Kankakee ICE Custody Ended
Jerome Combs Detention Center formerly held adult male ICE detainees under an intergovernmental arrangement. A 2020 ICE inspection documented that population alongside county and USMS detainees. Illinois later ended county immigration detention agreements. Reporting in the research records that Kankakee’s final nine ICE detainees were transferred out by February 4, 2022.
That date controls all present-tense descriptions. Kankakee should not be called an active ICE jail, and there is no current Kankakee ICE release list. The old placement still deserves its own path because historical records and search results may name Jerome Combs. For those cases, the county facility was a housing site. ICE remained responsible for immigration custody decisions.
Kankakee ICE Departure Types
Leaving a Kankakee ICE bed did not necessarily mean entering the community. ICE could move a detainee to another facility, release the person under the applicable immigration process, or carry out removal from the United States. The county movement record may show only that the local bed assignment ended. It cannot safely supply the immigration outcome.
A transfer changes the place of custody. Removal is a separate immigration event. Release from ICE physical detention can also involve reporting or other obligations. Use the exact term found in the originating record. If no destination appears, state only that the person left the Kankakee placement and that the later outcome is unconfirmed.
Search Recent ICE Releases
The Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, is the correct first search for current immigration detention. Search by A-number and country of birth when available. An A-number is the immigration file number. A name-based search uses identity details and is more prone to mismatches. Copy the exact agency and facility wording returned.
- Choose the A-number search when the number is known.
- Enter the required country-of-birth information.
- For a name search, use the person’s name as recorded by ICE.
- Note whether ODLS identifies a facility, recent release, or no match.
- Contact the listed ICE office or request records for confirmation.
Official ICE guidance says ODLS covers people currently in ICE custody and certain people released from ICE custody within the last 60 days. That short recent-release window is crucial for Kankakee history. A person transferred away in 2022 or earlier will not remain searchable merely because the old bed was in Kankakee.
Kankakee ICE Locator Limits
The official ICE attorney-information page describes the locator’s scope, including recent releases.
The screen supports using ODLS for current or recent immigration custody. It also explains why it cannot serve as a lasting archive for former Jerome Combs detainees.
No result has several possible meanings. The person may fall outside the public locator criteria, the identity fields may not match, the event may be older than the recent-release window, or custody may have changed. Absence cannot distinguish release, transfer, and removal. It also cannot prove that a person is confined elsewhere. Use the A-number and records channels before drawing a conclusion.
ICE custody is separate from a county criminal booking and from BOP criminal custody. ODLS is not the tool for an ordinary Kankakee County jail release, and the BOP locator is not the tool for civil immigration detention. Jurisdiction comes first.
Kankakee ICE Record Requests
For an event outside ODLS’s recent window, use ICE FOIA. Provide the person’s full name as recorded, A-number, date of birth when appropriate, approximate Kankakee detention dates, and the narrow event sought. Ask for existing records that show transfer, release, removal, destination, and dates. Consent or identity-verification rules may affect access to a person-specific immigration file.
A focused request is more useful than asking ICE to research a broad life history. If the question is what happened after Jerome Combs, identify that facility and the estimated end date. Request the movement record and any releasable disposition fields. Immigration counsel or court records may also clarify proceedings, but the ICE custody record remains the agency source for detention movement.
Former ICE Custody Route
Current or recent custody: ICE Online Detainee Locator
System
Older Kankakee placement: ICE FOIA
Local bed
movement: Kankakee County Sheriff Corrections, 815-802-7200
There is no current local ICE facility contact card to publish because the Kankakee arrangement ended. Naming a present Kankakee ICE office or release desk without research would misdirect the reader.
Kankakee Sheriff Movement Proof
The Sheriff can supply the local admission and exit portion of a former ICE placement. Request the booked or local identifier, admission date and time, transfer or discharge date and time, and receiving agency or destination if recorded. State clearly that the subject was believed to be held for ICE at JCDC. That detail helps separate the federal placement from an ordinary county booking.
The current Sheriff FOIA page directs email requests to foiakcso@kankakeecountyil.gov and requires all request text in the email body. Attachments and embedded links are not processed. In-person FOIA delivery is at 3000 S. Justice Way. The Sheriff record can prove when Kankakee’s physical custody or housing ended, but it should not be used to infer the later immigration result.
Corrections at 815-802-7200 can address current physical custody. Because no ICE detainees should be described as currently housed there based on the research, a historical question will usually require a written record rather than a live-custody call.
Kankakee ICE Federal Context
The 2020 inspection’s mixed population explains why a name tied to Jerome Combs may appear in different federal systems. ICE civil detention, USMS criminal detention, and county custody are not interchangeable. The legal authority, locator, and record owner differ for each. The fact that all three once used the same building does not merge their release records.
For USMS custody, consult the federal criminal docket and USMS. For BOP imprisonment, use the BOP locator, where a Released result can identify the end of BOP custody. For ICE detention, use ODLS and ICE records. For an ordinary Kankakee booking, use the Sheriff and Circuit Clerk. This jurisdiction map prevents a false conclusion based on the wrong database.
The Kankakee County released-person search path sets these systems side by side. Follow only the branch supported by the booking, docket, A-number, or agency identifier.
Verify Historical ICE Release
A strong historical finding combines independent records. The Kankakee Sheriff movement entry establishes the local exit. An ICE record identifies transfer, release, or removal. An immigration court or counsel record may explain the legal process. If ODLS once produced a recent result, preserve its date and wording, but remember that it is a locator view rather than the full agency file.
When evidence remains incomplete, use narrow language. “Transferred from the former Kankakee ICE placement” is sound when the destination changed under ICE custody. “Released from ICE custody” requires support for physical release, not just departure from JCDC. “Removed” should appear only when an ICE or immigration record establishes it. A missing ODLS result proves none of those outcomes.
This care is especially important because the local agreement has been over for years. Search tools change, short retention windows close, and old facility names persist in copied records. Record the source, retrieval date, exact status label, and agency that owns the field. Then describe only the event that evidence supports. Save the A-number and former placement dates because they are the strongest keys for an older ICE FOIA search.
Kankakee ICE Records Compared
Three records can describe one former placement without proving the same event. The Sheriff log can show arrival at and departure from JCDC. ICE detention records can identify the immigration transfer, release, or removal. An immigration court file may explain legal proceedings but does not serve as a detention movement log. Keep those roles distinct when dates differ.
Older searches depend on strong identifiers. Preserve the A-number, full recorded name, country of birth, former facility, and approximate dates. ODLS’s 60-day released coverage makes it unsuitable as a permanent Kankakee archive. ICE FOIA is the durable route after that window. If access rules require consent or identity proof, follow the agency’s current directions rather than sending extra private information in the first inquiry.
The 2020 inspection and February 2022 closure of local ICE placement provide historical bounds. They do not identify an individual outcome. A person-specific conclusion still needs a movement or release record.