Immigration Releases After Pitt Custody
Pitt County Detention Center may temporarily hold or transfer a person connected to immigration or federal proceedings. PCDC can verify its own departure date and whether its system names ICE or the U.S. Marshals Service as the receiving agency. It cannot certify what happened after that agency assumed custody. The later event belongs to ICE, a federal court, BOP, or USMS, depending on the chain.
A person leaving ICE custody may enter the community with immigration check-in duties, move under another legal authority, or leave the United States. An ICE check-in is immigration compliance, not North Carolina probation, parole, or post-release supervision. Avoid one broad word such as “supervision” without naming the system. Likewise, a PCDC release-to-ICE field should be reported as transfer from Pitt County jail custody to immigration custody.
Search ICE Release Records
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, is the primary public search. It accepts a nine-digit A-number with country of birth, or exact first and last name with country of birth and date-of-birth information. Add a leading zero when an A-number has only eight digits. Exact spelling, spaces, and hyphens matter.
- Open ODLS and select the A-number or biographical search route.
- Enter the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when those facts are known.
- For a name search, use the exact first and last name, country of birth, and birth details.
- Compare the result with the Pitt County booking, federal case, and custody chronology.
- If no result appears, recheck the format and use ICE DRIL rather than inferring release.
The official ICE locator shows the exact identity fields used for the immigration custody search.
The locator is an identity-sensitive current tool, so a precise A-number is preferable to a broad name match.
Note: People under 18 are excluded from ODLS, and agency uploads can lag behind a detention, transfer, or release event.
ICE Sixty-Day Release Window
ICE's attorney information guidance says ODLS covers current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That is a narrow recent-release window, not a permanent federal archive. A person released earlier may fall outside it. Exact-match problems, excluded populations, and upload timing can also produce no result.
The official ICE locator-scope guidance documents the limited released-person coverage.
This limit explains why an older Pitt County transfer cannot be resolved by ODLS alone.
When ODLS has no match, do not choose between release and removal without evidence. Check the A-number, country, spelling, and date of birth. Then call the ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line at 1-888-351-4024. Research found live DRIL service Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, with language assistance. Recheck the live schedule before relying on it.
Pitt ICE Detainers and Transfers
An ICE detainer is a request to another law-enforcement agency. ICE explains that it asks the agency to notify ICE before a person would otherwise be released and to maintain custody for up to 48 hours so ICE can assume custody. The request arises under 8 C.F.R. 287.7. It is not proof that ICE completed the pickup. The completed Pitt County transfer and the original detainer request are separate facts.
The official ICE detainer explanation describes the notification and transfer request.
The source supports careful wording: a request was lodged, Pitt transferred custody, or ICE later released the person.
| Recorded event | What it proves |
|---|---|
| ICE detainer request | ICE asked for notice and short continued custody; pickup is not yet confirmed. |
| PCDC transfer to ICE | The person left Pitt custody and entered or was delivered toward immigration custody. |
| ODLS current result | ICE reports a current locator status, subject to scope and lag. |
| ODLS recent released result | ICE reports departure from ICE custody within its limited searchable window. |
| ICE check-in record | Documents immigration compliance, not North Carolina community supervision. |
Pitt Transfer Records and Contact
Begin the local segment with the Pitt Detainee Search, current detainees only. If the person is absent, call Pitt County Detention Center and ask whether the specific booking left local custody, the recorded date and time, and whether an existing transfer field names ICE or USMS. Do not ask the jail to decide what happened after that transfer.
124 New Hope Road
Greenville, NC 27834
Inmate Information: 252-902-2868
After hours and holidays: 252-902-2913
The Pitt County Sheriff detention page gives regular business hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Ask for Pitt's existing booking or release sheet and destination or receiving-agency field. A missing current-roster entry supplies no reason code. Preserve the booking number and federal identifier to join the local and federal records safely.
Note: PCDC confirms its departure event, while ICE or USMS confirms the next custody stage and any later release.
USMS Pitt Custody Records
The U.S. Marshals Service often handles federal pretrial custody and transportation, but it has no general historical released-prisoner locator comparable to BOP or ICE ODLS. A Pitt County departure under a federal writ is therefore a transfer. The federal court docket or order is the first legal source. BOP and ICE should then be checked if either system appears later in the chain.
The USMS Freedom of Information Act page says its files include prisoner-custody records and a Prisoner Tracking System.
This agency-specific request path is useful when the public locators do not explain a Marshals custody event.
A focused FOIA request should identify the person, federal case or prisoner number, Pitt County custody date, and exact agency record sought. Federal exemptions can apply. North Carolina Chapter 132's “as promptly as possible” rule does not set federal FOIA timing. Ask USMS only for the records it created, not a full narrative spanning ICE, BOP, PCDC, and the court.
Verify Immigration Release from Pitt
A reliable account follows an ordered chain. First, confirm PCDC's release or transfer field. Second, identify ICE, USMS, BOP, or the court as the next custodian or authority. Third, use the matching federal source for the later event. ODLS may show a current or recently released ICE record. DRIL can address locator problems. A federal court document may explain release conditions that no jail locator displays.
If Pitt says transfer to ICE but ODLS returns no match, recheck the exact name, A-number, and country. Allow for delay and exclusions. Call DRIL and review immigration documents. Do not call it community release. If an ICE detainer existed but Pitt cannot confirm pickup, report only the request and the known PCDC event. A requested transfer and a completed transfer are not interchangeable.
The Pitt County release search and records overview places immigration custody beside the separate county, state, and federal-prison paths. Each fact should carry its source and as-of date. A release from ICE does not resolve every criminal case, and a PCDC transfer does not establish a later ICE release.
ICE Check-Ins After Pitt Release
ICE may require a person outside detention to report through an immigration check-in process. That status is evidence of immigration compliance, not proof that a North Carolina sentence ended and not a substitute for a Pitt court record. Use ICE's check-in guidance for the federal obligation. If NCDAC also lists active probation, parole, or post-release supervision, describe the state and immigration requirements separately.
A check-in document can help explain what followed an ICE custody release, but it does not alter the earlier PCDC transfer date. Keep both events in sequence and preserve the agency name on each record.
About Federal Immigration Custody
No dedicated public ICE detention center or USMS prison was identified in Pitt County. These systems remain locally relevant because they can use contract or local beds and can receive people from PCDC. The absence of a Pitt facility means there is no local public exit point or federal release desk to visit. Never send someone to wait outside PCDC to monitor a transfer or release.
- Detainer
- An ICE request for notice and short continued custody so the agency can seek transfer.
- Transfer
- A move between custodians while legal custody continues.
- ODLS
- The ICE locator for current detainees and certain people recently released from ICE custody.
- DRIL
- The ICE telephone line used when locator and detention information needs direct help.
Correction requests should identify the exact screen, identifier, disputed field, observation date, and source document. Do not send extra identity papers by ordinary email before an agency provides a secure method. A current federal status can change while a valid historical Pitt transfer date stays the same.