BOP Federal Release Records
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the official federal source for BOP custody and release-date fields. BOP's guidance explains that a future Release Date is projected based on BOP calculations. If the release date is in the past and no facility is shown, the person is no longer in BOP custody.
This matters for Larimer County when a county jail release is a transfer connected to federal charges, USMS transport, or a federal sentence. The Larimer release row can confirm that the person left county custody, while BOP confirms the federal custody or release status.
| BOP result | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Future Release Date | Projected federal release date, subject to federal calculation |
| Past Release Date | Release from BOP custody on that date when no facility is listed |
| Location: RELEASED | BOP indicates the person is no longer in BOP custody |
| Facility listed | The person is connected to a current BOP location |
Confirm Federal BOP Release
Do not use the BOP locator for ordinary Larimer County Jail bond releases. Use it when the case is federal or a transfer row points beyond the county system. If the person was housed locally under a federal authority, the county row and federal locator answer different parts of the same custody path.
- Open the official BOP inmate locator information and locator route.
- Search by BOP register number when available, or by accurate name details.
- Read Release Date and Location together.
- If the date is past and no facility is shown, treat that as a BOP no-longer-in-custody result.
- Use federal court records or agency contacts for details beyond public locator fields.
BOP Locator Contact Route
This is a federal locator page, not a Larimer County facility. BOP says locator data is updated daily. For information beyond the locator and public information, BOP points to federal records-request routes. For local release records, use the Larimer Sheriff's released-inmates feed or LCSO Records.
| System | Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator |
|---|---|
| Guidance | BOP About Federal Inmate Records |
| Best for | Federal prison custody, BOP release date, and BOP location field |
| Not for | Routine Larimer County Jail releases with no federal custody link |
Larimer Transfers to Federal Custody
A Larimer release reason of transferred should be read as release from Larimer custody. It may mean another county, CDOC, federal custody, immigration custody, or another agency, depending on the case. Use BOP when federal charges, USMS custody, or a federal sentence appears in the record path.
The BOP locator is not a county archive. It will not explain every Larimer booking, charge, bond, or local court date. Pair it with the county release feed and court record when a Larimer case has both local and federal steps.
BOP vs Larimer Jail Release
The most common mistake is treating every release date as the same kind of record. Larimer County Jail release date and time confirm the end of a local jail stay. BOP Release Date confirms a federal custody milestone. CDOC dates confirm state-prison milestones. A court docket explains pending hearings, sentence, or disposition. Each system has a narrow job.
If a Larimer row says bonded out, the person's next record is usually a court matter, not a BOP record. If a Larimer row says transferred and the case has federal charges or USMS involvement, BOP becomes more relevant. If the BOP result shows a past release date and no facility, the person is no longer in BOP custody under BOP's own explanation, but another form of supervision or court obligation may still exist.
| Record source | Question it answers |
|---|---|
| Larimer released-inmates feed | Did the local jail stay end? |
| BOP locator | Is the person in BOP custody or released from BOP? |
| Federal court | What happened in the federal case? |
| ICE ODLS | Is the person in immigration custody? |
Federal Locator Limits
BOP public locator data is concise by design. It can show enough to identify federal custody status, but it will not provide every sentence document, transport detail, court order, or local booking fact. BOP notes that additional information beyond locator and public information may require federal records channels. For a Larimer County release question, that means the user may need both local and federal sources.
The practical route is to follow the custody chain. Start with Larimer if the person was booked locally. Move to BOP if the record points to federal custody. Use federal court records for case outcomes. Use ICE only when immigration custody or a detainer appears. Do not use BOP as a substitute for Larimer Sheriff's records.
Federal Release Scenarios
BOP applies when the person served or is serving a federal prison sentence, not when a local Larimer jail stay ends without a federal custody link. A federal case may still touch Larimer County if the person was booked locally, held for transport, or transferred from the jail. In that mixed path, the local release row and BOP locator should be read together.
When the BOP release date is future, treat it as projected. When it is past and the location no longer shows a facility, BOP's own guidance supports no-longer-in-BOP-custody wording. If a user needs court orders, supervision terms, or sentence documents, the locator is only the starting point. Federal court records and federal records requests may be needed for the rest.
Best BOP Verification Route
The best federal route begins with the federal identifier when it is known, then reads Release Date and Location together. If the person was also booked in Larimer County, use the county release row to confirm the local handoff and the BOP locator to confirm federal custody status. If the BOP locator does not answer the case outcome, use federal court records or BOP records channels rather than the Larimer jail feed.
When the question starts with a local release, keep the county and federal facts separate. Larimer confirms the jail event. BOP confirms federal custody. Federal court records explain the federal case. If the federal result shows release, use that wording for BOP custody only unless another source confirms the person's broader legal status. This prevents a federal release date from being mistaken for a Larimer jail release date. It also keeps federal supervised release, federal court process, and local jail release from being collapsed into one status.
Larimer Federal Record Chain
A BOP release date should be read with Larimer records only when the person had both a local and federal custody path. The county release row can confirm that a jail stay ended or that a transfer occurred. The BOP locator confirms federal custody status and release-date meaning. Federal court records explain a federal sentence or supervised release. Do not use a Larimer release row as proof of a federal release, and do not use BOP as proof of a routine county bond-out.
BOP guidance says future release dates are projected and that a past release date with no facility means the person is no longer in BOP custody. That statement is about BOP custody only. A person may still have court obligations or another supervision term. If a Larimer transfer points to federal custody, pair the county record with the BOP locator and court records before describing the full status.
If a federal result is missing, check the custody type before assuming the person has been released. The person may be in a county jail, state prison, ICE custody, or outside BOP jurisdiction. Larimer County records explain local custody. CDOC explains Colorado state custody. ICE ODLS explains immigration custody. The federal BOP locator should stay focused on BOP records and federal prison release dates.
BOP also notes that locator data updates daily, so very recent movement may need time or a federal records request. Use the Larimer row only to confirm the local custody event during that gap. Federal court records may be needed when the locator does not explain the sentence. A federal release should be confirmed in federal sources, with county records kept separate locally and clearly documented.