BOP Release Records and Meaning
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a national prison system. Research found no BOP institution in Paulding County and no single federal prison assigned to people with a Paulding connection. A federal case can place someone at an institution far from Ohio, then move that person as classification, court, medical, or sentence needs change. Search the national system. Do not treat the Paulding County current-inmate roster as a federal-prison locator.
“Released” must be tied to a custodian. BOP states that a past release date with no facility location means the person is no longer in BOP custody. That is strong evidence of a BOP exit on the displayed date. It does not establish that all legal control ended. The person may be serving a term of federal supervised release, may have entered state or local custody, or may be held by another authority. The federal criminal docket helps identify the court order and any supervision term.
Search BOP Federal Release Records
The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal prisoners incarcerated from 1982 to the present. A federal identifier is the best starting point because common names can produce several results. Search options include BOP register number, DCDC number, FBI number, or INS number. A name search can be narrowed with age, race, and sex. Those refinements are match tools, not proof by themselves.
- Choose the number search when a verified federal identifier is available. Enter it exactly and preserve the result.
- Otherwise search the full name. Compare age, race, sex, and register number before relying on the row.
- Read the Release Date and Location together. A past date and blank location have a different meaning from a future date or an active institution.
- Check the federal criminal docket for the sentence, release order, supervision term, or later custody action.
- If Marshals custody fills a gap, seek a narrow existing record through USMS FOIA rather than using a warrant page as a locator.
A person who never entered BOP after a federal arrest may not appear as expected. The United States Marshals Service often holds and moves federal pretrial prisoners, while contracted or local facilities may provide detention space. BOP, the federal docket, and USMS records answer different parts of the federal custody history.
For a Paulding record that may involve more than one custodian, the Paulding County released inmate lookup lays out the county, Ohio, federal, and immigration routes.
BOP Federal Release Result Fields
A BOP result is compact. Each field helps confirm identity or interpret custody status, but the row is not a full judgment or supervision file. Compare the register number whenever possible. Then read the date in context instead of treating every displayed release date as a completed event.
| BOP field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Name | The name associated with the federal register record |
| Register number | The durable BOP identifier and strongest match field |
| Age, race, and sex | Identity refinements for distinguishing similar names |
| Release date | Actual when it is past in the released context; projected when it is future |
| Location | An institution or other BOP status; no location with a past date means no longer in BOP custody |
BOP’s official records explanation should control the reading of the row. A result can establish BOP-specific release without stating where the person went next. When destination matters, use the court docket, the receiving authority’s record, or the sending agency’s transfer entry.
Note: The BOP locator is a federal source and does not replace the Paulding sheriff record, ODRC search, ICE locator, or VINE.
BOP Release Dates and Statuses
A future Release Date is projected. It may change. BOP warns that First Step Act recalculation can temporarily leave projected information stale. A federal sentence can also be affected by later court action or other lawful computation changes. Confirm a future date close to the expected event and compare it with the federal docket. Do not report it as an accomplished release.
An `IN TRANSIT` location is not release. It can reflect movement under the United States Marshals Service or another federal transport process. The person remains in a federal custody chain even when an institution is not listed. `UNKNOWN` means the confinement term has not been determined. Neither label supports a claim that the person returned to Paulding County or entered the community.
- Past date, no location
- BOP says the person is no longer in BOP custody as of that release date.
- Future release date
- A projected date that can change and needs a later check.
- IN TRANSIT
- Federal movement, often involving Marshals transport, not a community release.
- UNKNOWN
- The confinement term is not determined in the public result.
The federal docket can show whether the court imposed supervised release after confinement. Supervised release is a court-ordered period following prison. It is not BOP incarceration, but it means legal conditions remain. A BOP exit date and a supervision term can both be accurate at the same time.
Paulding Federal Custody Transfers
A person can leave the Paulding County Jail and enter federal custody in one continuous transfer. The local roster may then stop showing the person. That disappearance proves only that the current Paulding query no longer lists the individual. It does not establish release to the community. Ask the sheriff for the actual release or transfer entry, including the destination or receiving agency if maintained.
The Paulding County Jail is at 500 E. Perry St., Paulding, OH 45879. The jail line is 419-399-2170, and the sheriff’s main records contact is 419-399-3791. The Paulding records policy supports a request for existing records with reasonable clarity. No local price list, records hours, email address, or fixed turnaround is published.
Please provide the existing Paulding County Jail release or transfer entry for [name and identifier] associated with the booking on or about [date], including the actual transfer date and time, disposition, destination, receiving agency, and authorization if maintained.
The county record establishes when Paulding custody ended and who received the person. The BOP result establishes BOP custody or release. If the receiver was USMS rather than BOP, continue with the federal docket and Marshals record path. One database should never be used as global proof across all three custodians.
USMS Federal Custody Records
USMS does not operate a public released-prisoner locator. Its Prisoner Tracking System supports custody processing, confinement placement, movement, and disposition from remand until BOP commitment, another release, or return to a different custodian. Operational access is restricted. Public warrant pages are not a substitute and should not be treated as present-custody records.
Start with the federal criminal docket. Entries may show bond, detention, transfer, sentence, a release order, or a term of supervised release. The order is legal evidence, while the custody agency’s record shows execution. If a gap remains, use the USMS FOIA process and identify a narrow existing custody or disposition entry. Include the person’s full name, federal identifier if known, court case, and a defined date range.
FOIA does not guarantee every requested detail. Personal privacy, active law-enforcement work, safety, and operational rules can limit disclosure. The official tracking-system description explains the system’s role without creating public person-search access. A targeted request is more defensible than asking USMS to assemble a narrative history.
Note: A federal court order and the actual release or transfer time are related records, not interchangeable timestamps.
BOP Federal Records and Contact
No BOP prison was established in Paulding County during the official source sweep. That fact controls the contact route. There is no local federal institution address or release desk to publish. Use the nationwide BOP locator for post-sentence federal custody. Use the court docket for judicial action, and use USMS FOIA when a pretrial or transport record is the missing link.
Federal Bureau of Prisons custody search
Coverage: federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present
Access: BOP Inmate Locator
Records key: register number, release date, and location
Paulding County BOP facility: none established
ICE is a separate civil immigration system. Its locator has a much shorter released-person window and uses different identifiers. A person handed from USMS or Paulding County to ICE has not necessarily entered the community. The ICE Detention Network custody page explains that distinct search and handoff.
The evidence should form a chain. The Paulding sheriff entry identifies a local handoff. The federal docket shows the court’s authority. USMS records address federal pretrial transport. BOP shows post-sentence prison status and its own release date. When those sources conflict, confirm with the agency that created each record rather than choosing the broadest “released” label.