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To find someone released from Worth County custody to immigration authorities, follow the custody transfer rather than assuming the county release placed the person in the community. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System is an individual search for current custody and limited recent information. Worth County's HB 1105 reports serve a different purpose. They publish aggregate jail compliance figures and do not name released people. No ICE detention center was identified in Worth County. A search should therefore begin with the county booking and transfer record, then move to ICE only when a detainer, immigration inquiry, or federal handoff is supported.

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ICE Transfers from Worth County

A release from Worth County Jail ends county custody. It does not always end confinement. ICE, GDC, another county, BOP, or the U.S. Marshals Service may accept the person. The local record should be read for a transfer destination or other release type before an immigration search begins.

No ICE detention facility was found inside Worth County. The relevant local source is the Sheriff's jail record, while ICE controls its own locator and detention information. A routine bond release with no immigration indicator should not be treated as an ICE case.

Search ICE After a Worth Transfer

The Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, offers two individual search routes. Accurate identity data is essential.

  1. Open the official ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
  2. Use the A-number route when the immigration file number is known. Enter the country of birth as required.
  3. Otherwise use the biographical route with the person's name, country of birth, and birth date.
  4. Match spelling and hyphenation to official documents. Try supported name forms only when justified.
  5. Read the result as an ICE custody result, not a Worth County release record.
  6. If no match appears after a documented transfer, use ICE contact guidance or the receiving-facility information from the county record.

The Worth County search and release-record guide explains how to obtain the local side of the custody event.

ICE ODLS Coverage Limits

ODLS is designed for people currently in ICE custody and may contain limited information about very recent custody changes depending on the system. It is not a historical archive of all immigration encounters. It also does not search ordinary Worth County jail releases.

A blank result can reflect incorrect birth country, name variation, a wrong A-number, a processing delay, release outside the visible window, custody under another authority, or a person outside ODLS coverage. Do not convert a blank result into proof of release.

Lookup limit: ODLS answers an individual ICE custody question; it does not certify release from every agency.

USA.gov provides official ICE detainee search instructions. The captured guidance below shows the two search paths.

USA.gov instructions for locating a person detained by ICE
The guidance reinforces the need for an A-number or accurate biographical data and country of birth.

Worth HB 1105 Reports

The Worth County Sheriff's website publishes quarterly HB 1105 reports under its County Jail menu. These are local compliance reports created under Georgia's immigration-reporting framework. They summarize activity such as bookings, inquiries to federal immigration-status systems, responses, ICE detainers, and a sworn compliance statement.

The reports are aggregate. They do not identify a named detainee, show an individual's release date, or prove that a person was transferred to ICE. Their value is contextual: they show that immigration inquiries and detainer reporting form part of local jail operations. A named search still requires the jail record and, where relevant, ODLS.

Worth Detainer Release Meaning

A detainer is a request or notice connected with another authority's interest in custody. Its presence does not itself explain the final result. The jail and receiving agency records show whether a transfer occurred. Court orders, bond, sentence completion, and other holds can also affect timing.

Ask the Sheriff's records custodian for the booking record, county release date and time, release type if maintained, and transfer destination if nonexempt. Supply a full name, booking period, case number, and known identifiers. Avoid requesting broad immigration files when the actual need is one county custody event.

O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 governs Georgia public-record production, while exemptions in § 50-18-72 may require withholding or redaction. A county response can therefore confirm releasable custody facts without disclosing every protected detail.

ICE and Worth Records Contacts

Use each office only for the records it controls. Worth County Jail operations can address local custody. The Sheriff's open-records center handles county record requests. ICE supplies ODLS and its own detention contacts.

Worth County and ICE Routes

Worth jail operations: (229) 776-3142
Sheriff address: 201 N. Main Street, Room 14, Sylvester, GA 31791
Open records: openrecords@worthcosheriff.com
ICE locator: Online Detainee Locator System
Federal guidance: USA.gov detained-by-ICE instructions

Published sources do not identify a local ICE office or detention center in Worth County. Do not visit the county jail expecting staff to alter an ICE case. Ask for the county record, then follow the official receiving-agency channel.

County, ICE, and Federal Custody

ICE immigration custody differs from BOP imprisonment and USMS federal criminal custody. BOP's locator covers federal prisoners. USMS often controls federal pretrial detention and transport. ICE handles civil immigration detention and removal operations. One person can move between systems, but the records remain separate.

A Worth County record may show release to an authority without giving a full later history. If the destination is USMS, use federal court and USMS channels. If it is BOP, use the federal inmate locator. If it is ICE, use ODLS. If it is GDC, use the Georgia offender search.

Verify Release Beyond ICE

An ODLS result can change after release, transfer, or processing. Verify the county portion with the Sheriff and the legal basis with the court. For a state case, the Worth County court docket may show bond, disposition, or sentence. For a federal criminal case, the federal docket may show detention or release conditions.

After immigration release, a person may still have court obligations or another form of supervision. ODLS is not a supervision lookup. Keep the question narrow: county release date, ICE custody status, receiving facility, or court order. Then ask the agency that owns that fact.

Names and A-Numbers in ODLS

An A-number is an immigration file number, not a Worth County booking number or BOP register number. Entering one identifier into the wrong system produces no useful conclusion. Follow the current ODLS directions when formatting the number rather than guessing.

Biographical searches are sensitive to spelling, name order, birth date, and country of birth. Use the form shown on official immigration papers. A nickname may not match the custody feed. When people share a name, do not identify a result without matching the other facts.

Worth Reports Cannot Name People

Quarterly totals can establish that the jail made immigration-status inquiries or received detainers during a reporting period. They cannot show that a specific person was among those totals. They also cannot establish that person's release date, location, or immigration result.

For an individual, the evidence remains the named Worth County booking record, any releasable transfer entry, ODLS, and the proper court or agency response. Treating aggregate reports as a person lookup would overstate what the source contains.