Label Federal Custody Dates
A federal timeline should preserve the agency and field name beside every date. The Grundy departure timestamp answers when the county jail stopped holding the person. A USMS transfer entry can identify movement under federal pretrial authority. BOP Admission Date, a projected Release Date, and a past Release Date answer later questions within the sentenced federal system. The federal judgment may then establish a supervised-release term that continues after prison departure.
These dates should not be collapsed. A local transfer can occur before BOP intake, and a projected date can change after sentence recalculation. An actual BOP release does not end a separate court term or exclude another custodian. State each event in order, quote its source label, and record when the public result was checked. That method preserves valid differences between the county log, USMS tracking records, the BOP locator, and the federal docket.
Grundy Federal Custody Types
No federal prison was identified in Grundy County. Federal custody can still touch the county. USMS controls many federal prisoners from a court custody order through acquittal, release, or delivery to BOP, and may use local contract space. BOP generally holds people serving federal sentences. A person physically housed at Grundy County Jail may therefore remain a federal pretrial prisoner.
The case stage is the first clue. A BOP register number and locator profile support sentenced BOP custody. A local booking tied to a pending federal case or federal hold points toward USMS. If Grundy's record shows a federal transfer, that entry proves only that county custody ended. It does not establish community release.
| Federal path | Typical role | Public route |
|---|---|---|
| USMS | Pretrial and court-ordered prisoner custody | Federal docket and written records request |
| BOP | Sentenced federal custody | BOP inmate locator |
| Local contract space | Physical housing for another authority | Local departure record plus federal record |
| Supervised release | Community phase ordered by federal court | Federal judgment and docket |
Search Grundy BOP Releases
Use the official BOP inmate locator only when the person entered BOP records. Identifier search accepts a BOP Register Number, DCDC number, FBI number, or INS number. A name search can also use optional race, age, and sex filters. BOP records cover federal people from 1982 forward; older federal prison records are directed to the National Archives.
- Choose identifier search when a federal number is known.
- Otherwise enter the complete name and narrow with supported fields.
- Match the register number and personal details.
- Read Release Date and Location or status together.
- Use the federal docket to check supervision or another custody order.
The official locator shown below is the correct federal sentenced-custody source.
It does not contain every federal pretrial prisoner under USMS authority.
Read Federal Release Results
A past BOP Release Date with no institution can support that release occurred on the displayed date and that the person is no longer in BOP custody. “RELEASED” or “Not in BOP Custody” has the same limited scope. It does not rule out federal supervised release, state or local custody, ICE custody, or a later case.
A future date is projected and may change. “UNKNOWN” does not mean release. “IN TRANSIT” means movement inside the system, not departure. Community-corrections placement may involve a residential reentry center or other managed placement and should not be called final discharge without supporting records. BOP also warns that sentence recalculation and federal time credits can affect displayed dates.
Important: Always state “released from BOP custody” rather than “free” unless records exclude another custodian or active court term.
The BOP result explanation shown below provides the source's own status context.
Its wording should be retained when describing the limit of a federal result.
Grundy USMS Release Records
USMS has no public historical released-prisoner locator comparable to BOP. For a federal pretrial person once housed locally, start with the federal docket. The detention order, release order, acquittal, sentencing entry, or commitment to BOP explains the legal stage. Then request the existing custody, transfer, or disposition record from the agency that held the person.
A defined USMS request should include the full name, date of birth when known, federal case number, district, and a narrow date range. Ask for existing prisoner-processing or tracking entries that show receipt, transfer, release, or delivery to BOP. Federal FOIA exemptions and privacy limits can restrict the response, so request segregable nonexempt fields and avoid asking the agency to create a narrative.
USMS Freedom of Information Act
Prisoner tracking system description
When Grundy County Jail supplied the physical bed, also request the local departure time and destination. The federal record then explains whether that local event led to another facility or to release under federal authority.
Federal Release Proof Chain
No single federal screen acts as a universal release certificate. A sound chain starts with the correct custodian. The docket identifies the court order. The Grundy record identifies when the county stopped holding the person. USMS records can show pretrial movement or disposition. BOP records can show sentenced custody and BOP release.
- Pretrial detention
- Custody before the federal case reaches final disposition.
- Transfer
- Movement between custodians or facilities without community release.
- Supervised release
- A court-ordered community term after federal imprisonment.
- Release date
- The BOP field for the prison-custody event, which may be past or projected.
If the BOP result is absent, do not assume the person was released. The person may never have entered BOP, may be under USMS, may fall outside the locator's time coverage, or may have a mismatch. The Grundy County custody search places the local and federal routes in one decision path.
Grundy Federal Identity Checks
Federal names can repeat. Prefer the register number, FBI number, or case number. Compare age, race, sex, court district, and sentencing details only as lawful identity checks. A BOP number is especially useful because it connects the locator result to the federal docket and records request.
Preserve the date and exact status from the locator. If an old capture conflicts with a current result, consider recalculation, transfer, a new custody event, or an earlier data snapshot. The current official source should be checked again, while the docket supplies the durable procedural history.
No verified Grundy County federal prison or standing federal release desk exists to contact. A federal case connected to Grundy must be routed to the actual controlling agency. Calling the local jail is useful only for what its staff may confirm about the local booking or departure.
Federal to ICE Transfer
A person leaving BOP or USMS custody may face immigration custody. BOP “released” does not rule that out. If records mention an immigration detainer or delivery to ICE, check the ICE locator for current custody, then obtain the federal or ICE source record needed to describe the transition.
Keep the wording custodian-specific: BOP stopped holding the person on one date; ICE later showed custody if a current match supports it. A no-match in the ICE locator is ambiguous and cannot convert the BOP event into proof of unrestricted community release.
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