ICE Releases Serving Sabine Parish
The Sabine Parish facility map identifies no ICE detention center inside the parish. Federal civil immigration custody is handled through ICE facilities and the New Orleans Enforcement and Removal Operations area rather than through a local ICE institution in Many. A person can still move from the Sabine Parish Detention Center or courthouse jail into federal immigration custody. The local booking then ends, but ICE custody begins.
That sequence must be described as “released from Sabine custody to ICE.” It is a transfer, not a community release. The Sabine sheriff record should show the actual local out time and receiving authority. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System can then help identify current or recent federal immigration custody. Neither system alone supplies the entire path. The local record documents the handoff, while the federal result addresses the later ICE stage.
Search Sabine ICE Custody
The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, supports two precise search methods. The first uses the exact nine-digit A-number and country of birth. An A-number is the federal immigration identifier assigned to a record. If the number has fewer than nine digits, add leading zeros. The second method uses the person's exact recorded name, date of birth, and country of birth.
- Use the A-number route when that identifier and country of birth are known.
- Enter all nine digits, including any needed leading zeros, and select the correct country of birth.
- For a biographical search, use the exact recorded first and last name, date of birth, and country of birth.
- Review the result for current custody or a recent release, and preserve the date searched.
- If the result is absent or ambiguous, confirm the spelling and identifier, then contact the responsible ERO office.
ODLS should not be replaced by a Sabine Parish jail roster, LAVNS, or the BOP locator. Those tools belong to local or criminal custody systems. The Sabine Parish release search can help identify which system held the person before the ICE-specific check begins.
Sabine ICE Release Window
ICE describes ODLS as a current and recent system, not a permanent discharge archive. According to the agency's official detainee information resources, the locator can include people in current custody and people released within the recent 60-day window. A result found during that period can support the reported ICE status. Once the window expires, the same public search may no longer return the person.
| ODLS outcome | What it can mean | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Current custody result | ICE reports an active detention record. | Use the result and responsible ICE contact for current status. |
| Recent release result | ICE reports a release within its recent public window. | Record the release information and search date, then clarify any later obligation separately. |
| No result | The system did not return a match at that moment. | Check identifiers, exclusions, timing, transfer, and ERO follow-up. |
| Sabine jail departure only | The local agency reports that its custody ended. | Ask whether ICE received the person before calling it community release. |
The 60-day period makes timing central. A no-result search after the public window cannot disprove an earlier ICE detention or release. Keep a copy of the identifiers used and the checked date. If formal proof is needed, ask the responsible agency what record route applies rather than assuming ODLS will preserve the event indefinitely.
Note: ODLS is designed for current and recent status, so a missing older result cannot establish that ICE custody never occurred.
Why Sabine ICE Results Fail
No result is inconclusive. ODLS relies on exact matching, and a spelling difference can prevent a match. An incorrect country of birth, missing leading zero in the A-number, wrong date of birth, or use of a name not recorded by ICE can have the same effect. Data may also lag after a transfer or release.
ICE states that minors are excluded. Some records may also be omitted for safety or security reasons or because processing is incomplete. A person can move between facilities while the public record changes, and a release can age out of the recent public window. Each of these limits explains why an absent row should lead to follow-up, not a claim that the person is free or was never detained.
- A-number
- A federal immigration record number entered as nine digits for the ODLS search.
- ERO
- Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE component responsible for detention and case follow-up.
- Data lag
- A delay between a real custody event and its appearance in the public system.
- Recent-release window
- The limited period during which ODLS may still show a person after ICE custody ends.
Sabine ICE Detainer Transfers
An ICE detainer is a request to a local law-enforcement agency for notice of an impending release. ICE also describes up to 48 hours of additional custody in specified circumstances. That period is tied to the federal request and its legal conditions; it should not be presented as an automatic extra hold in every Sabine Parish case.
The official ICE detainer page explains the federal process. For a Sabine booking, ask the sheriff whether a detainer existed, when local custody otherwise would have ended, whether ICE accepted the person, and what transfer time was recorded. The transfer destination is as important as the local out time because it determines whether the person returned to the community or remained confined under federal civil authority.
A court order in the local criminal case may resolve the parish charge without ending an immigration hold. Conversely, an ICE release does not decide the local criminal case. Keep the two legal tracks separate. The sheriff's record documents Sabine custody and transfer; ICE documents immigration detention and release.
Verify Sabine-to-ICE Handoffs
Sabine Parish operates two local jail sites. The Detention Center on Detention Center Road houses the larger male population, while the courthouse jail on South Capitol Street houses female inmates. Calling the wrong site can create a false absence. A move between those two sites is also not an ICE transfer or a community release.
- Identify the exact local booking, including name, booking number when known, and approximate admission date.
- Call the Detention Center at 318-256-0006 or the courthouse jail and dispatch line at 318-256-9241.
- Ask whether local custody ended, the actual out time, the recorded reason, and whether a receiving agency took custody.
- If ICE received the person, request the transfer destination or responsible federal contact recorded by the sheriff.
- Search ODLS with exact identifiers and follow up with the responsible ERO office if the federal result is missing.
For written local documentation, contact the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office public-records custodian at publicrecords@sabinesheriff.org. Ask for the booking and release portions, transfer flag, receiving agency, and actual event time. Do not ask the sheriff to certify later ICE status that belongs to the federal agency.
ICE Release Records Contact
Because no ICE detention center was verified in Sabine Parish, there is no local ICE facility address, public lobby, phone, or operating schedule to publish. Begin with ODLS. When the result is absent or unclear, use the responsible ERO follow-up route identified through ICE or the receiving information in the sheriff's transfer record.
ICE Detention and Release
Public locator: Online Detainee Locator System
Coverage: Current ICE custody and the stated recent-release window
Local facility: No ICE detention center verified in Sabine Parish
Follow-up: Responsible Enforcement and Removal Operations office
Bring the exact A-number or recorded name, date of birth, and country of birth when making an inquiry. Also keep the Sabine booking number and local transfer time if the case began in parish custody. Those identifiers help the two agencies distinguish the same person and event without assuming that a local release code settled the federal status.
Sabine Federal Custody Boundaries
ICE civil detention is not BOP sentenced custody. The Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal criminal sentences and retains most records from 1982 forward. USMS may control federal pretrial detention. LAVNS covers Louisiana custody and community supervision. The Sabine Parish Sheriff records local jail custody. Each source can be accurate while showing a different stage.
| Custody system | Primary public route | Release limit |
|---|---|---|
| Sabine Parish jail | Sheriff facility and release record | A local departure can be transfer to ICE or another authority. |
| ICE | ODLS and ERO follow-up | The public locator is current/recent, not a permanent archive. |
| BOP | BOP Inmate Locator | RELEASED means departure from BOP, not freedom from ICE or supervision. |
| USMS | Federal court and holding facility | No public historical released-prisoner locator is offered. |
| Louisiana DPS&C | LAVNS and the automated locator | State custody and supervision are separate from ICE civil detention. |
Use the source that owns the custody stage. If BOP is the actual system, the Federal Bureau of Prisons release page explains the nationwide sentenced-prison search and its result labels.
Confirm ICE Release from Sabine
A reliable answer should state three events separately when they exist: the end of Sabine Parish custody, the transfer into ICE custody, and the later end of ICE custody. Record the actual local out time, receiving agency, ODLS result, and dates each source was checked. If the federal result is unclear, contact the responsible ERO office rather than filling the gap with an assumption.
Community release means ICE custody itself ended without an immediate custodial handoff shown by the available records. Even then, ODLS does not explain every legal obligation after release. The goal is narrow and factual: identify the custody system, match the person with exact identifiers, distinguish transfer from release, and preserve the agency wording for each stage.
Note: A Sabine jail release record and an ICE result may describe different times, since one marks transfer and the other tracks federal custody.