Check ICE Transfers

ICE Release and Transfer

No dedicated ICE detention facility was identified as physically located in Montrose County in the reviewed sources. ICE custody still matters when an immigration detainer, hold, or transfer follows a county jail release. A Montrose County criminal-case release and an ICE custody transfer are two different events. The jail record can show that the person left local custody; the ICE locator can show whether the person is currently in ICE custody.

The ICE Online Detainee Locator is described as a tool for locating a detainee currently in ICE custody or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. USA.gov explains that searches can use name, country of birth, and date of birth, or an 8- or 9-digit A-number. Those fields are different from a county booking number or a Colorado court case number.

Use ICE Detainee Locator

The ICE search should be used only when immigration custody is possible. It does not replace the Montrose County current inmate list, the MCSO records request, or the court docket. It also does not work like a county recent-release feed. It is a current detainee locator, so a person not found may be outside ICE custody, entered differently, under a different biographical record, or no longer covered by the locator.

1. Confirm the person is no longer shown on the MCSO current inmate list.
2. Check the court docket or sheriff release record for a hold, transfer, or immigration-custody notation.
3. Search ICE by A-number if known.
4. If A-number is unknown, search by full biographical details using name, country of birth, and date of birth.
5. Use USA.gov guidance to understand locator limits and next steps.

The USA.gov ICE locator explanation is the source shown in the image below.

The USA.gov source helps distinguish immigration detainee searches from county jail release records and Colorado court records.

ICE Transfer Records Contact

ICE custody confirmation starts with the federal locator. The local release event, however, should still be confirmed through MCSO Records when the person was booked into Montrose County Jail. The court docket can show bond, dismissal, sentence, or transfer events that explain why local custody ended. If the court or jail record does not mention ICE, avoid assuming immigration custody from the person's absence on the jail list.

County Release Versus ICE

The key issue is custody chain. Montrose County Jail can release a person from the criminal booking while another authority assumes custody. ICE custody is one possible receiving system. Federal criminal custody and CDOC transfer are other possibilities. Each receiving system uses its own identifiers, records rules, and public tools.

ICE Locator Limits

The ICE locator is a current custody tool. It is not a release-record archive, a Montrose County roster, or a court disposition source. A search can fail because the person is no longer in ICE custody, because biographical data was entered differently, because the person is outside locator coverage, or because the local case never involved ICE. Use the jail release record and court docket to confirm the Montrose County side of the event before relying on immigration-custody assumptions.

For a full named-person route across local, state, federal, and immigration systems, use the Montrose County released inmates page and then branch to the specific system that fits the record.

Search fields also differ. A county booking number and a Colorado court case number are not ICE locator identifiers. ICE can use an A-number, or a biographical search with name, country of birth, and birth date. If those details are missing or uncertain, the Montrose County jail record and court docket become even more important because they may show whether ICE was part of the release event at all.

Do not treat every unexplained roster disappearance as an ICE transfer. Montrose County releases can involve bond, personal recognizance, time served, sentence completion, dismissal, probation, CDOC transfer, another county hold, federal custody, or ICE. The record should name the receiving system or release type. If it does not, request the public booking and release record from MCSO and compare it with the court case before moving to federal immigration tools.

A-number

An immigration identifier that can be used in the ICE detainee locator when known.

Biographical search

An ICE locator method using name, country of birth, and birth date.

Detainer or hold

A record clue that another authority may assume custody after the county jail event.

Note: ICE custody is checked separately from the Montrose County criminal-case release.

Detainer Chain Checks

An ICE-related release search should be careful with wording. A person may be released from the Montrose County criminal booking because the local case allows bond, dismissal, sentence completion, or another court result. If ICE then assumes custody, the county release record and the ICE custody record are both true, but they describe different events. The public should not treat the county release as proof that the person is out of custody.

Look for a hold, detainer, transfer notation, or court context before moving to ICE. If the local record shows only a standard bond release, ICE may not be involved. If the court or jail record points to immigration custody, search ICE by A-number when possible because that is more precise than name matching. If no ICE result appears, verify the local release record rather than guessing from absence.

Note: ICE locator is for current custody, so older immigration release history may not appear.