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Check Stewart Detainee Status

To find someone released from Stewart Detention Center, first confirm that the person entered ICE custody after leaving Decatur County. Stewart is a regional immigration detention facility, not a county jail and not a BOP prison. Its release and transfer records belong to federal immigration systems. This guide shows how to search the ICE detainee locator, call the facility with the right identifiers, and separate a Decatur County jail departure from release to the community. It also explains why a missing locator result needs direct verification rather than a quick conclusion.

Stewart Records After Release

Once a person no longer appears in ODLS, preserve the A-number and dates from earlier records. Ask ICE which records office can confirm the last detention location, custody-end date, and type of departure. A formal request may take longer than a locator search, but it can answer questions the current-custody screen no longer shows.

Decatur County records remain useful for the first handoff. Request the local booking and release entry, including the receiving agency if public. The county court docket can explain the local criminal case. ICE records then document immigration custody. If a federal criminal case also exists, use that federal docket separately.

Stewart is in Lumpkin, outside Decatur County. Its inclusion here does not claim that it receives all Georgia immigration detainees or every person named in a county quarterly report. The center becomes relevant only after an official match. Confirming that match before calling saves time and avoids combining records for people with similar names.

Release from Stewart can still carry reporting or court duties. Those details must come from the responsible immigration authority, court notice, or counsel. A locator status alone should not be used to guess a future hearing, destination, or case outcome.

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Stewart Detainee Release Paths

Stewart Detention Center is an ICE detention facility in Lumpkin, not a Decatur County jail. It belongs on the Decatur facility map only as a regional fallback when a local release is actually a transfer to immigration custody. A person may leave Spring Creek Road without entering the community if DHS assumes custody under a detainer.

Use this path only when the jail, court, ICE locator, or another official source identifies an immigration hold or transfer. A detainer is a request connected to possible immigration custody. It does not prove removal, continued detention, or a final immigration decision.

Confirm Stewart Detainee Status

Begin with the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Search with the eight- or nine-digit A-number and country of birth when available. The alternate search uses exact name, country of birth, and date of birth. Spelling, compound surnames, and birth data matter.

  1. Confirm that Decatur County reported a DHS or ICE transfer.
  2. Search ODLS with the strongest identifier.
  3. Compare the personal data carefully.
  4. Call Stewart only if the result or transfer facts point there.
  5. Use ICE records channels for formal documentation.

ODLS focuses on current custody and limited recent contexts. A missing result is not a complete release history. The broader Decatur County release guide covers the local record that should document departure from the jail.

Stewart Records and Contact

The ICE facility page is the source for direct detainee information and current visiting or communication rules. Have the full name, A-number, date of birth, and country of birth ready. Staff may limit details based on identity, privacy, security, and case status.

Stewart Detention Center
146 CCA Road
Lumpkin, GA 31815
Detainee information: 229-838-5000
Operator: ICE contractor facility

For an archived or formal immigration record, an ICE or DHS records request may be needed. For the local departure event, request the Decatur County Jail booking and release record. The two files document different agencies and should not be treated as one record.

Decatur Detainers and Stewart

Decatur County publishes quarterly Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act reports. Its Q2 2026 report lists 477 inmates booked, 13 LESC inquiries, 10 LESC responses, seven responses indicating illegal-alien status, and seven DHS detainers. These are aggregate figures. They do not identify the outcome for any one person.

The figures support one careful conclusion: some county-jail departures require an ICE follow-up. They do not show that all seven people went to Stewart, were removed, or remained detained. Match the person to an actual transfer fact before using the regional facility page.

Leaving Decatur County Jail under a DHS detainer is not the same as release to the community.

Stewart Release Means What

An ICE custody end can reflect release under immigration procedures, transfer, removal, or another case action. ODLS may stop showing a person after the relevant display period. That absence alone does not explain the event. Ask ICE which office or record can confirm the date and type of custody change.

Immigration detention is civil federal custody, not a Decatur County criminal sentence. A local criminal court file may still show a bond, dismissal, plea, or sentence, but it does not decide the separate immigration matter. Likewise, an ICE result does not replace the local court disposition.

Stewart Versus BOP Records

ICE and the Federal Bureau of Prisons run different systems. BOP handles federal criminal sentences and its locator can show Released or Not in BOP Custody. ICE handles immigration detention and uses ODLS. A person arrested locally on a federal criminal warrant may also pass through U.S. Marshals custody before BOP designation.

Select the system from the reason for custody, not from the word federal. If the Decatur booking says ICE or DHS, use ODLS. If it reflects a federal criminal sentence, use BOP or federal court records. U.S. Marshals do not provide an all-purpose public locator for every pretrial detainee.

Stewart Image Source

The official ICE Stewart facility page shows the federal facility information used for contact and routing.

ICE Stewart Detention Center facility information page

The image helps confirm the facility identity, but current custody still belongs in ODLS or a direct ICE inquiry.

Stewart Verification Checklist

Keep identifiers and dates from both systems. The Decatur jail record should show the local booking and departure. ICE records should show the immigration custody path. A federal court docket may be relevant only if a criminal federal case also exists.

Do not infer Stewart custody from nationality, charge text, or a missing jail name. Require an agency statement, locator match, or transfer record. This protects against confusing an ordinary county release with a federal handoff and prevents a current-custody tool from being used as a permanent release archive.

When records conflict, favor the agency closest to the event and ask it to explain the mismatch. Note the date each source was checked. A jail release time, an ICE intake time, and an ODLS update may not match because each system records a different step. That lag does not turn a transfer into community release.

Family contact, counsel, or an authorized representative may have access to details that a public locator does not show. Facility staff can explain the proper contact route but may not disclose protected case information to every caller. Keep the inquiry focused on identity, custody location, and which office holds the releasable record.

If the person later leaves ICE custody, do not assume the old Decatur booking record will update. The local jail file remains the history of local custody. The ICE record owns the federal immigration departure. Reading both in sequence produces the clearest verified timeline.

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