Charles County ICE Transfer Paths
A local jail exit followed by immigration detention is an agency transfer. CCDC may record the destination or receiving agency in its release or transfer entry. ICE records then address the next stage. The two events should remain separate because a county court order can resolve the local charge while immigration custody continues under a different authority.
An ICE record may show current detention or a recent release from ICE custody. It cannot prove the date or legal basis of the earlier departure from CCDC. Nor does it show that CCDC itself operates as an ICE facility. Research found no verified local ICE detention center or current Charles County ICE contract.
| Event | Meaning | Confirmation route |
|---|---|---|
| CCDC exit to ICE | Immigration custody may continue | CCSO transfer entry plus ICE record |
| Current ODLS match | Covered ICE detention | ODLS details and ICE contact |
| Recent ICE release result | Release from ICE custody within locator scope | ODLS result and agency record |
| No ODLS match | Inconclusive | Check identifiers, timing, age, and other systems |
Confirm an ICE Custody Change
Begin with the person’s last proven system. The Charles County release-search workflow helps determine whether the last event was local, state, federal, or immigration custody. Use ODLS only for its stated ICE scope.
- Collect the person’s full legal name, country of birth, date of birth, and A-number if known.
- For the number route, enter the nine-digit A-number and country of birth, adding leading zeros when needed.
- If the number is unavailable, use the biographical route and enter the identifiers carefully.
- Read any location or recent-release information without treating it as the preceding CCDC record.
- When the person was last at CCDC, ask CCSO for the exit date, event type, and receiving agency if recorded.
- Check state, BOP, federal court, or another jurisdiction when the ICE search does not resolve custody.
ICE Release Search Contacts
There is no local ICE facility contact card because no such Charles County detention site or contract was verified. Use the official ICE Online Detainee Locator System for the immigration-custody check. Use CCSO Records for the CCDC event that came before it.
ICE Online Detainee Locator System
Search route: A-number and country of birth, or biographical information
Scope: current ICE detention and stated recent ICE releases
Limit: records for people under 18 are not available
CCSO Records Section
6915 Crain Highway, P.O. Box 189
La Plata, MD 20646
301-609-6404
CCSO records portal
These channels are not interchangeable. ICE cannot supply the county booking record, and CCSO cannot supply the full later immigration case file.
No Local ICE Facility
No official ICE detention center or current ICE detention contract was verified within Charles County. That negative finding is important. The official CCDC page describes county detention functions, not a dedicated ICE facility. A police station, court holding space, detainer reference, or transport does not establish one either.
CCDC is operated by the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and serves county adult detention functions. If ICE later accepts custody, the event crosses an agency boundary. The county release or transfer record should document the local side, while ICE sources document immigration custody. Calling the system page a local facility would blur that boundary.
- A-number
- An immigration identifier used with country of birth in one ODLS search route.
- Detainer
- An agency notice or request that can affect movement; it is not itself proof of completed transfer.
- Transfer
- Movement from one custodian to another while detention continues.
- ICE release
- Departure from ICE custody, which does not resolve every other case or supervision status.
Read the ICE Locator
ODLS offers two search routes. The number route uses a nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Leading zeros may be needed when the known number has fewer digits. The biographical route uses identity information. Accurate spelling and birth details matter because a false match or no match can follow from small differences.
ICE’s locator-scope guidance states that the locator covers people currently detained by ICE and people released from ICE custody within the previous 60 days. That is a limited recent-release window, not a permanent archive. Save the date and wording of a matching result, then use the responsible records process when lasting proof is needed.
| Search route | Inputs | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit number and country of birth | Input and leading zeros must be correct |
| Biographical | Name and required identity details | Spelling variations can affect results |
| Recent release | Matching ODLS record | ICE states a prior 60-day scope |
| Minor record | Not searchable | People under 18 are excluded |
Request the CCDC Transfer Entry
When a person was last held at CCDC, submit a focused request to CCSO. Identify the legal name, date of birth if known, approximate booking date, booking or case number, and the relevant date range. Ask for the existing booking and release or transfer portions that record the exit date and time, legal or administrative type, destination, and receiving agency if maintained.
The request should not ask CCSO to decide immigration status or create a new explanation. It should seek the local documentary event. Ask for electronic delivery and segregable nonexempt portions when part of the file is protected. The agency may apply lawful exemptions.
A court order can add context, such as release on a local bond or disposition of the county charge. Yet the order is not proof that ICE did or did not accept custody afterward. Pair it with the jail entry and ODLS or another ICE record.
Detainers and Community Release
A detainer is commonly misunderstood as a release record. It can signal that another agency has an interest in custody or movement, but the notice alone does not prove that the receiving agency accepted the person. Nor does a local release order cancel every other authority.
Use timestamps. First identify when the court authorized the local result. Next identify when CCDC processed the exit. Then identify whether and when ICE accepted custody. If ODLS later shows release, treat that as a fourth event tied to immigration detention.
This sequence can reveal several valid outcomes. The person may have entered ICE custody, reached community release without an ICE intake, moved to another jurisdiction, or remained detained for another reason. Only connected records justify one of those conclusions.
Check Other Custody Systems
A missing ICE result may reflect the 60-day release window, a search error, an excluded minor, absence from ICE custody, or a different system. If the person left CCDC, search the Maryland DPSCS locator for current state placement. Check BOP for sentenced federal custody and many historical federal results. Use the federal court docket or USMS records for federal pretrial movement.
Each hit answers only its own system. A DPSCS result indicates state custody. A BOP result addresses BOP custody. ODLS addresses immigration custody within its coverage. None replaces the CCDC release or transfer entry.
When no locator provides an answer, return to primary documents. The county release record, a court order, and the receiving agency’s record offer a firmer route than assuming that a missing name means freedom.
After an ICE Release
An ICE recent-release result establishes an immigration custody change within the locator’s stated scope. It does not show whether a state, federal, or local case remains open, whether supervision applies, or whether another agency received the person. The relevant court and custody records must answer those separate questions.
Because ODLS is not a permanent archive, preserve the source details needed for a later agency request. Note the identifiers, result wording, displayed location or status, and the date checked. Do not expand the result beyond what it says.
A complete Charles County timeline may therefore contain a CCDC exit, an ICE intake, and an ICE release on three different dates. Keeping each event and agency distinct is the clearest way to confirm what actually happened.
Build the ICE Release Record
Start with the narrow issue: the CCDC exit, present ICE detention, or past ICE release. Then select the source that owns it. A county record request should seek the local transfer entry. ODLS can answer the current or recent locator question. An immigration or federal record request may be needed for details beyond the public result.
Record identity fields carefully. Common names and spelling differences create false matches. An A-number is valuable when it is verified, but it should not be guessed. Country of birth must also match the number-route requirements.
The most defensible conclusion names the agency and event: “transferred from CCDC to ICE custody,” “currently shown in ICE detention,” or “shown as released from ICE custody within the locator window.” None of those phrases should be shortened to a claim that all custody ended.