Find Prairieland ICE Releases

Prairieland ICE Release Routes

Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado is an ICE detention site serving the Dallas field office. It is not a Dallas County jail. A person can arrive after a transfer from a county or municipal jail, after another ICE placement, or through a federal immigration custody action. Departure can mean transfer to another ICE facility, release from ICE under case conditions, or another federally recorded outcome.

The agency boundary matters. Dallas County's release transaction can show that the Sheriff transferred a person to ICE. It does not show the later Prairieland outcome. Conversely, an ICE record cannot supply the exact time the county booking ended unless it includes that distinct event.

Confirm Prairieland Release Status

Open the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Search by A-number and country of birth when possible. The alternate search requires exact first and last name, country of birth, and date of birth. ODLS covers current detention and limited recent release, commonly described by ICE as 60 days. It excludes minors and can miss a record because of spelling, age, lag, or retention.

1. Search with the A-number if it is known.
2. Use exact biographical fields when no A-number is available.
3. Record the named facility and contact route.
4. Contact Prairieland or Dallas ERO when ODLS directs that step.
5. Request a written ICE record when an exact release event must be documented.

A missing ODLS result is not proof of release. The person may have transferred, aged out of public display rules, fallen outside recent-release coverage, or been entered under details that do not match the search.

Prairieland Facility Contact Record

The official Prairieland facility page is the controlling source for current address, telephone, visitation, and detention contacts. The research identifies Alvarado in Johnson County but does not provide stable street and telephone details to repeat. Those facts are therefore left to the live ICE page rather than invented.

The exact manifest capture below comes from the official Prairieland source. It supplies facility context, not an individual detainee record.

Check the ICE Prairieland listing for current contact details.

The official page confirms the facility and Dallas field-office relationship. ODLS and ICE records remain the person-specific status sources.

Prairieland Detainer Handoffs

Research Section 19 identifies ICE detainers as a distinctive Dallas release issue. Dallas County and municipal records can show a handoff to ICE. Mesquite expressly warns that its jail lacks more information after transfer. Once ICE assumes custody, switch from the city or county roster to ODLS. Do not keep calling the event a county community release.

Under 8 C.F.R. section 287.7, detention under an ICE detainer may not exceed 48 hours beyond the otherwise applicable release time, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. This rule defines the detainer period. It does not establish that a particular person had a detainer. The local record must support the handoff, and ICE must support the later placement.

The ICE detainer source is illustrated below. It explains transfer mechanics rather than proving an individual Prairieland stay.

Review ICE's official detainer explanation for the federal process.

The image supports the custody-handoff distinction. A named person's record still requires matching identifiers and agency evidence.

Prairieland and Dallas ERO

The Dallas ICE Field Office is a case and check-in office at 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway. It is not the detention facility. Its official listing gives 214-424-7800, Dallas.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov, and appointments Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Use Dallas ERO for case questions and follow ODLS when it names Prairieland or another detention site.

After release from ICE detention, a person may have case obligations or field-office reporting. An ERO appointment does not mean detention at the office. The Dallas County release-record overview can establish the earlier local event, but only ICE channels establish the immigration custody endpoint.

ODLS

ICE's current and limited recent detainee locator.

ERO

The ICE component handling enforcement, detention, and case operations.

Detainer

A request to another custodian tied to a planned ICE handoff.

Transfer

Movement between custodians or facilities without community release.

Prairieland Release Proof

For a clear record, keep the source agency's transfer transaction, the matching ODLS result, and any later ICE release response. Each item proves one segment. A VINE event from Dallas County may show that county custody ended, but VINE is a notification layer and does not certify the ICE outcome. Court records may explain a local case while remaining silent about immigration detention.

If sources conflict, preserve their dates and agency labels. An update can lag. A receiving system may not show intake at once. Another ICE facility may replace Prairieland in the locator. Report only what each source supports. Do not infer status from a missing name, and do not treat the Dallas County roster as an ICE release archive.

Note: Prairieland serves Dallas ERO from Johnson County, so county location and federal case administration should not be merged.

Prairieland ICE Record Timeline

Identifiers connect each custody stage. A local booking number ties a city or county event to its release or transfer transaction. The A-number ties the person to ICE. An ODLS facility result shows the federal placement at the time reported, while a later ICE record may document transfer or release. Names alone are less reliable when spelling, order, or punctuation differs between systems. Save the precise identifiers before a current public result changes.

If a Dallas court matter ended before the ICE handoff, the disposition explains that local case but not the immigration outcome. A bond, dismissal, or time-served order can clear one local basis while an ICE detainer changes the destination. Obtain the local custody transaction for the physical handoff. Then rely on ICE for the Prairieland placement and later federal status. This keeps a court-order timestamp from being presented as the later ICE release time.

Detention and field-office reporting can occur in sequence. Prairieland is the detention site, while Dallas ERO handles the regional case and check-in layer. A person released from the facility may still have federal case duties. Report custody status and case supervision as separate concepts. When the goal is release confirmation, request only the minimum public facts needed and verify each one with the office that created the record.