USMS Custody Linked to Beaver
The Facility Map describes a federal prisoner network, not a verified Marshals jail in Beaver County. USMS can place federal pretrial prisoners in contract facilities and move them for court or safekeeping. If Beaver's jail record names USMS as the receiving agency, local custody has ended but federal custody may be starting or continuing.
A disappearance from Beaver's 30-day booking page cannot prove a federal release. The county display is a booking history with no published release field. Ask Beaver Corrections or Records for the custody-movement entry, event type, date and time, and receiving agency. Then use the federal court case and USMS records for the next stage.
USMS has no public person locator, so the federal docket and a precise records request are the main historical routes.
Confirm a Beaver Federal Transfer
Begin with the custodian that recorded the local exit. The Beaver Corrections page identifies the jail's role and contacts. Corrections can be reached at 435-438-6497, and Sheriff's Records at 435-438-2467. Ask whether the last event was community release, transfer, or execution of another hold. A receiving-agency field is critical because federal pretrial custody can continue outside Beaver County.
- Record the full name, date of birth if known, booking number, court case, and relevant period.
- Ask Beaver for the booking and custody-event or movement log.
- Request the actual movement date and time, stated event type, authority, and receiving agency.
- Use the federal case number to find the docket and later disposition.
- Send a focused USMS FOIA request if the public docket does not establish historical placement or custody disposition.
Beaver's online GRAMA form acknowledges that fees may apply but lists no universal release-record price. Ask for electronic copies and an estimate. The response period and any disclosure limits follow Utah records law for the county portion.
USMS Release Record Sources
No one source covers the full path. The county, court, Marshals Service, and Bureau of Prisons each record a different event.
| Source | What it can establish | What it cannot prove alone |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver movement record | When local custody ended and the named recipient | Later federal release |
| Federal court docket | Charges, orders, hearings, judgment, and disposition | Exact physical movement time |
| USMS Prisoner Tracking System record | Federal prisoner identity, court, placement, safekeeping, and disposition data | Public access to every protected field |
| BOP Inmate Locator | Sentenced federal status and listed release data | Earlier Marshals movements |
A court release order can authorize an exit without showing the hour it occurred or whether another authority took custody. The operational record and receiving agency fill that gap.
Read the Federal Docket
The federal docket is the starting public record for a USMS case. Search with the case number when available. Review detention and release orders, hearing minutes, plea and judgment, sentencing, warrants, and later supervision entries. These records explain legal authority but should not be relabeled as a Marshals movement log.
Identity matching remains essential. Compare full name, date of birth when available, case number, court, and agency references. A common name can connect the wrong docket to a Beaver booking. Keep the local booking number and federal case number as separate identifiers.
If the docket shows that the person was sentenced to federal imprisonment, transition the search to the Bureau of Prisons. If it shows release under court terms, that still does not resolve whether another state, immigration, or local hold applied.
Request USMS Custody Records
The USMS Freedom of Information Act page is the official route for an agency record request. Ask for an existing record rather than a new explanation. The research identifies the Prisoner Tracking System as containing identifying, court, placement, safekeeping, and disposition information for people in Marshals custody.
- Identify the person with full name and other known identifiers.
- Give the federal case number, court, time range, and known facilities or transfer points.
- State the exact record sought, such as historical custody placement, movement, or disposition.
- Request the preferred electronic format and a fee estimate when appropriate.
- Expect Privacy Act and FOIA exemptions to limit information about another person or sensitive operations.
A focused request reduces ambiguity. It also lets the agency locate a specific existing record without being asked to infer whether someone was “free” after one system event.
Search BOP After USMS
A sentenced federal prisoner generally moves from Marshals custody into the Bureau of Prisons system. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. Search by register, DCDC, FBI, or INS number, or by name with age, race, and sex filters.
| BOP field | Use |
|---|---|
| Name | Initial identity match |
| Register number | Direct BOP identifier |
| Age, race, and sex | Filters that reduce name collisions |
| Release date | BOP's listed federal prison date |
| Location or released label | Current BOP scope or exit status |
“Released” or “Not in BOP Custody” establishes exit from BOP. It does not prove that every other custodian released the person or that federal supervision ended. BOP also warns that First Step Act recalculations can change projected dates.
USMS and BOP Differ
Marshals custody and BOP custody cover different phases. USMS commonly handles a person before sentencing, during court movements, and in transport. BOP manages sentenced federal imprisonment and provides the public locator used for an eventual federal prison release.
- Federal pretrial custody
- Custody while the federal case is pending, often managed by USMS.
- Contract placement
- A facility holds a person for another agency while legal custody remains federal.
- Disposition
- The court or agency outcome recorded for that stage of the case.
- Federal supervised release
- Court-ordered supervision that may follow imprisonment; it is distinct from Utah parole.
Do not use Utah VINE or UDC Offender Search as substitutes for a federal record. They can matter only if the custody chain separately enters a participating Utah agency.
Missing USMS Release Results
An absent public result is expected because USMS has no open name locator. It does not prove release, transfer, or lack of federal custody. The correct fallback is the federal docket, followed by a precise agency request.
If Beaver records name ICE, use the ICE locator and treat immigration custody as its own event. If the records name UDC, use the Utah offender search, Board decisions, and state VINE. If another county or state is named, continue with that custodian. The receiving-agency field prevents a search from stopping at the wrong boundary.
Older BOP information may require BOP FOIA when the locator result is not enough. Keep that request separate from a USMS request because each agency controls its own records.
USMS Tracking Record Boundaries
The official USMS reading-room description says the Prisoner Tracking System supports prisoner processing and population management. The research identifies records for identity, the federal court, placement, safekeeping, and disposition. These fields can reconstruct a federal custody segment when a public locator does not exist.
Access is still subject to federal disclosure law. A system description does not make every person-level field open. Privacy interests, law-enforcement concerns, and operational security can lead to withholding or redaction. Ask for the narrow historical event needed and accept that the released record may contain fewer details than the internal system.
A disposition field also needs context. It can record the outcome of a Marshals custody stage without proving the end of all legal control. Compare it with the court order and any BOP intake or release record. That three-source check separates a transfer, court-authorized release, and move into sentenced federal custody.
Beaver and Federal Custody
Beaver County Correctional Facility holds several populations, including contract prisoners and people awaiting transfer. Physical presence in Beaver does not establish that the county criminal system is the sole legal authority. The booking and movement fields should identify which agency controlled the next step.
Utah Xchange is the state court repository and does not replace a federal docket. UDC Offender Search covers people currently under Utah corrections supervision and does not replace a USMS record. Utah VINE may report events from participating Utah custodians, but federal victim notification and federal custody records follow separate systems. Use each source only for its documented scope.
If the person moved from Beaver to USMS and later to BOP, keep three events: the county exit, the Marshals custody segment, and BOP intake or release. If the federal docket instead shows release, verify whether another detainer or authority appears before calling it a return to the community.
Verify a USMS Release
The final result should identify which custodian released the person and when. It should also state whether the next record shows a transfer, court-ordered community status, BOP custody, or another authority.
- Confirm the Beaver exit and receiving agency.
- Match the federal case using the strongest identifiers.
- Read the court order without treating it as the physical exit log.
- Request USMS historical custody or disposition when needed.
- Search BOP if sentencing moved the person into federal prison.
- Verify any later BOP release separately from the earlier Beaver and USMS events.
The Beaver County release search supplies the wider county, state, VINE, court, and federal comparison. This route focuses on federal pretrial and Marshals custody.