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BOP Releases from Butte County

A federal BOP release tied to Butte County usually begins outside the BOP system. A person may be arrested in Chico, Oroville, Gridley, or another Butte County area, booked into the Butte County Jail, then moved because of a federal warrant, federal indictment, or later federal sentence. The county jail record can show the local booking and possible transfer clue, but it does not become the federal prison release record. Once a person is sentenced to federal prison, the public federal release source is the BOP inmate locator.

BOP states that its locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. Its records can show a current federal facility or a past release date. BOP also explains on its inmate records information page that if the date shown is in the past and no facility location is listed, the person was released on that date and is no longer in BOP custody. That is a federal prison release signal. It does not prove the person was released from Butte County Jail on that same date, and it does not replace the Butte County booking or court record.

Confirm a BOP Release

The cleanest BOP check starts with the federal locator, then moves backward to the Butte County and federal court records if the custody path is unclear. Use the county source when the question is, "Was this person booked or released from Butte County Jail?" Use BOP when the question is, "Was this person in federal prison, and is there a federal release date?"

1. Search the BOP inmate locator by name or BOP register number if known. Names can be common, so use middle name, age, and other identifiers when the result list is broad.
2. Read the facility and date fields carefully. A past date with no current facility is the BOP release marker described by BOP.
3. If the person is not found, check whether the person was only in county custody, in U.S. Marshals pretrial custody, in ICE custody, or never sentenced to BOP.
4. Use Butte Superior Court records and any federal court docket information to understand whether the local case ended, transferred, or led to a federal case.
5. For a formal federal record, use federal records channels rather than the Butte County Sheriff's Records Office.

BOP also cautions that projected release dates can change because sentences are reviewed and recalculated. For a current federal inmate, a listed date should be treated as a federal sentence-administration date, not a fixed Butte County jail release time. If the local question is still active, the Butte County release search belongs on the county record path, including VINE, BCSO booking logs, Sheriff's Records, and court records.

BOP Records and Contact

The BOP locator is online and national. It is not a local office in Butte County, and the Butte County Sheriff's Office does not maintain federal prison release dates for a person after a BOP sentence begins. For Butte County release research, keep the two record systems separate: the Sheriff's Records Office can address county jail bookings and release fields, while BOP and federal records channels address federal prison custody.

Use the Butte County records contact only for the county jail side of the event, such as booking, release date, manner of release, or whether the local jail record shows a transfer. If the county jail record shows a federal hold or transfer, the next public steps are federal court, USMS, and BOP, depending on the stage of the federal case.

About the BOP Locator

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is the federal prison agency. It is different from the Butte County Sheriff's Office, CDCR, ICE, and the U.S. Marshals Service. BOP becomes relevant after a federal sentence is imposed and the person is committed to federal prison custody. A person who is still awaiting federal trial may be in USMS custody, housed by contract in a local jail, or released under federal court conditions without ever being listed as a sentenced BOP prisoner.

Butte Federal Transfer Clues

Butte County's weekly BCSO booking-log PDFs are not a federal release list, but they can help identify when a federal path may exist. A case type, hold, detainer, production order, warrant, or agency label can point away from an ordinary local jail release. When that happens, a person may have left the Butte County Jail without returning to the community. The next record may be in federal court, USMS custody, BOP, ICE, another county, or CDCR, depending on the hold.

Section 19's local detainer angle supports careful wording. A KRCR report on a Butte County Board summary said ICE showed interest in 52 of more than 8,700 bookings, with six resulting in arrest by federal agents and ICE among the California Values Act cases discussed. That is local context, not a BOP statistic. It shows why a transfer clue should be checked before assuming a Butte County jail release equals a street release.

Note: A BOP "released" result confirms a federal prison release date, not the full Butte County court outcome.

BOP Release Record Route

For a written release record, ask the right agency for the right event. A Butte County jail booking/release record should be requested from the Sheriff's Records Office or through the county public records process. A federal prison release record belongs with BOP or federal records channels. A court order belongs with the court that issued it. Mixing these requests can slow the search because each agency can answer only for its own records.

For Butte County jail records, California public-records law includes the "time and manner of release" among arrest information generally subject to disclosure unless a specific limit applies. For federal prison records, the BOP locator is the first public check, while detailed records may require federal record request procedures. When the name is common or the date is old, include the BOP register number, date of birth, federal case number, or county booking date if known.