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Broward Transitional Center Releases

Broward Transitional Center sits at 3900 North Powerline Road in Pompano Beach and operates as a federal immigration detention facility under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A person may arrive after Broward Sheriff’s Office records an immigration hold or a transfer to another jurisdiction. In that sequence, the BSO event ends county jail custody but does not show release to the community. The receiving ICE record must be checked on its own terms.

Leaving the center can have several meanings. ICE may release a person under conditions, transfer the person to another detention site, or carry out another immigration action. Public locator wording does not always identify the final outcome. A sound Broward Transitional Center release check keeps the exact source terms and dates. It does not translate every disappearance from a locator into “released.” The Broward County released-inmate search and records path helps trace the earlier BSO event when county custody came first.

Confirm Broward Transitional Release

The official starting point is the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ODLS offers two search routes. One uses the person’s immigration A-number and country of birth. The other uses full name, birth date, and country of birth. An A-number should contain nine digits, with leading zeroes added when needed. The locator excludes people under age eighteen.

Use the most exact identifier available. Name spelling, order, aliases, and country-of-birth entries can affect the result. Then preserve the displayed status and retrieval date rather than paraphrasing it. If the person first left a BSO jail, compare the ICE timing with the BSO release reason and timestamp. This creates a custody timeline instead of treating two separate agency records as one.

1. Search ODLS by A-number and country of birth when that identifier is known.
2. Try the biographical search with the exact legal name, birth date, and country of birth.
3. Match the result to Broward Transitional Center or the current ICE location shown.
4. Save the source wording and date, then compare any earlier BSO transfer entry.
5. Contact the facility or responsible ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office when the result is absent or unclear.

Note: A locator result is a status lead, while the responsible federal custodian supplies the stronger person-specific confirmation or responsive agency record.

Broward’s Second-Custody Problem

Broward Transitional Center creates a local records trap. BSO’s release log can accurately show that someone left Main Jail, Conte, North Broward, or Paul Rein, yet the person may have moved into immigration detention in Pompano Beach. The phrase “XFER TO OTHER JURIS” is therefore crucial. It closes the BSO custody episode while pointing to another custodian. It does not establish freedom.

ICE describes ODLS as covering people currently in ICE custody and those released from ICE custody within the prior sixty days. The ICE locator guidance sets that time limit. This makes ODLS useful for a recent Broward Transitional Center release, but weak as an old archive. After the window passes, a missing result can reflect age of record, spelling, transfer, removal, or another data issue.

The distinction also protects accuracy. “Released from ICE custody” does not, by itself, state whether the person was released under conditions, removed from the country, or moved through another process. Keep the locator status separate from conclusions about residence or immigration case outcome. The federal agency and immigration court record remain the sources for those questions.

The sixty-day rule changes how an older Broward Transitional Center question should be handled. For a recent event, search ODLS at once and retain the exact result. For an event outside that period, move promptly to the agency record and court history. Repeating the same public search cannot restore data that the locator is not designed to retain. The date of the last known ICE contact, the center name, and the A-number help define a useful request.

A BSO record may supply another strong anchor. The county log can show the time and coded reason for the handoff, while an ICE record can document the next custody stage. These entries should be placed side by side, not blended. If the county reason is transfer and the next verified record is Broward Transitional Center, the sequence supports a custodial handoff. It still says nothing by itself about the final immigration ruling or later destination.

Broward Transitional Release Records

ICE, BSO, the federal immigration court, and sometimes another detention contractor can hold different parts of one person’s file. Ask each custodian only for the record it created. BSO can document the county jail exit and its coded reason. ICE holds detention and release material within its authority. A court holds judicial orders. No single Broward request automatically gathers all three.

A focused federal record request should identify the person, A-number when known, Broward Transitional Center, the date range, and the exact detention, transfer, or release record sought. Privacy and law-enforcement rules may lead to redactions. Avoid sending unneeded personal details. If BSO was the first custodian, the BSO records request channel can supply the separate county release or transfer sheet.

Phrase the request around an existing record, not a broad demand for an explanation. Ask for the detention movement or release entry associated with the known person and period. If a court order is needed, obtain that from the court rather than asking the detention center to reproduce a judicial file. If the question concerns the BSO transfer, ask BSO. Clear routing reduces delay and keeps each agency’s answer tied to the event it recorded.

Agency records can also have lawful limits. A partial response or redaction is not evidence that a release did or did not occur. Read the produced fields, any stated exemption, and the dates covered by the search. When a response says another component holds the record, follow that referral. The goal is a documented custody timeline, not a conclusion based on the amount of detail made public.

Broward Transitional Center Contact

The center’s location confirms which facility is meant when names are similar. A call can help route an urgent status question, but staff may limit person-specific information. ODLS remains the public search route. Ask which ICE field office or record process holds the needed release document rather than asking a county jail to certify an ICE event.

When contacting the facility, have the full legal name, A-number, birth date, and country of birth available if lawfully known. State the date range and the narrow question. Do not assume that facility staff can describe a court outcome or release destination. Those details may sit with another ICE component or a court.

Broward ICE Status Differences

Current custody, recent ICE release, transfer, and an older closed detention episode are distinct states. ODLS is built for current and recent data, not a lifetime Broward Transitional Center archive. The BOP locator is also the wrong system for ordinary ICE detention. BOP covers federal prison custody, while ICE manages immigration detention. BSO covers Broward’s county jails.

Detainer

A request or basis for another authority to take custody after the current custodian’s event.

Transfer

A change from one custodian or facility to another, not a community release.

Release under conditions

An end to physical detention with duties that may remain in the immigration case.

Removal

A federal immigration outcome that should not be inferred from a missing locator result.

Read each record in sequence. The BSO timestamp may come first, the ICE intake next, and an ICE release or transfer later. That sequence answers more than a single current locator query. It also prevents the common error of calling a change in custody a Broward community release.

Broward ICE Locator Scope

The official ICE attorney information and resources page states the public locator’s current-custody and recent-release scope.

The captured guidance supports the sixty-day limit and explains why an older missing result cannot settle a Broward Transitional Center release question.