Trace YCDC Federal Releases

YCDC Federal Release Destinations

The York County Detention Center houses people under compensated agreements with the United States Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A person can be physically inside the York jail while the federal case or immigration process controls the next move. Departure from the building can mean transfer to another contract jail, USMS transport, BOP admission, ICE detention elsewhere, removal proceedings, or actual release to the community.

The York movement entry should identify the holding authority and destination. That is the best bridge between local and federal systems. A federal court order can explain why a USMS detainee was detained or released, but the York record supplies the local exit. ICE ODLS shows current immigration detention and some recent ICE departures. BOP covers only people who entered Bureau of Prisons custody.

Confirm a YCDC Federal Release

The York current roster states that it carries only current booking information. A federal detainee can disappear when moved to another site, so absence does not establish freedom. Start with the county record, then use the agency named in that record.

1. Search the York roster to check current listed custody and preserve the access time.
2. Call Booking/Releases at 803-628-3083, option 2, and ask for the holding authority and actual destination.
3. Obtain the movement or release record if the answer must be documented.
4. For ICE, search by A-number and country of birth or the exact-name route in ODLS.
5. For USMS, check the federal court detention or release order and seek custody confirmation.
6. For BOP, use the locator only after the person entered the federal prison system.

The full York County release records search helps when a person’s original booking type is not clear. It separates a federal contract detainee from an ordinary York booking and an SCDC state prisoner.

ICE Release Checks from YCDC

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System supports two main routes. An A-number search uses the nine-digit number and country of birth; a shorter number is left-padded with zeros. The name route uses exact first and last name, country of birth, and optional birth date. Children under eighteen are not displayed, and some records may be delayed or withheld.

ICE says ODLS focuses on current detainees and can include some people released from ICE custody during the prior sixty days. It is not a permanent historical release ledger. A no-result may reflect release, transfer, data delay, restricted display, or input differences. Call the Detention Reporting and Information Line at 1-888-351-4024 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern when status remains unresolved.

A-number

An immigration file identifier used with country of birth in ODLS.

Detainer

A request or hold that may cause transfer to another authority.

Removal proceedings

The immigration process that may continue after county custody ends.

Note: A recent ICE result addresses ICE custody only and does not resolve a separate York, state, or federal court case.

YCDC Federal Records Contacts

The York Detention Division controls its booking and movement record. USMS controls federal pretrial prisoner movement. ICE controls immigration detention data. BOP controls federal prison records. A focused inquiry to the correct custodian is more useful than sending the same request to every agency.

Request the York booking sheet, actual movement date and time, release type, federal holding authority, and named receiving site or agency. Ask for the existing record rather than a newly compiled explanation. If the response identifies a federal case, use the issuing court’s docket for the legal order. If it identifies BOP or ICE, proceed to that specific locator.

YCDC Contract Custody Role

Contract custody does not turn York County Detention Center into a BOP prison or an ICE database. County staff operate the building, while federal authority can govern the detainee’s case and next movement. The Sheriff’s detention materials expressly identify both USMS and ICE populations. The York Classification and ICE 287(g) page also describes work involving extraditions, court appearances, and commitments.

The 287(g) agreement dates to October 8, 2007 according to the Sheriff’s page. That program allows specified trained functions within the agreement, but it does not make every York detainee an ICE detainee. Confirm the holding authority in the individual record. Do not infer federal status from location alone.

The current roster image below comes from the official York booking page and is shown only to clarify its county scope.

The roster can rule in a current listed York booking, but the county movement entry and federal source are needed once the person leaves that list.

YCDC ICE and USMS Ambiguity

York’s combined USMS, ICE, and 287(g) roles make a roster disappearance especially hard to interpret. A federal pretrial defendant may move under USMS authority. An ICE detainee may move to another site or leave ICE custody. A sentenced federal prisoner may move toward BOP. These paths can look identical on a current-only county list because the past booking vanishes.

Resolve that ambiguity in sequence. First, obtain York’s destination. Second, read the federal order or locator that covers the next system. Third, preserve exact status terms and dates. If sources conflict, remember that they may describe different points in the chain. York answers when the person left its building; the federal authority answers what happened next.

USMS lacks a general public historical name-based release roster. A federal court docket and the York movement record are therefore central for its detainees. ICE and BOP have locators, but neither replaces the York record of physical departure from YCDC.

YCDC Annex Federal Record Names

The present 256-bed annex was formerly York County Prison. The Sheriff took it over and merged it into the two-building Detention Center in July 2021. Older federal contract or county movement records may still carry the old name. There is now one county detention workflow, not a separate release database for the former prison.

When requesting a historical federal-detainee record, include both “York County Prison” and “York County Detention Center Annex.” Add the person’s booking number, date range, and federal holding authority when known. That phrasing helps the custodian search across the naming change.

The former prison title does not show BOP custody. It identifies the local building. The movement destination and later federal record determine whether the person entered USMS, ICE, or BOP custody after leaving the annex.

Note: Historical facility names belong in the request, while present status must come from the agency that controls current custody.

Request YCDC Federal Release Records

A focused request through the York Sheriff FOIA route should identify the person, approximate booking and movement dates, booking number when known, and federal holding authority. Ask for the existing booking sheet and movement entry showing actual departure time, disposition, destination, and receiving agency. If the person was housed in the annex before or near the 2021 merger, include the former York County Prison name.

If York produces only the initial arrest or booking record, ask specifically for Detention Inmate Records and the release or movement line. The departure may not appear in the arresting agency’s incident report. When part of a record is withheld, request the legal basis and reasonably separable public portions.

Then send any federal request to the identified custodian. BOP should not be asked for a USMS-only pretrial movement. ICE should not be asked for a BOP prison term. The court holds its orders, while York remains the source for the exit from its building. Correct routing makes a no-record response far less likely to be mistaken for proof of release.

Resolve YCDC Federal Result Gaps

ODLS can lag or omit a record, while USMS offers no equivalent public historical name search. For that reason, save the York release-to field and the federal case reference before opening a locator. Those two fields establish which authority should answer next. If ICE’s sixty-day recent-release visibility has passed, use the authorized ICE contact or records route rather than calling the old no-result proof of community release.