Delta ICE Transfer Checks
ICE's Online Detainee Locator System is the federal immigration custody locator. It should be used in Delta County when the jail record, court context, or family information suggests that a person left the Delta County jail because of immigration custody. That is different from a bond release, time-served release, probation release, CDOC prison transfer, or BOP federal-prison sentence.
The research flags federal and immigration systems as separate from local jail records. A Delta County jail "release" can mean release to another agency. If an ICE detainer, immigration transfer, or federal custody event is involved, county-only research is incomplete. The county jail record may show the local custody exit, while ICE ODLS or immigration contacts may be needed to locate the person in immigration detention.
| Question | Search route | What it can show |
|---|---|---|
| Was the person released from Delta County jail? | Jail and sheriff records | Local release date, transfer, hold status |
| Was the person moved to ICE? | ICE ODLS | Current ICE custody if searchable under ICE rules |
| Was this a federal prison sentence? | BOP locator | Federal release date or BOP location |
| Was there a local court case? | Delta County Combined Court | Bond, disposition, sentence, warrant entries |
Search ICE ODLS
ICE ODLS is not the same as VINELink or BOP. It is focused on immigration detention. Search success depends on ICE's locator rules, data freshness, and available identifiers. An A-number can be the strongest identifier when known. Biographical search may require careful spelling and date details. If no record appears, do not assume that no Delta County jail event occurred. The person may not be searchable, may be out of ICE custody, or may be in another system.
- Open ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- Search by A-number if known.
- If no A-number is known, use biographical search details as the locator allows.
- Compare any returned person carefully before relying on the result.
- Use Delta County jail records to confirm the local custody exit or transfer.
- Use court records, BOP, CDOC, or VINE if the case belongs to a different system.
ICE's locator screenshot was not available in the manifest because the capture failed with an HTTP 403 response, so this page remains text-only for that system rather than borrowing an unrelated image.
Detainers and Release Meaning
A local release and an ICE transfer can happen close together but mean different things. Delta County custody may end when the jail releases the person to another agency. That local release does not mean the person is free of custody. It means Delta County is no longer the holding agency. The next record belongs to the receiving agency, and ICE ODLS may be the right source if immigration custody is involved.
The same caution applies to federal and state transfers. A person moved to BOP, CDOC, ICE, or another county may disappear from a local custody source because the local hold ended. The proper next step is to identify the receiving system. If the jail or court record says transfer, do not recast that as a community release unless the receiving agency and later record support it.
Important distinction: ICE ODLS can help locate immigration custody, but Delta County Sheriff's records remain the source for the local jail release event.
Immigration Custody Sources
USA.gov detainee guidance points users toward ICE resources for immigration detention questions. That federal guidance supports the same routing used here: use ICE for immigration detention and use the local jail or court for local records. For a Delta County jail booking, the Sheriff's Office can hold the booking and release record. For an immigration detention location, ICE controls the locator data and update rules.
When the matter is urgent, verify with the agency that controls the custody. ICE ODLS may not provide a full case history, release reason, court status, or local booking record. It can help locate current ICE custody where searchable. The court case, jail record, or immigration case record may still be needed for the larger timeline.
For Delta County, the practical sequence is to confirm the local custody exit first, then search the likely receiving system. If the jail record or court information points to immigration custody, ICE ODLS is the next locator. If it points to a federal criminal sentence, BOP is the better source. If it points to Colorado prison custody, use CDOC instead.
ICE Search Limits
ICE ODLS is not a general criminal custody locator. It does not replace the Delta County Detention Facility, Sheriff's Records Management, the Colorado Judicial Branch, CDOC offender search, BOP inmate locator, or Colorado VINE. Each system answers a different release question. Use ICE only when immigration custody is the likely next agency after Delta County custody or when a reliable source points to ICE involvement.
- Detainer
- A request or custody-related notice from another agency that may affect what happens after local jail custody ends.
- Transfer
- A custody move to another agency; it is not the same as release to the community.
- A-number
- An immigration identifier that may help locate a person in ICE systems.
- Local release
- The end of Delta County custody, which may be followed by another agency's custody.
Delta County users should also separate an immigration detainer from confirmed ICE custody. A local jail note may show that immigration or federal issues affected release, but the receiving agency's record controls what happened next. If ICE ODLS does not locate the person, the next source may be the jail release record, the court case, BOP for a federal sentence, or legal documentation from the immigration matter.
Identifiers matter in ICE searches. An A-number, country of birth, date of birth, or full biographical match can change whether a result appears. If only a name is known, compare any available source details with care and keep the conclusion narrow. A Delta County jail release record can show that local custody ended, but ICE must confirm immigration custody status.
Note: If ICE does not return a record, use the local jail, court, VINE, BOP, or CDOC source that matches the known facts.
ICE locator results can also be time-sensitive. A person may be transferred, released under immigration process, or moved between detention locations. Because the screenshot capture for ICE failed, this page does not include an image, but it still links to the official locator and keeps the record path limited to researched sources.
When the only confirmed fact is that the person left the Delta County jail, start with the jail record before assuming ICE involvement. The release type, hold language, or transfer destination can determine whether ICE, BOP, CDOC, another county, VINE, or the court is the next source.