS only when the booking, destination, case, or representative supplies an immigration link.
Note: The 2019 documents support a historic transfer possibility, not a current Bossier facility designation.
Bossier ICE Transfer Proof
A complete transfer chain begins with the Bossier release-event record. Ask for the exact date and time, facility, destination code, code legend, and receiving agency. A transfer to ICE should be recorded as a handoff, not as release to the community. Then match the person through ODLS or ERO using the A-number and identity.
If the Bossier record says only “federal,” do not assume ICE. The destination could involve the U.S. Marshals Service or another federal agency. BOP is another separate system and does not receive ICE civil-detention records. The federal court docket may be relevant to criminal custody, while immigration counsel or the ICE case route is relevant to civil detention.
- Detainer
- An agency request or notice concerning custody and possible transfer; its effect depends on the case.
- A-number
- The immigration registration number used to identify a person in DHS records.
- ERO
- ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the office responsible for detention and removal case operations.
- Removal
- A formal immigration outcome distinct from release into the local community.
ICE Release Versus Transfer
ODLS is mainly a location tool, not a full release archive. A current location supports ICE detention at the listed site. A recent-release result supports the end of ICE custody as recorded. A transfer can change the facility while detention continues. A no-result may mean data mismatch, restricted access, delay, old history, or an event beyond the locator's recent coverage.
| Observed event | What to verify next |
|---|---|
| Bossier to ICE transfer | Local destination event plus ODLS or ERO match |
| ICE facility transfer | New locator location and ERO confirmation |
| ICE release | Recent-release wording, date, and case representative confirmation |
| Removal | Official ICE or immigration case record |
| No ODLS result | Exact data, ERO, representative, and local destination review |
Do not label every end to detention as case completion. A person released by ICE can still have hearings, reporting duties, or another pending process.
Request ICE Release Records
For an ICE event, identify the person by full name, A-number, local Bossier booking number if relevant, and a tight date range. Ask for the custody or release event at issue rather than a broad file. Privacy limits and identity verification can affect access, especially for someone else's record.
A Bossier Sheriff request should seek only the local handoff: booking and departure date and time, facility, release or transfer reason, destination code and legend, and receiving agency. The parish custodian may not possess the later ICE disposition. Conversely, ICE may not hold the local booking details that explain when the Bossier placement ended. Separate requests keep each agency tied to the record it created.
Note: A representative with proper authorization may obtain clearer case-specific information than an unrelated caller.
ICE, BOP, and LAVINE
Three common systems are not interchangeable. LAVINE covers Louisiana parish jails, state prisons, and certain state community-supervision information. BOP covers Bureau of Prisons custody and covered historical federal prison records. ODLS covers current ICE civil detention and certain recent ICE releases. A failed search in one says little about the other two.
A Bossier person may move between systems in sequence. The person could leave a local jail for ICE, move between ICE sites, and later be released from ICE detention. Another person could leave local custody for USMS and later enter BOP. Build the timeline from agency events instead of searching all systems and choosing the first result that looks plausible.
Strong ICE Release Proof
The strongest finding matches the A-number and identity to an official ICE result or record, then aligns it with the Bossier destination event when local custody came first. ERO or the person's authorized representative can resolve a current case when the locator is incomplete. A dated release result should be preserved exactly, without claiming that the immigration matter ended.
Weak signs include a missing local name, a no-result exact search, an old inspection report, or the lack of a BOP entry. Those facts can suggest the next check but cannot establish community release. The central question remains narrow: what event ended the known placement, and which agency record confirms the next status?