Locate ICE Detention Network Releases

ICE Transfer Is Not Release

No official source in the research sweep established a dedicated ICE detention facility in Tyrrell County. Immigration custody is a conditional branch that begins when Dare Detention, another jail, or a federal source names ICE as the receiving agency. A local record may use language such as “released to ICE,” but the clearer description is transferred from local custody to ICE.

This distinction matters because the person has left the local jail without necessarily reaching the community. Record the Dare release or transfer time, destination agency, booking number, and legal authority. Then use ICE to establish the next custody status. If the local jail does not name ICE, do not infer immigration custody from a missing roster entry.

Search ICE Detention Records

Use the official ICE Online Detainee Locator. It searches people currently in ICE custody or in Customs and Border Protection custody for more than 48 hours. Two search routes are available. The strongest uses the nine-digit alien registration number, or A-number, with country of birth. Add leading zeroes when a known A-number has fewer than nine digits. The other route uses biographical information.

1. Confirm from the jail or legal record that ICE is the likely receiving agency.
2. Use the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when both are known.
3. If using biographical fields, enter the name as recorded and try supported spelling variations without merging same-name people.
4. Read the location and custody information exactly as displayed. Save the access date and identifier.
5. If the person cannot be found, contact the appropriate ERO route or last known facility instead of declaring release.
6. Pair any confirmed immigration status with the local jail transfer record so the custody chain remains clear.

The locator does not search records for people under 18. It also is not designed as a permanent historical release database. Those limits make the receiving-agency entry from Dare especially important for a Tyrrell case.

Verify ICE Custody Changes

A no-result is a prompt for more checks, not a final event. Start with the last confirmed custodian. If Dare transferred the person, ask for the transfer date, receiving agency, destination when public, and record identifier. Then use the ICE locator and ERO contact process. Preserve dates because sequential agency custody can look contradictory when each record covers a different part of the chain.

The legal case may also supply context. A Tyrrell criminal case remains with the Tyrrell court even when physical custody was in Dare. A separate immigration process is federal civil custody. The state court can explain dismissal, bond, sentence, or commitment in the local case, but it does not control the later ICE detention decision. Each agency must confirm its own event.

If the record instead identifies USMS or BOP, follow the federal criminal route. BOP covers sentenced federal prisoners. It is not the ICE locator and is not a general USMS pretrial search. Precise agency names prevent one federal system's no-result from being applied to another.

Note: “Released from Dare” states only that the Dare jail episode ended unless the destination confirms community release.

ICE Locator Record Limits

The locator is built for current searchable detention, including qualifying CBP custody beyond 48 hours. It does not promise a full timeline of earlier local booking, later movement, or historical release. A result can help identify the current facility or custody source, but the exact transfer reason and local departure belong to the sending jail record.

A-number

An alien registration number used to distinguish an immigration record.

ERO

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the operational contact path for custody questions.

Detainer

A request or hold that can redirect a person when another custody basis ends.

Transfer

Movement to another agency or facility while custody continues.

Do not use a timestamp from one system as if it were the next system's admission or release. A Dare transfer can precede searchable ICE data. Likewise, disappearance from the ICE locator can occur before the reason is clear to the public. Ask the last facility and ERO to reconcile the sequence.

ICE Release Record Requests

Begin with the existing local record. For a recent Tyrrell arrest, ask Tyrrell Sheriff which facility booked the person. Current evidence points to Dare Detention, but agreements can change. Request the booking and release event from Dare, including admission, physical departure, release code, legal authority, destination, receiving agency, and public detainer information. A narrow field request avoids asking the jail to research a separate federal system.

If ICE is named, use ODLS first and then ERO for unresolved current custody. The locator itself is the verified public online channel. No Tyrrell ICE office address, local ICE facility, or public historic-release archive was established by the source sweep, so none should be invented.

The Tyrrell County release-record workflow provides the local booking and court sequence before the federal branch. Keep requests with the correct custodian. Dare holds its jail event, the Tyrrell Clerk holds the state case documents, and ICE holds its immigration custody records.

Tyrrell Court and ICE Transfer

Search the N.C. eCourts Portal by the person's name and Tyrrell County when the immigration branch began after a local case. Read the latest disposition and all relevant counts. One charge may be dismissed while another warrant or hold supports continued custody. A bond order creates a possible route out of local custody but does not override a distinct federal transfer.

If online details are incomplete, the Tyrrell Clerk's public terminal or paper file can supply the judgment, release order, dismissal, probation order, or commitment. Those records explain the state case. They still do not establish the later immigration location or ICE release date. Pair them with the Dare transfer and federal follow-up.

Tyrrell's Distinct Custody Tracks

Tyrrell's local geography can cause a confusing search. The county contains Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, a 620-capacity NCDAC state prison, while local detainees are housed in Dare under the evidence-supported arrangement. ICE is neither of those systems. It becomes relevant only after a named transfer or separate immigration custody record.

That three-way split is the distinctive facility angle. Use NCDAC for the work farm. Use Dare and the Tyrrell court for a local case. Use ICE ODLS and ERO only when the custody chain points to immigration authorities. A county name, federal agency role, or blank search result is never enough to switch systems without evidence.

Note: No dedicated ICE detention facility in Tyrrell County was verified in the official-source review.

Document an ICE Release

A reliable conclusion states the system and event. “Dare transferred the person to ICE on the recorded date” is stronger than “not at the jail.” “ICE confirmed release from its custody” is narrower and more accurate than “not incarcerated.” Keep the URL, access date, exact status, A-number when lawfully used, and the agency that confirmed the follow-up.

When sources disagree, report the mismatch until the custodians reconcile it. Recent processing and transfer lag can produce a local departure before an ICE result appears. A later ICE no-result can also have several causes. Dates and agency names turn those apparent conflicts into a traceable custody sequence.

Keep personal identifiers to what is needed for the lawful search and follow-up. An A-number helps distinguish the correct immigration record, while the Dare booking number ties the person to the local episode. The two identifiers belong to separate agencies. Recording both with their source prevents a same-name ICE result from being joined to the wrong Tyrrell case.