Find Federal Releases

BOP Mineral County Releases

The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present. It is useful for a Mineral County-connected person only when the person was in federal prison or a federal sentence path. It does not replace a Mineral County sheriff release record and does not show every person held in local custody for a state or county case.

BOP's about-records guidance explains an important release clue: if a listed release date is in the past and no facility location is shown, the person was released from BOP custody on that date. That does not prove all legal supervision ended. BOP notes a person may still be on parole, supervised release, or in another system. For Mineral County research, the federal release date should be paired with federal court records or supervision records when the question extends past prison custody.

Confirm BOP Release Date

A federal release lookup starts with identifiers. BOP can be searched by name or number, and the result must be read in federal context. If the person was physically housed in a local jail before federal commitment, that local holding record and the BOP record may cover different parts of the case. U.S. Marshals Service custody can also involve local jail contracts, but that does not turn a federal detainee into an ordinary county inmate for release-record purposes.

1. Use the BOP locator for federal prison records from 1982 to the present.
2. Search by BOP register number when known, or by name and identifying details.
3. Read the release date and facility location carefully.
4. If the release date is past and no facility is listed, treat that as BOP release from federal prison custody.
5. Check federal court or supervision records for any post-prison obligation.

For a local Mineral County custody event that later led to federal custody, use the Mineral County released inmates search path first, then move to BOP only when the record points to federal prison.

Mineral County Federal Limits

The research did not find an official Mineral County federal detention center. Federal release content should be framed as an exception path. A federal indictment, federal arrest, U.S. Marshals hold, or federal sentence can move a person into systems that are separate from the Mineral County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's release record may show transfer or release to another authority, while the federal record explains what happened afterward.

The U.S. Marshals Service says it assumes custody of people arrested by federal agencies and handles detention placement and transport from federal arrest until acquittal or incarceration. It also contracts with state and local governments for jail space. That means a federal detainee can be housed in a local jail without the local jail being the final federal release source.

BOP Locator Source

The BOP locator is the official public federal prison lookup for release dates and federal custody status.

The screenshot belongs on this page because federal release checks follow a federal locator path, not a county roster path.

Federal Release Record Route

A federal release record should be requested from the federal system that holds the record. BOP covers prison custody and release dates after federal commitment. Federal court records cover sentence and supervised-release terms. USMS handles federal pretrial custody placement and transport. If a Mineral County agency released someone to a federal authority, the county release record can document the transfer out, but it will not be the federal prison discharge record.

• Use Mineral County sheriff records for the local release or transfer event.
• Use BOP for federal prison release date and facility status.
• Use federal court records for sentence and supervised-release context.
• Use the holding jail only for the period when the person was physically housed there.

Note: A federal release date is a BOP custody date, not automatic proof that all federal court supervision has ended.