Find Federal Inmate Releases

Where Federal Releases Lead

The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the federal prison system for sentenced federal prisoners. A person completing BOP custody may be released to the community, begin federal supervised release, move to prerelease placement, or leave BOP under another lawful event. The locator’s “Released” notation means BOP no longer holds the person. It does not erase a federal court supervision term or rule out custody under another authority.

Daviess County creates a second path. DCDC’s official description says it houses county, state, and federal inmates. A federal person at 3337 Highway 144 may be held under an intergovernmental arrangement while awaiting federal proceedings or transportation. Leaving that building may mean release under a court order. It can also mean transfer to USMS transport, a BOP facility, or another contract jail. The DCDC past-inmate entry proves the local stay ended, while the federal case and agency record explain what followed.

Search Federal Released Inmates

The BOP Inmate Locator is the first official search for a person who was sentenced and entered the Bureau’s system. Its coverage begins in 1982. A BOP register number is the strongest query because names and dates of birth can overlap. When no number is known, search the legal name and narrow with age, race, or sex only as the interface permits.

1. Open the official BOP locator and choose number or name search.
2. Enter the register number when available; otherwise use the person’s federal-case identity.
3. Compare every returned identifier before opening or reporting a result.
4. Read the status and release date exactly as BOP displays them.
5. Check the federal docket when the release reason, supervision, or order matters.
6. Use the DCDC record only to document the local custody episode.

A “Released” result and date are strong evidence that BOP custody ended. They do not identify every condition that began afterward. Federal supervised release is a court-imposed period overseen in the community and is separate from Kentucky probation, parole, and District 13. The sentencing judgment and later docket entries control those terms.

BOP Locator for Daviess Releases

The official federal locator screen below is the matching search source captured for this facility page.

The screen supports register-number and biographical searches, but a result must still be reconciled with DCDC and the federal docket when local custody was involved.

Daviess Federal Detainee Transfers

The U.S. Marshals Service commonly manages federal pretrial custody and transportation. It has no public released-prisoner locator. A DCDC federal detainee may therefore disappear from JailTracker without appearing as a sentenced prisoner in BOP. That combination does not establish release. It may show that the person moved between contract detention sites or entered BOP only after designation.

Start with the DCDC past-inmate record to confirm the date local custody ended. Ask DCDC for the booking and release sheet when the destination or releasing authority is not visible. A focused request should identify the person, approximate booking date, and custody episode, then ask for actual release date and time, disposition, and receiving-agency notation. DCDC’s records office uses openrecords@daviesscojail.org, 3337 Highway 144, Owensboro, KY 42303, and 270-685-8466 extension 202. Its stated office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central on weekdays except legal holidays.

For an agency record held by USMS, follow the USMS Freedom of Information Act route. A response can be limited by law, ongoing proceedings, privacy, or security needs. Do not expect DCDC to predict a federal destination it cannot disclose.

Daviess Federal Custody Evidence

DCDC publicly describes a mixed county, state, and federal population. A Kentucky DOC weekly jail snapshot dated August 14, 2025 separately listed 40 federal prisoners at “Daviess #1.” That is a one-day historical count, not a current number or an annual release total. Its value is narrower: it confirms that federal custody at the local jail is not merely theoretical.

The snapshot does not identify the federal agency, case posture, or destination for a particular person. It cannot show whether someone was pretrial, sentenced, awaiting transport, or held under another arrangement. Use an individual DCDC record and federal case rather than applying the dated population table to a named person.

DCDC is operated by the elected county jailer, not the Daviess County Sheriff. The sheriff has law-enforcement, warrant, and transport duties, but the detention center’s custodian is the correct local source for a booking and release sheet. This Kentucky structure matters because sending a DCDC record request to the sheriff can delay the answer without adding federal detail.

Federal Court Release Proof

The federal docket supplies the legal trail when custody arose from a federal case. PACER provides access to federal court dockets and filed documents. Look for detention and bond orders, pleas, judgments, sentencing entries, revocation matters, and later release-related orders. An entry date may differ from the physical time the person left a building, so pair the order with the agency record.

A bond order authorizes release under stated conditions but does not prove immediate doors-out. Another warrant, detainer, transport need, or administrative step may continue custody. Likewise, a sentence may credit prior detention or direct commitment without revealing the day USMS completes movement. The docket explains legal authority; the DCDC sheet, USMS record, or BOP status documents the operational event.

Federal Release Date Meanings

A past BOP release date is different from a projected date. Projected federal dates depend on the federal sentence, credit calculations, and applicable BOP programs and statutes. Kentucky sentence credits and KOOL calculations do not govern federal custody. The BOP First Step Act information describes the separate federal framework, but only BOP’s calculation and the federal judgment should be used for an individual.

Released

BOP’s notation that the person is no longer in Bureau custody.

Projected release

A future administrative date that can change before the event.

Supervised release

A federal court term served in the community after imprisonment.

Transfer

Movement between custodians or secure locations, not community release.

Record the date on which the locator was checked and preserve the exact status label. If BOP, DCDC, and the docket appear to disagree, compare identifiers and dates before assuming an error. Each source may describe a different part of the custody chain.

Federal System Records and Contact

This map entry is a nationwide custody network, not a single Daviess County building. The public-facing search is the BOP locator. The relevant court clerk and USMS district depend on the federal case. DCDC remains the local source only for its own booking and release record.

Daviess Federal and State Distinctions

Kentucky DOC Daily Releases and KOOL are state sources. They can show a state prisoner housed at DCDC, but they are not substitutes for BOP or a federal docket. VINELink may show a participating local custody event, yet it cannot identify every federal transport. The Daviess Sheriff app is a sheriff communications channel and is not a federal release locator.

Choose the source by authority. A county booking belongs with DCDC. A Kentucky sentence belongs with DOC. A federal sentence belongs with BOP and the federal court. A pretrial federal movement belongs with the federal docket and USMS trail. This separation prevents a local roster change from being described as a federal release without proof.

The full Daviess County named-person and records sequence is available on the home page. Use it when the custody authority is not yet known.