Oren Fox Release Lookup

Oren Fox Releases

Oren R. Fox Medium Security Detention Facility, also called OFDF in the sheriff research, is the newer part of the Imperial County jail system. It is operated by the Imperial County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. A person released from OFDF is not a state-prison release by default. The county jail record remains with the sheriff, and the court case is the public record that usually explains whether the person left because of bond, dismissal, time served, sentence completion, probation, transfer, or another court order.

The facility's role is important because Imperial County has more than one custody system in the same area. OFDF is a county jail facility, while Calipatria and Centinela are CDCR prisons, Imperial Regional Detention Facility is an ICE site, and El Centro Detention Facility serves federal custody. A person can be released from OFDF and still be moved to another custody system. That is why the release type or transfer destination matters as much as the date.

Note: No official Imperial County web 24-hour or 72-hour release feed was found in the research.

Confirm an OFDF Release

Use the county jail route first. The sheriff's public website supplies facility details, forms, and contact information, while California VINE supplies a custody-status and notification layer. The official app may also help with current custody status, but the research does not support calling it a released-person archive. For a named person, the safest route is to combine the sheriff record with the Superior Court case. The 72-Hour Release List page explains why an absence from a web release log is not proof in Imperial County.

1. Call Imperial County Jail and Inmate Information at (442) 265-2266 for current status or routing.
2. Search California VINE for a custody status, release notice, transfer notice, or notification registration.
3. Use the sheriff's Booking Summary Request form when written release details are needed.
4. Check the Imperial Superior Court ROA/Case Lookup for public disposition and sentence entries.
5. If the OFDF record points to CDCR, ICE, federal custody, or another county, use that system after confirming the county event.

OFDF Records and Contact

The research places OFDF within the Imperial County jail complex in El Centro, with legal mail generally routed through 1328 Sperber Road, El Centro, CA 92243. Jail information is listed at (442) 265-2266. Formal records requests go through the sheriff's Records Division, which lists (442) 265-2125 and public counter hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The sheriff's forms page includes the Booking Summary Request form, which is the key public request route for release documentation.

When requesting an OFDF release record, include enough detail to identify the custody event without asking for a broad file. Useful details include full name, booking number or inmate identifier if known, approximate booking date, approximate release date, releasing facility, and court case number. Ask for release date, release type, transfer destination, holds, and case numbers. If the case is sealed, confidential, juvenile, or otherwise restricted, the public response may be limited.

About Oren Fox

The Imperial County Sheriff's Corrections page gives OFDF a detailed local history. The county began the process in 2011, received a $33 million state allocation, started construction in August 2016, and began placing incarcerated persons there in September 2018. The facility has six two-tier units, each designed for 45 people, plus a medical center with four more beds, for a total of 274 beds. It is named for Sheriff Oren R. Fox, who served from July 1973 through December 1974 and again from January 1979 through January 1999.

The screenshot below comes from the Imperial County Sheriff's jail page, the official source that documents OFDF alongside RADF and HHCC.

The official source image helps keep the OFDF page tied to the county jail system rather than to state prison, ICE, or federal detention records.

OFDF Facility History

Research Section 19 highlights Imperial County's three named adult jail facilities as a distinctive local angle. OFDF is the newest of the sheriff facilities, and that history affects how people describe custody. Families may know the person was "at the new jail," while official records may use OFDF, Oren R. Fox, Imperial County Jail, or the broader Corrections Division. A release request should use the person's identity and the custody event rather than relying only on the facility nickname.

Because OFDF began holding people in September 2018, older Imperial County jail cases may not involve this facility at all. Newer cases may involve RADF for initial medical review and OFDF for later custody. The sheriff record can show the custody path, but the public court case is usually better for the legal reason behind the release. The court record also helps when a release follows a sentence, a probation order, a dismissal, or a transfer order rather than a routine bond event.

OFDF Transfer Records

Imperial County's release research repeatedly warns that a transfer is not the same thing as release from all custody. That warning is especially important for OFDF because the county contains nearby state, federal, and immigration facilities. A person may leave OFDF for CDCR after sentencing, for ICE after a county case, for USMS on a federal matter, or for another county on a warrant. The release record should show the transfer or hold if the information is public and not restricted.

If the next step is CDCR, use CIRIS for current state custody and BPH date context. If the next step is ICE, use the ICE locator. If the next step is federal, use the federal court docket and BOP locator when the person enters or exits BOP custody. The county release record remains the bridge between OFDF and the next system.

For a records request, ask for the booking summary and the release or transfer fields tied to OFDF custody. The useful fields are the local identifier, booking number, release date, release type, court case, hold status, and receiving agency if the person did not leave to the community.