ICE Detainee Release Outcomes
ICE operates a federal civil detention network. It is not the Sumner County Jail, Tennessee Department of Correction, or Federal Bureau of Prisons. No official evidence identified an ICE detention building or local detention contract physically in Sumner County. The ICE page in the facility map represents the federal system that may receive a person after a local custody episode.
An immigration detainer asks a law-enforcement agency to notify ICE and hold a person so ICE may assume custody when local custody would otherwise end. Thus, a Sumner record that says “release to detainer” describes transfer to ICE, not release to the community. Ask SCSO for the actual transfer time and receiving agency when that field is public. Then use the ICE system for the next custody stage.
Release from ICE is also a limited statement. It ends the displayed ICE detention event but does not answer every court, supervision, removal, state, or federal issue. State which agency released the person and when. Avoid blending the local criminal case with the federal civil custody record.
Search ICE Detainee Release Records
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, has two search routes, while the agency's detainee-information page supplies the official context and contact path. The stronger search route uses the person's A-number and country of birth. An A-number must contain nine digits, so leading zeroes are added when the known number is shorter. The biographical route uses exact first and last name plus country of birth, with date of birth available as a narrowing field.
- Gather the A-number, exact legal name, country of birth, date of birth, and the Sumner booking identifiers.
- Search by the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when both are known.
- If needed, use exact first and last name with country of birth. Add date of birth to reduce false matches.
- Check spelling, hyphens, name order, and leading zeroes before treating a no-match as meaningful.
- Record the displayed ICE status, then contact ICE or SCSO when the transfer or release event requires documentary proof.
ODLS excludes people under 18 from public results. Juvenile matters must not be routed through the adult public search. A no-match can also result from an alias, exact-spelling error, recent transfer, data delay, or the limited period during which a released record remains searchable.
Note: A Sumner jail inmate ID is not an ICE A-number and cannot substitute for the federal identifier.
ICE Locator Search Fields
ODLS asks for different data based on the selected route. Enter the fields as they appear in reliable records. Small differences can matter because the biographical route is exacting.
| Field | How it is used |
|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit federal immigration identifier; add leading zeroes when needed. |
| Country of birth | Required with the A-number route and the biographical route. |
| First and last name | Required for biographical search; spelling and hyphens must match. |
| Date of birth | Optional narrowing field in the biographical route. |
| Age boundary | People under 18 are excluded from the public locator results. |
| Status or facility result | Read it as an ICE record, then confirm details through the agency. |
An exact biographical no-match does not prove release. Try known name forms, verify the country selection, and seek the A-number. If SCSO documented an ICE pickup, that local record establishes the handoff even while ODLS catches up.
ICE Recent Release Window
ICE states that ODLS can contain adults who are currently detained or who were released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That makes it a limited recent-release route, not a lasting archive. A released result can help identify a recent ICE custody change. After 60 days, absence says little about whether the person was once detained or when release occurred.
Preserve the lookup date with the displayed result. The rolling limit makes timing part of the evidence. If the release is older, ask ICE for the proper records route or use the immigration case record available to an authorized party. Do not turn the 60-day rule into a claim that every recently released person must appear at once. Feed timing and identity matching still matter.
ICE Release Help Through DRIL
The ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line, or DRIL, is the human-contact fallback when the online result does not resolve the custody question. ICE lists the number as 1-888-351-4024. Published hours are Monday through Friday, except holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Language assistance is available.
ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line1-888-351-4024
Monday through Friday, except holidays
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Language assistance available
Have the A-number, exact name, country of birth, date of birth, and known Sumner transfer facts ready. Ask about the ICE custody record, not the meaning of a Tennessee criminal judgment. SCSO and the Sumner court remain responsible for their own records.
Note: DRIL can clarify the ICE layer, while SCSO must document the prior Sumner County jail exit.
Nashville ICE Release Contacts
The relevant ICE check-in location for the area is Nashville under the New Orleans Field Office. ICE lists it at 501 Brick Church Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37207, with phone 615-664-5555. The agency's published check-in directory should be consulted before travel because appointment procedures can change.
ICE Nashville Check-In Office501 Brick Church Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37207
615-664-5555
Confirm current appointment instructions
This is a check-in and supervision contact location. It is not evidence that a particular person was released, and it should not be described as a Sumner County detention facility. Use ODLS or agency confirmation for the custody event. Use the office directory for appointment and reporting information.
Sumner ICE Detainer Transfers
A current SCSO card only shows that the person is displayed in local custody at the time checked. If the card later disappears, ask the SCSO Records Division for the booking-and-release record. The requested fields should include actual exit date and time, recorded release type, and receiving agency or destination when public. That record can distinguish a community exit from ICE pickup.
The Sumner court order may explain why local criminal custody ended, but it cannot prove that ICE did not assume custody. Likewise, ODLS does not explain the state charge disposition. The Sumner County released inmate search maps the SCSO and court portions of the event, while the ICE locator covers the federal civil layer.
- Detainer
- A request that allows ICE to seek custody when local custody would otherwise end.
- Transfer
- A change from one custodian to another, not community release.
- ODLS
- The public ICE locator for covered adult current and recent-release records.
- A-number
- A federal immigration identifier used in the strongest ODLS search route.
Keep agency language exact. “SCSO transferred the person to ICE” describes the local exit. “ICE released the person within its displayed record” describes a later federal event. Neither statement should be expanded beyond its source.
ICE Versus Other Release Systems
ICE civil detention is separate from BOP imprisonment, USMS federal criminal detention, TDOC custody, and SCSO custody. The BOP locator does not search ICE records. Tennessee VINE does not extend its Sumner and TDOC feeder records into ICE. FOIL covers Tennessee felony custody and supervision, not federal immigration custody.
The U.S. Marshals Service also lacks a public former-detainee locator comparable to BOP. Federal criminal court records may explain detention or release authority, but an immigration detainer can still produce an ICE transfer. Search the system that held the person at each step instead of asking one portal to describe the whole chain.
No official Sumner source identified a local ICE facility, fixed transfer schedule, public pickup location, or local detention contract. Those details are not inferred. The defensible path is local release record, receiving-agency field, ODLS result, and ICE contact when needed.
Keep each observation date. The local record can fix the handoff, while the later federal result shows only the ICE status visible when checked.