KCDC Release and Transfer Routes
Kinney County Detention Center is not simply the county jail. GEO operates the contract facility, and its current page names USMS/Kinney County as the client. The federal agreement expressly allows federal adult male detainees and identifies BOP and ICE as authorized users. The person’s legal custodian controls the release trail.
A federal defendant may leave for court or another USMS contract jail. A sentenced person may move to BOP placement. ICE may receive someone after a criminal hold ends. A local Kinney case may instead produce a county release record. Only some departures are releases into the community. Ask KCDC about physical presence and last movement, then verify with the agency that owned custody.
Confirm KCDC Release Status
Begin with the federal or local case rather than a generic Sheriff search. USMS does not offer a public name roster for pretrial detainees, so the federal docket and district contact are central. BOP and ICE have separate locators. Neither one covers every KCDC person.
- Call KCDC and ask whether the person is physically present or has departed.
- Ask which authority owned custody and whether the last event was release, court movement, or transfer.
- For a federal pretrial person, read PACER orders and contact the relevant USMS district office.
- For BOP custody, search by federal register number or name and match the result details.
- For immigration custody, search ICE ODLS and use the ICE information line when unresolved.
- For a local Kinney hold, obtain the county release sheet and Kinney court record.
Write down the agency, event date, and receiving site. A clear chain is stronger than a no-result screen. Names can be misspelled, feeds can lag, and a person may not yet appear after intake.
KCDC Contact and Records
Use the facility number for physical-location and event questions. KCDC cannot replace the owning agency’s court, release, or immigration record. No public release-desk hours or official recent-release list was found in the reviewed sources.
Kinney County Detention Center1501 Ranch Road 131
Brackettville, TX 78832
Phone: 830-563-6222
Fax: 830-563-9647
Release hours: not published
If the person was held for Kinney County, send the focused county request to publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us. Federal records belong with USMS, BOP, or ICE under that agency’s process. Court records come from the clerk or PACER.
KCDC Population and Capacity
GEO lists 384 beds. The 2025 PREA audit uses a 462-bed design capacity, reports 425 people on its snapshot, and gives an average daily population of 422 for the prior twelve months. It describes adult men ages 18 through 72 and medium or maximum custody. These figures may reflect different configurations and dates, so both sourced capacity measures should remain visible.
The current GEO facility page is captured below. It identifies the facility and current operator context.
The page confirms physical facility facts, but the owning authority still supplies the person-level custody and release record.
KCDC USMS Release Search
A federal pretrial defendant generally remains a USMS prisoner even while housed at KCDC. USMS prisoner operations and the federal court docket are more useful than BOP when no prison designation occurred. Read detention and release orders, court-production entries, and sentencing. A move to another contract jail is not release.
After sentencing, BOP may become the relevant custodian. Its locator accepts BOP, DCDC, FBI, or INS number, or a name with age, race, and sex. Many former federal prisoners show “Released” and a release date. A future date is projected, “IN TRANSIT” describes movement, and “UNKNOWN” means the term has not been determined.
Note: A federal release order can precede the operational event, so verify the docket and actual custody movement together.
KCDC ICE Detainer Handoffs
An ICE detainer asks another law-enforcement agency for notice before release so ICE may assume custody. A criminal record can truthfully show release on bond or time served while immigration custody begins at once. That is not community release.
ICE ODLS works best with A-number and country of birth. Pad the A-number to nine digits when needed. The alternate search uses exact name, birth date, and country. ODLS focuses on current detention and also includes some people released from ICE custody during the prior 60 days. It does not locate minors.
The ICE detention information source is shown below. It supplies the official follow-up channel for unresolved immigration custody questions.
This channel follows ICE custody, not the earlier KCDC booking or federal criminal disposition.
Request KCDC Release Records
Send a request to the body that holds the record. For a Kinney local booking, identify the person, booking range, release timestamp, authority, and receiving agency in a written Texas Public Information Act request. For a federal detainee, direct FOIA to USMS, BOP, or ICE according to ownership. Physical placement at KCDC does not make all federal records county records.
PACER may charge under its current schedule. Use the official docket for decisive release orders and judgment. Ask KCDC for operational clarification, but do not expect the facility desk to settle every legal-status question across agencies.
KCDC Facility History
KCDC was built in 2004. Earlier audit material says Civigenics first managed it, Community Education Centers began management in 2007 under USMS and county arrangements, and GEO took over in April 2017. Old directories may therefore name a prior operator or stale capacity.
A 2017 county project request proposed a 48-bed KCDC expansion for federal female prisoners alongside a separate Sheriff facility, with a stated project ceiling of $7.9 million. It is historical planning evidence, not proof that the proposal was completed exactly as drawn. Current operator, audit, and agency records control.
KCDC Intercounty Custody Context
Kinney Commissioners Court minutes dated November 24, 2025 approved an agreement with Val Verde County on placement and transport of Operation Lone Star inmates. The agreement shows why one-building searches can fail. A case may remain tied to Kinney while physical custody changes county or facility.
Ask for the receiving agency each time staff report departure. Keep both the local cause number and any federal identifier. Transfer records and court entries should form a chain rather than isolated snapshots.
KCDC Custody Source Comparison
Each KCDC custody stream has its own durable source. Choosing the wrong locator can create a false release conclusion.
| Authority | Primary status source | Release proof |
|---|---|---|
| USMS | Federal docket and USMS district | Release order plus movement confirmation |
| BOP | BOP Inmate Locator | Released result and federal docket |
| ICE | ICE ODLS and information line | ICE record and immigration case documents |
| Kinney County | Sheriff, VINE, and local court | County booking-out record |
A result that says one agency no longer holds the person describes only that custody stream. Check the next authority before deciding that confinement ended.
KCDC Release Search Scope
The reviewed access paths are current to August 2026. KCDC has no verified public recent-release list or mugshot gallery in the assigned sources. The facility phone, owning agency, and docket remain the core sequence.
Identity matching also depends on the custodian. A federal register number is stronger than a name in BOP. An A-number and country of birth provide the strongest ICE route. A federal cause number anchors PACER and USMS questions. For a local booking, use the county booking number and date range. Do not merge identifiers across systems or rely on a photograph alone.
Timing varies at each handoff. Court staff may file an order before transport staff act. BOP intake may lag a USMS movement. ICE data can trail a transfer, and ODLS has a limited recent-release window. A no-result should prompt a direct call and a check of the next likely custodian, not a conclusion that the person entered the community.
KCDC’s physical record can help establish when a person departed the site. The owning agency’s record explains whether that departure was a release, designation, transfer, removal process, or court movement. When the facts have legal weight, obtain both records and compare their timestamps. A later court filing may clarify authority without changing the earlier operational time.
Families arranging contact or travel should verify the current facility before acting. GEO’s KCDC page can confirm facility contact facts, but it does not function as a person-level roster. USMS, BOP, ICE, and Kinney County each answer only for their own stream.
The Kinney County released inmates search compares local, state, and federal paths. For KCDC, never collapse the inquiry into a county-jail roster search.