ICE Lincoln County Release Route
ICE detention is a federal civil immigration system. It can apply when ICE accepts a person after a local jail release or encounters the person through another route. No dedicated ICE detention center was identified in Lincoln County. The actual facility may be elsewhere and can change, so the local jail address must not be presented as an immigration detention location.
The Lincoln County jail-register or booking/release sheet provides the first routing fact. Ask for the release type, date and time, destination, and receiving agency. If it says ICE or immigration detainer, that county event ended Sheriff custody but may have begun ICE detention. Search ICE next. Only a later ICE release event, supported by the locator during its public window or by agency paperwork, establishes departure from ICE custody.
Search ICE Lincoln Release Records
The Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, has two search routes. The more precise route uses the person’s A-number and country of birth. An A-number has nine digits; add leading zeroes when needed. The biographical route uses name, country of birth, and other identifying information available on the form.
- Obtain the full name, A-number when known, and country of birth.
- Use the A-number route first and enter all nine digits.
- If the number is unknown, use the biographical search with exact spelling.
- Compare the returned identity and custody information carefully.
- Contact the listed facility or ICE detention line when the result conflicts with recent facts.
- Keep the county transfer record and any ICE release or check-in document as the durable chain.
People under 18 are excluded from the public locator. A no-match may reflect spelling, an identifier problem, a new or delayed record, the age limit, or an event outside the public window. It is not positive proof that ICE never held the person or that release occurred. Call the detention information line at 1-888-351-4024 for current routing help.
| Search route | Inputs | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| A-number | Nine-digit A-number and country of birth | Requires the correct immigration identifier |
| Biographical | Name and country of birth | Exact identity matching remains important |
| Phone | Identity and custody details | Agency may restrict what it can disclose |
ICE Lincoln 60-Day Release Window
ICE’s official legal-access material says ODLS includes people currently detained and those released from ICE custody during the prior 60 days. That is a real released-person search channel, but it is brief. After the window closes, disappearance from ODLS is expected and cannot establish a later status.
The official ICE detention guidance states this current-plus-prior-60-day scope.
This narrow window is why an ICE release document and the earlier Lincoln County transfer record should be saved when available.
A recent released result addresses ICE custody only. Immigration check-ins, court proceedings, supervision requirements, or another custodial event may continue. An Order of Recognizance or other agency release paperwork is better evidence of the terms of the ICE event than the old county release sheet. The county sheet proves only the handoff.
Note: Once 60 days pass, an absent ODLS result is a system limit, not evidence that a person has no immigration case.
Lincoln ICE Detainer Records
An immigration detainer asks a local law-enforcement agency to notify ICE before release and maintain custody for up to 48 hours beyond the time the person would otherwise be released so DHS can assume custody. It is a request. The existence of a detainer does not prove that ICE arrived, accepted custody, or later detained the person.
| Record | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| ICE detainer | A request for notice and temporary continued custody. |
| Lincoln County release sheet | The local event, time, type, and receiving agency if recorded. |
| ODLS result | Current ICE detention or release within the public window. |
| ICE release paperwork | The immigration release event and any stated terms. |
| Check-in document | The assigned reporting process after release. |
Read these records in time order. A detainer can precede local release. The county record can show whether the handoff occurred. ODLS can then show ICE custody or recent release. The agency document explains what followed. Describing the first step as an ICE release reverses the sequence and can falsely imply community freedom.
A detainer is also different from a federal criminal commitment. BOP handles sentenced federal prisoners, and USMS commonly manages federal pretrial detainees. ICE handles civil immigration detention. Use the agency named on the record.
ICE Lincoln Detention Contact
The ICE detention information line is the main public phone channel when ODLS does not resolve a recent status question. Prepare the full name, A-number, country of birth, date of birth, and last known facility. The agency may limit disclosures, and the actual detention center remains the best source for facility-specific information.
ICE Detention InformationNationwide civil immigration detention system
Phone: 1-888-351-4024
Online status: ICE Online Detainee Locator System
Local Lincoln ICE facility: none identified
The ICE detention information portal provides public detention and immigration-process routes.
The portal should be used for ICE questions after the local record confirms or suggests an immigration transfer.
ICE check-in guidance is a separate resource for someone already released with reporting instructions. A public locator is not a substitute for the person’s paperwork. When dates or instructions differ, contact the agency named in that document. For older or more detailed records, an agency request may be needed, subject to privacy and law-enforcement limits.
No ICE Facility in Lincoln
The official sweep found no dedicated ICE detention center in Lincoln County. The county has one inspected and certified local correctional facility, the Sheriff’s detention facility. That jail can be the start of an immigration custody chain, but it does not become an ICE center when a detainer exists.
A person accepted by ICE may be transported outside the county. Facility assignment can change. Search ODLS for the current location instead of listing a nearby center that the research did not connect to the case. If a result names a facility, contact that facility for release logistics and save the details with the county transfer record.
This distinction also protects the meaning of “released from Lincoln County.” The phrase may refer only to the end of county custody. When ICE receives the person, the accurate description is transfer to ICE detention. Community release should be used only after the immigration custody record supports it.
Where does the person go? The local destination field answers the first handoff. ODLS and ICE paperwork answer the federal civil custody stage.
Verify Lincoln ICE Release Records
A reliable record chain begins with the agency that created each event. Obtain the Lincoln County booking/release sheet when the person left the Sheriff’s facility. Search ODLS within the 60-day window. Keep the ICE release, recognizance, or check-in paperwork. If a court proceeding controls the next stage, use the relevant immigration or federal court record.
- Confirm that the Lincoln booking ended and ask where the person went.
- Do not treat a detainer notice as proof of ICE acceptance.
- Search ODLS with the best available identifier.
- Call ICE when the locator is delayed or inconsistent.
- Use the ICE-issued document to confirm release terms and reporting.
- After 60 days, rely on saved records and official requests rather than locator absence.
The Lincoln County release search paths distinguish a local jail event from state, federal prison, USMS, and immigration custody. That distinction is essential when the same person appears in more than one system.
Records can be incomplete or updated at different times. Note the agency, event label, date, facility, and destination each time. A transfer notification is not a release notice, and an ICE release is not proof that all court duties ended.
Note: The best proof of an ICE release is an agency record tied to the named person, not silence from an expired locator window.
Lincoln ICE Facility Map Evidence
The fiscal-year 2024–25 report records one inspected and certified local correctional facility, zero decertified facilities, and 38 certified local correctional officers. It does not turn that Sheriff facility into an ICE center. No dedicated immigration detention center was identified in Lincoln County. The Tennessee Corrections Institute’s annual local-jail inspections under Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-4-140 are also distinct from federal civil detention oversight.
These local facts support using the destination on the county release record and the live ICE locator. They do not support guessing which out-of-county ICE facility received a person. Only the named agency record can make that connection. When the county record omits a destination, ask the Sheriff for the receiving agency and release-order reference before moving to the federal search. That narrow request can distinguish an ICE handoff from another federal transfer.
Timing also matters. The county event may be recorded before ICE data reaches ODLS. Keep the exact local release time and call the detention information line when a fresh transfer does not yet appear. If ICE later releases the person, save the agency document because the public locator will stop showing that released status after its limited window. The two records then preserve both stages of the Lincoln County custody chain.