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Livingston ICE Detention Network

No dedicated ICE detention facility was verified in Livingston County. The research sweep also found no verified county contract establishing Livingston County Jail as a dedicated ICE detention site. The ICE detention network appears here because a local arrest or jail stay can end with federal immigration pickup. It should not be described as a second local jail.

ICE detention is federal civil immigration custody. A person can leave Livingston County Jail yet remain confined after transfer to ICE. Conversely, release from ICE custody says only that the person left that federal detention system. It does not decide a state criminal case, erase a county booking, or prove that no other authority has custody.

Search Livingston ICE Release Status

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, often shortened to ODLS, is the correct public route for current or recent immigration detention. It is not the BOP locator and it is not Michigan VINE. Start with the most precise identifying data available, then compare the returned identity information before relying on a match.

1. Use a nine-digit A-number and country of birth when those identifiers are known. Add leading zeros if needed to reach nine digits.
2. If the A-number is unknown, use the biographical search fields offered by ODLS and enter the name carefully.
3. Read the exact location or recent-release information shown. Record the date and time of access.
4. Compare the result with the last Livingston County Jail movement. A county transfer and an ICE release are two separate events.
5. If ODLS has no match, check spelling and identifiers, then use the relevant agency or records channel rather than assuming release.

The broader Livingston County released inmate search path shows how local jail, court, state, and federal systems differ when the originating custody is unclear.

Livingston ICE Sixty-Day Window

ICE states that ODLS covers current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the preceding 60 days. That narrow horizon makes prompt searching important. A recent release may be visible while an older immigration detention event no longer appears. The public locator is therefore a current and recent status tool, not a complete historical index.

The 60-day period must not be turned into a Livingston County retention rule. It belongs to ICE's locator scope. Livingston jail records, court files, and federal immigration records operate under different systems. Once the locator window passes, an ICE contact or federal records process may be needed to seek existing, releasable records. The result may still be limited by identification, privacy, exemptions, or the status of the matter.

ICE's attorney information resource confirms the current and recently released coverage. Use that official scope statement when interpreting a missing older result rather than treating silence as proof.

Note: The ICE locator's recent-release horizon does not recreate the Livingston jail's earlier movement or the legal reason for county custody ending.

Is Livingston Jail-to-ICE a Release?

A disappearance from Livingston County Jail is a weak signal. The official county site does not publish a searchable current or released roster, and a departure can reflect bond, court order, sentence completion, transfer, hospitalization, federal pickup, or another custody event. If the last movement says ICE, federal pickup, detainer, or transfer, the person did not leave county custody directly for the community.

A detainer is another authority's request concerning custody or transfer. It is not itself proof that the transfer occurred. Use the actual jail movement entry to learn whether Livingston released the person to ICE. Then use ODLS promptly to check the receiving federal system. If the movement only says release without a receiving agency, pair it with the court record and agency clarification.

The Livingston County Jail lists its information line as (517) 546-2445. Ask a narrow question: whether the person remains in county custody and whether the final movement was a release or transfer. Staff may direct the requester to VINE or a written records request, and disclosure limits may apply.

Confirm Livingston ICE Transfers

Use two sources because each answers a different question. The Livingston jail movement record documents how county custody ended. ODLS addresses current or recent ICE custody. A court register can explain the local legal event, but a state court order does not by itself document the later federal intake.

For a recent Livingston case, begin with the county VINE route and the jail. VINE is an event and notification service, not a permanent immigration archive. Next, search the correct MiCOURT register for a bond, dismissal, sentence, or other order. The 53rd District Court handles misdemeanors and felony preliminary proceedings, while the 44th Circuit Court holds felony trial and sentencing records.

Release

Custody ended in the named system, subject to the exact record.

Transfer

Custody moved from one authority or facility to another.

Detainer

A request from another authority that can affect release or pickup.

ODLS

ICE's public locator for current detention and a limited recent-release period.

No MI-VINE match and no ODLS match still do not prove community release. Spelling, timing, data scope, age limits, participation, and the search horizon can all create a gap.

Identity matching also matters. Compare the A-number or other identifier, country of birth, name spelling, reporting agency, and dates before joining two records. Aliases and typographical differences can hide the same person, while common names can create a false match. Keep the exact status words instead of rewriting them as “free” or “still detained.” A short research note should name the source, access date, agency, status text, and relevant event date. That record makes it possible to tell whether later information changed the result.

Livingston ICE Movement Records

For durable proof of the county-to-federal handoff, request the record from the agency that created it. Livingston County or the sheriff holds the county booking and movement data. A focused request should name the person, date of birth, booking number if known, and a short date range. Ask for the field or log showing the final date and time, release or disposition code, code definition, and receiving agency.

Livingston provides an electronic records request portal. The wording should seek existing records rather than ask staff to investigate or create a new narrative. Requesting the code key matters because “release” in a jail export may describe release from county control even when another agency received the person.

A county record cannot substitute for an older ICE record. For federal history beyond ODLS, use ICE's own contact or records process and identify the A-number, country of birth, approximate custody dates, and the specific existing record sought. Responses can contain redactions or exemptions.

ICE Network Access Contacts

Because no dedicated Livingston ICE facility or county detention contract was verified, no local ICE facility address, visiting desk, release counter, or local operating hours can be supplied. The correct contact route depends on the stage of the question. ODLS is the first public status check. ICE's official information resources explain the locator's scope. Livingston Central Records handles the county movement document.

Do not send a county records request to ICE or an immigration-history request to the Livingston sheriff. Routing the request to the record holder avoids a false answer from a system that never created the document.

ICE Versus Other Federal Releases

ICE, BOP, and the U.S. Marshals Service serve different functions. ICE ODLS concerns civil immigration detention. The BOP locator concerns sentenced federal prisoners and can show a past release date or “RELEASED” status within BOP. USMS manages federal pretrial detainees but has no general public released-person locator.

A Livingston arrest may move through more than one system. A person transferred from the county jail to federal pretrial custody should be checked through the federal court and USMS route. A person later committed to BOP should be checked in the national BOP locator. The Livingston USMS custody record path covers that federal pretrial distinction.

None of these federal results automatically resolves a Michigan court case. “Not in BOP custody” does not mean no ICE custody, and an ICE release does not mean no federal supervised release or other hold. Use the exact system name, status wording, and access date in any written note.