ICE Detention Outside Kimble County
The facility map found no ICE detention center in Kimble County. It also found no county contract for ICE detention. ICE still belongs in the local custody chain because a person can leave Kimble County Jail in the custody of immigration authorities. In that event, the county entry documents a transfer, not a community release.
ICE detention is civil immigration custody operated by the Department of Homeland Security through ICE and its detention network. It is not a Kimble County jail sentence and is not a TDCJ prison term. The physical detention site may be outside the county. Its identity must come from the receiving-custody record or ICE, not from an assumed nearby facility.
The local event and the later immigration event therefore need separate proof. Kimble can confirm when and to whom it transferred the person. ICE can confirm eligible current-location information and, through the correct office or record channel, the later immigration-custody outcome.
Confirm Kimble County ICE Transfers
Begin with the Kimble County Sheriff because its booking and release entry should identify the event that ended local physical custody. The official sheriff page publishes no roster or recent-release archive. Call 325-446-2766 and ask a precise question: was the person released to the community, transferred to another jail, or released to a federal immigration custodian?
- Provide the full name, date of birth if known, and approximate Kimble booking date.
- Ask for the actual event date and time, release type, and destination or receiving agency.
- If staff says ICE, request the agency name and any transfer information in the existing booking or release record.
- Search ICE’s Online Detainee Locator using the exact identity fields required by the selected route.
- If no match appears, repeat the search only after checking spelling, date of birth, country of birth, and A-number format.
- Use the proper ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office when an exact search still fails.
- Keep the Kimble transfer record separate from any later ICE release confirmation.
The Kimble County release and custody guide explains how county, TDCJ, BOP, and ICE records answer different questions. Only the relevant custodian can establish its own event.
Search ICE ODLS Correctly
The official ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, offers two search routes. The number route uses the person’s A-number and country of birth. The biographical route uses exact first and last name, country of birth, and date of birth. Exact data matters because the service is not designed as a broad partial-name archive.
| ODLS route | Required fields | Key check |
|---|---|---|
| A-number search | Nine-digit A-number and country of birth | Add leading zeroes when an A-number has fewer than nine digits |
| Biographical search | Exact first name, exact last name, country of birth, date of birth | Check spelling and birth data before drawing any conclusion |
An A-number is the identifying number used in an immigration record. It is not a county booking number, SID, or TDCJ number. Using the wrong identifier in the A-number field will not produce a sound search. When the number is unknown, use the full biographical route and avoid guesses about country of birth.
ODLS can cover people currently in ICE custody. ICE’s attorney resource also describes coverage for people held by Customs and Border Protection more than forty-eight hours and people released from ICE custody during the prior sixty days. That limited recent-release window is not a permanent history.
Kimble County ODLS Result Limits
A missing ODLS result does not prove that ICE released the person. Exact-match requirements can cause a failure. The person may be under eighteen, a group the public locator does not search. Privacy or safety limits can exclude a record. The record may also fall outside the locator’s custody or recent-release window.
A result must also be interpreted with care. Current ICE custody indicates continued detention in the immigration system. A recent-release result shows an ICE custody event, but it may not explain the person’s destination or the legal process that followed. ODLS is custody-focused and is not a complete immigration case file.
| Observed result | Safe conclusion | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Current ICE location appears | The service reports qualifying ICE custody | Follow the facility or ERO contact supplied through official channels |
| Recent ICE release appears | ICE reports a recent custody release within locator scope | Ask ERO for the event details available through the proper channel |
| No match | No qualifying exact result was returned | Recheck fields, then contact ERO |
| Kimble says transferred to ICE | Local custody ended through a federal handoff | Use ODLS and the transfer record; do not call it community release |
Note: ODLS absence, like disappearance from a jail display, cannot establish where the person went or whether custody ended.
ICE ERO Is the Fallback
When an exact ODLS search does not resolve status, ICE directs location questions to Enforcement and Removal Operations, commonly shortened to ERO. Use the official ICE field-office directory to identify the office responsible for the custody location or case. The research does not establish a Kimble County ICE office, so no local address, telephone number, or office hours should be assumed.
Prepare the same identity data used in ODLS: full legal name, date of birth, country of birth, and A-number when known. Add the date and receiving agency from Kimble’s transfer entry. Explain that the question concerns the current custodian or a later ICE release, rather than asking ICE to interpret the county criminal case.
ERO may be the best operational contact, but access to detail can depend on identity, privacy, authorization, and the type of record sought. If a durable record is needed, ask which official request channel covers the requested ICE custody or release information. Do not treat a phone statement as the Kimble release record or ask the county to certify an ICE event it did not create.
Kimble and ICE Record Chain
Two agencies may create records around the same handoff. Kimble’s entry should show the local booking episode, date and time local custody ended, release or transfer code, and destination or receiving agency. The immigration system controls the later detention and release information. A court docket can explain the local charge or order, but it does not necessarily show the physical handoff time.
For the local half, submit a narrow Texas Public Information Act request to the Kimble County Sheriff’s Office. Ask for the existing booking and release record for the named booking episode, including actual event time, event type, and destination or receiving agency. The sheriff is at 415 Pecan Street, Junction, Texas 76849; the research lists matt.suttle@co.kimble.tx.us and fax 325-446-4341. No public counter hours or fee schedule was found, so call before visiting and request an advance itemized estimate.
Texas Government Code chapter 552 governs the county request, but exceptions and other confidentiality law can apply. Ask for releasable portions with protected material redacted. Federal immigration records follow federal processes instead. One request cannot force Kimble to create or produce ICE records it does not hold.
Release or Continued ICE Custody
Use exact event language throughout the record trail. “Left Kimble custody” means only that Kimble stopped being the physical custodian. “Transferred to ICE” means custody continued under the federal immigration system. “Released from ICE custody” means the immigration detention event ended, but ODLS alone may not explain the destination, restrictions, or later case status.
Other transfers must remain distinct too. A person sent to Kerr County is still in county jail custody. A person received by TDCJ has entered the Texas prison or state-jail system. BOP covers federal criminal imprisonment, while ICE handles civil immigration detention. The BOP locator and ODLS are not interchangeable.
A reliable statement names the agency, date, and event supported by the source. For example, a Kimble record may establish transfer to ICE on a given date. A later ICE record may establish release from immigration custody. Without that second event, do not shorten the chain to “released.”
ICE Detention Contacts and Scope
No local ICE detention address, direct facility phone, public visiting schedule, release gate, or property procedure can be listed for Kimble County because no ICE site in the county was identified. The correct contact changes with the actual receiving location. Find that location through ODLS or ERO before seeking facility-specific instructions.
Official current-custody and limited recent-release locator
Search ODLS
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations
Field-office fallback after an exact-match search fails
Find an ERO field office
For the originating local event, contact the Kimble County Sheriff’s Office at 325-446-2766. Ask whether the destination was ICE and request the recorded transfer details. For urgent custody information, rely on the current agency response rather than an old saved result.
The absence of a Kimble ICE facility is not evidence that no Kimble detainee can enter ICE custody. It means the page must follow a network and a receiving agency, not invent a local detention building.