ICE Castro Transfer Path
ICE detention is civil immigration custody. It is not a county jail sentence, TDCJ prison custody, or BOP federal criminal imprisonment. If Castro County Jail reports that ICE accepted a person, the county booking ends at transfer while detention continues in the federal network. The release or transfer sheet should name the receiving authority and event time.
No official county, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE facility directory reviewed for the research identified an ICE detention center in Castro County. The Castro County Sheriff page also did not state an ICE detention contract. Local language must remain conditional. A detainer, transfer, and detention placement are separate facts. A detainer signals another authority's interest; it does not by itself prove the person was taken into ICE custody.
| Event | Proof source | What follows |
|---|---|---|
| County exit | Castro jail release or transfer sheet | Ask for authority and destination |
| ICE acceptance | ODLS match or ERO confirmation | Contact listed detention facility |
| ICE release | Agency or immigration case record | Do not rely on a later no-result alone |
| Removal or transfer | ICE and case records | Distinguish from community release |
Search ICE Castro Custody
Use the official ICE Online Detainee Locator System. One route requires the A-number and country of birth. The other uses exact first and last name, date of birth, and country of birth. An A-number is generally the stronger identifier. Enter it without guessing and compare all returned details.
- Obtain the A-number from reliable papers when possible.
- Search by A-number and country of birth.
- If needed, use exact biographical fields in the name route.
- Contact the listed detention facility to confirm current custody.
- For an old event or no result, contact the responsible ERO field office.
ODLS is designed to locate current detainees. It may omit a recent booking, a minor, a protected record, or an entry with mismatched fields. A person may also have been transferred, released, or removed. Because each possibility can produce no result, absence from ODLS cannot prove release to the community.
ICE Locator Result Limits
An ODLS match can provide a present detention location and facility contact. It does not promise a public release date, release reason, full movement history, or final immigration case result. The locator is therefore best used to find the current custodian. A historical question should move to ERO and the immigration record process.
- A-number
- A unique immigration identifier used in the strongest locator search route.
- Detainer
- An agency notice or request that does not itself prove custody was accepted.
- ERO
- Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE division that manages detention and removal work.
- Removal
- An immigration outcome distinct from release to a U.S. community.
A name search is sensitive to spelling, order, birth date, and country. Keep the exact inputs and search time. Do not use visual resemblance to select a person. If the location is found, use the official ICE detention facility directory for contact and visitation information because rules differ by facility.
Confirm ICE Release Records
Contact the appropriate ICE ERO field office when ODLS does not answer a historical question. Provide the A-number, full legal name, date of birth, country of birth, last known detention site, and approximate dates. Ask which office or records process can confirm custody entry, transfers, release, removal, or another disposition. Privacy and identity rules may restrict details.
For a Castro County origin, request the Sheriff's local jail-register line and transfer documentation. The county record should identify when Castro custody ended and whether ICE, USMS, another county, or another authority accepted the person. If staff can only confirm current status orally, a written request under Texas Government Code chapter 552 can seek the existing release or transfer sheet.
Immigration court information may help explain a legal proceeding, but a court event does not always establish the exact physical detention exit. Agency custody records and signed orders answer different questions. Preserve both. If dates conflict, ask the government sources to reconcile them instead of treating the first date seen online as final.
Castro ICE Record Request
Address the local request to the Castro County Sheriff's Office, 900 E. Bedford Street, Dimmitt, Texas 79027. Call 806-647-3311 for the current designated submission method because the county posts no records email, portal, fee list, or public records hours. Identify the person and date range, then ask for the jail-register entry, release or transfer sheet, transfer authority, receiving agency, and transport record if maintained.
Texas State Library Schedule PS describes the jail register as a summary that includes the date of release or transfer. That is the sound archival target. The Sheriff's current page still links to legacy VINELink but has no public roster or recent-release feed. Texas IVSS-Counties can provide a county event alert if Castro participates, yet it is not the ICE locator and does not replace the county record.
Castro County Sheriff's Office900 E. Bedford Street
Dimmitt, TX 79027
806-647-3311
Ask for current records submission details.
ICE Versus Federal Prison
BOP covers sentenced federal criminal custody. ICE covers civil immigration detention. USMS often handles federal pretrial and transport custody. These systems can touch the same person but do not share one complete public locator. A BOP “Released” date does not certify an ICE release, and no ODLS result does not answer a federal prison question.
If Castro County Jail reports a USMS transfer, use the federal court docket and last contract facility. USMS has no public historical locator like BOP. If it reports BOP, search by register number. If it reports ICE, use ODLS and ERO. If the receiving agency is TDCJ, use the Texas state search. The Castro County released inmate search path lays out those boundaries.
Another agency can accept custody at the end of an ICE or BOP event. Ask for the destination as well as the exit date. “Released,” “removed,” “transferred,” and “not in custody” have different meanings. Copy the source label exactly before explaining it.
ICE Release And Court Context
A local criminal case and an immigration matter can proceed on separate tracks. Bond or dismissal in Castro County does not control federal immigration custody. Likewise, an ICE detention decision does not supply the disposition of a Castro charge. The county or district clerk file may show the criminal bond, judgment, sentence, dismissal, or jail-time credit, while immigration records address the federal civil process.
Misdemeanor matters generally route through the Castro County Clerk and felony matters through the District Clerk. The same official contact is listed for both, but the legal files remain distinct. Ask for the docket, orders, judgment, and disposition. Pair that with the Sheriff transfer record and the ICE response.
An ICE no-result can follow release, transfer, removal, a data mismatch, or a protected record. Never select one explanation without agency proof. For urgent legal or safety questions, contact the holding or receiving agency directly. A public locator is a discovery tool, not a substitute for counsel or an official custody document.
Castro ICE Facility Scope
There is no sourced local ICE detention address to place in Castro County. The actual facility can be elsewhere in Texas or beyond. Use the current ODLS result and ICE facility directory for address, telephone, visitation, mail, funds, and property procedures. Do not copy rules from an unrelated detention center.
Families planning travel should reconfirm location shortly before leaving because transfers can occur. Ask the facility what identification is required and whether visits need advance approval. These practical rules are facility-specific and were not documented for a Castro County ICE site because no such local site was found.
When a person is released from ICE custody, ask for the agency document that identifies the event and any conditions. When a person is transferred or removed, preserve that exact description. The end of one database result is not a complete custody history.
ICE Search Accuracy Checks
Start with the A-number and country of birth. If only biographical data is available, use the exact legal name and date of birth. Record alternate spellings from official papers. Search one person at a time and keep the date, inputs, and result. A partial or similar name is not enough.
Then compare the Castro County transfer sheet, ODLS status, ERO confirmation, listed facility, and court record. The order of events matters. A county transfer should precede federal intake, and a later federal release or removal record should come from the responsible federal custodian.
No official source found a Castro County ICE contract. That absence should remain visible because it prevents a nationwide federal network from being portrayed as a local jail. The correct local page helps identify the route, states the limits, and points to the agency that actually holds the record.