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ICE Detention and Warren County

No official source reviewed established an ICE detention center, federal immigration jail, or active county ICE contract in Warren County. The ICE entry in the facility map is therefore a system-level route used only when a person’s case facts show an immigration hold, transfer, or ICE custody event. It is not evidence that ordinary Warren County releases pass through ICE.

A county jail record may name another agency, a receiving destination, or a hold. If it does not mention ICE, do not add an immigration inference based on a name, origin, charge, or missing local record. Ask the Warren County Jail for the actual movement type and receiving agency. A documented handoff supplies the reason to open the federal locator.

Where an ICE Detainee Goes

ICE civil immigration detention is separate from a county criminal booking. A person can move from a local jail to an ICE detention site outside Warren County, between ICE facilities, into another agency’s custody, out of detention under release conditions, or through removal proceedings. The county exit record proves only the end of Warren County custody unless it names the receiving authority.

ICE’s locator is current-location oriented. Even when it returns a facility, that result does not reconstruct the prior Warren County booking or the later immigration case outcome. The sending jail, ICE, the named detention facility, immigration court records where available, and an authorized records request may each hold part of the timeline.

Search ICE ODLS Correctly

The official Online Detainee Locator System offers two search routes. The preferred route uses an A-number and country of birth. The A-number must contain nine digits, so leading zeros are added when the printed number is shorter. The second route uses exact first and last name, country of birth, and date of birth. The system does not search for people under 18.

1. Verify the spelling and obtain the A-number from a reliable case or agency record if possible.
2. Enter the nine-digit A-number and country of birth, then review the returned facility details.
3. If no A-number is available, use exact biographical fields and try documented name forms rather than guesses.
4. Record the search date, exact fields used, result wording, and facility or office shown.
5. Call the named facility or ICE office for time-sensitive confirmation.
6. If no result appears after identifiers are checked, move to ICE contact and records channels rather than declaring release.

The official ICE locator guidance explains the locator’s purpose. It should be read as a current custody aid, not a county release archive.

What an ICE No-Result Means

An ODLS no-result is ambiguous by design. It can reflect a name or birth-data mismatch, an A-number formatting issue, a recent transfer not yet shown, release from ICE, removal from the United States, custody by another agency, age limits, or another database limitation. Several of those outcomes contradict each other, which is why “not found” cannot be rewritten as “released.”

Confirm a Warren County ICE Transfer

Start with the Warren County record when the person was first booked locally. The sheriff’s weekly PDFs may show “Agency Held For,” a booking number, charge, arrest agency, and bond language. Those fields can direct the search, but the report does not contain an identified actual release time, transfer destination, or release-reason field.

1. Save the exact weekly report URL and the Warren County booking number.
2. Call the jail at 636-456-4332 and ask when the person ceased to be held there.
3. Ask whether the event was a community release or delivery to a named receiving agency.
4. Request the movement record if the answer cannot be confirmed by phone.
5. Use ODLS only after a documented ICE connection makes the search relevant.
6. Pair any ICE result with the county movement date and the continuing court record.

A court order or bond event can explain why a local hold should end, but only the movement record confirms execution. An ICE hold can also mean that a person who resolved one county matter did not return to the community.

Request ICE Release Records

When ODLS cannot supply history, the official ICE Freedom of Information Act page is the federal records fallback. A focused request should identify the person with the appropriate authorized information, A-number if known, approximate detention period, Warren County booking reference, and any known ICE facility or field office.

Ask for releasable detention-location and movement records sufficient to show the date the person entered or left the named ICE custody, the movement or release type, and the receiving authority if transferred. Avoid asking ICE to make a broad conclusion about every possible custody system. A release from ICE says nothing by itself about a state warrant, federal criminal custody, or another local matter.

Send a separate Missouri Sunshine request to Warren County for the county booking and movement record. The county custodian and ICE hold different records, and neither should be expected to recreate the other agency’s full file.

Courts After an ICE Detention Event

Warren County’s 12th Judicial Circuit and its municipal divisions preserve local criminal or ordinance proceedings. Case.net may show bond, dismissal, plea, sentence, warrant, or termination entries that explain the local part of the timeline. These state records do not decide immigration detention status.

Likewise, an immigration case outcome does not erase or complete an unrelated Warren County case. Keep the case numbers separate and match each order to the agency that executed it. If a local warrant or sentence remained active, another custody event could follow an ICE release or transfer.

Preserve the date each portal was checked and the exact status wording. A later record can clarify an earlier no-result, and dated notes prevent a current locator result from being treated as a permanent statement. When the provider changes, confirm the event with both the sending and receiving offices where possible.

That sequence protects the difference between a legal decision and the custody movement that followed it.

ICE Release Versus Other Systems

Each locator has a narrow purpose. Warren County records cover the county jail. MODOC covers active state incarceration and supervision, with historical Sunshine data for final discharge. BOP covers federally sentenced prisoners. USMS covers federal pretrial and remand custody without a public historical locator. ICE ODLS covers current immigration detention location.

Searching all systems at random can create false matches and false conclusions. Follow the last confirmed movement. If Warren County names MODOC, use the state route. If a federal judgment leads to BOP, use the federal prison route. If the county movement record or another reliable source names ICE, use ODLS and ICE records. The Warren County released-inmate search shows the full decision path.

ICE Detention Records and Contact

No local ICE facility contact card can be provided because no ICE detention center or county contract was established in the research. Use ODLS to identify a current facility or responsible office. For history, follow the ICE FOIA process and retain the request, response, and any withholding explanation.

The sheriff can address the Warren County movement record. It cannot confirm a later ICE release unless its own record contains that event or the agency has direct knowledge it can lawfully provide.