Find BOP Released Inmates

BOP Federal Release Records

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is the correct public locator for a federal sentence. A person may have been arrested in Weld County, held locally for a period, or moved through a federal hold, but a federal prison release is not confirmed by Weld County's Daily Inmate Released Report unless there was also a Weld County Jail release event. The county report documents local jail custody. BOP documents federal custody and release from federal imprisonment.

The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. BOP's records explanation says that when a release date is in the past and no facility location is shown, the release occurred on that date and the person is no longer in BOP custody. BOP also cautions that the person may still be under supervision or in another custody system.

Confirm a Federal Release

Use BOP when the case is federal, when a federal court sentence exists, when U.S. Marshals custody appears in the record, or when a Weld County release entry points to a federal hold. Search the BOP locator by register number when possible. If the number is unknown, search by name and identifying details. Then compare the BOP result with federal court records and any local Weld jail entry.

1. Open the BOP inmate locator and search by register number, if available.
2. Use name search when the number is unknown, and compare identity details carefully.
3. Read the custody location, release date, or not-in-custody wording.
4. Check federal court records or supervision information when release from prison does not answer the whole status question.
5. Use Weld County records only for a separate county jail booking, bond, hold, or release event.

The manifest captured the BOP locator for Weld released-inmate context. Use the live BOP inmate locator for current search fields.

The screenshot supports the federal distinction: BOP is separate from county jail and Colorado state prison records.

BOP Records Route

BOP is a federal system, not a Weld County facility. The public locator is the first route for federal custody and release. BOP's about-records page explains how released and not-in-custody results should be read, including the possibility of supervision or custody outside BOP. For federal court disposition or supervision, use federal court and federal supervision records rather than county sources.

BOP also notes that release dates may be affected by recalculation work, including First Step Act Federal Time Credits. Treat a projected or future federal release date as a current BOP estimate, not as a promise that nothing can change.

About BOP Released Status

A federal release can still leave other legal status questions. The person may be on federal supervised release, may have a state or local case, may be transferred, or may have immigration custody issues. BOP tells whether the person is in BOP custody or has a BOP release date. It does not replace state court, federal court, ICE, CDOC, or Weld County sheriff records.

For Weld County research, start by identifying custody type. A local arrest by a Weld agency belongs first to the sheriff booking and release records. A Colorado prison sentence belongs to CDOC. A federal prison sentence belongs to BOP. An immigration detention question belongs to ICE ODLS. A court outcome belongs to the court record.

Federal release

End of BOP imprisonment on the listed release date.

Supervised release

Federal post-prison supervision handled outside BOP custody.

USMS custody

Federal pretrial or transport custody that may intersect with local jail housing.

Not in BOP custody

A BOP locator status that requires context from other systems.

BOP and Weld Caveats

A person released from federal custody will not appear in the Weld County Daily Inmate Released Report unless Weld County Jail also booked and released that person. Do not use the absence of a Weld release record to rule out a federal release. Conversely, do not use a Weld jail release entry to prove a federal sentence ended. The county and federal systems answer different questions.

Federal custody can intersect with immigration custody, U.S. Marshals transport, and state or county holds. When a BOP result shows a past release date, check whether any federal supervision, ICE custody, state custody, or local court issue remains. The BOP result is strong for federal prison release status, but it does not close every record path.

Note: BOP is the federal release source; Weld County records are local jail-event records.

BOP Weld Record Chain

A federal record chain starts with the locator, then checks the surrounding court and custody systems. If BOP shows a release date in the past, that date is the federal prison release date, not a Weld County jail release date. If the person had a Weld booking before federal custody, the sheriff release report can document that local event. If the person moved from BOP to immigration custody, ICE ODLS is the next status route. If the person returned to a state or county case, CDOC or Weld court records may also matter.

BOP's about-records source is useful because it explains "Released" and "Not in BOP Custody" language. It also warns that release dates can change because of sentence review and Federal Time Credit recalculation. That is why a future BOP release date should be checked close to the date, while a past BOP release date should be paired with court or supervision records if the remaining status question is not custody itself.