RADF Release Search

Regional Adult Detention Releases

Regional Adult Detention Facility, often shortened to RADF, is part of the Imperial County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. The sheriff's jail page describes RADF as the first facility where incarcerated persons are placed while they wait for medical review and a classification interview. That local role matters for Imperial County release searches because the first booking point and the final custody point may not be the same. A person can be booked into RADF, moved later to Herbert Hughes Correctional Center or Oren R. Fox Medium Security Detention Facility, and still have one Imperial County jail release record held by the sheriff.

A release from RADF can point in several directions. Some people leave to the community after bond, court order, dismissal, sentence completion, or local time served. Others leave RADF as a transfer to HHCC, OFDF, CDCR, another county, federal custody, or ICE. A transfer is a custody change, not proof that the person is free from all custody. For that reason, the route for Imperial County released inmates begins by asking what happened at the end of sheriff custody, then checking the next system if the release type was a transfer or detainer.

Note: A person who no longer appears in a current custody result still needs a release record or court entry for proof.

Confirm a RADF Release

RADF is a county jail facility, so CDCR CIRIS is not the first source for an ordinary Imperial County jail release. Use CDCR only when the person was committed or transferred to state prison. For a local RADF release, the sheriff's jail information line and records process are the local source, VINE is the status and notice layer, and the court record explains why custody ended. The Imperial County released inmates search path should stay tied to the agency that held the person at the time of release.

1. Call Imperial County Jail and Inmate Information at (442) 265-2266 for current custody or recent status routing.
2. Check California VINE for custody status or notification history if the RADF record is available through VINE.
3. Use the sheriff's forms page and request a Booking Summary when formal release details are needed.
4. Search the Imperial Superior Court ROA/Case Lookup for the public case disposition when a court order may explain the release.
5. If the sheriff record shows transfer, use the receiving system: CDCR, USMS, BOP, ICE, or another county.

RADF Records and Contact

The sheriff's contact page separates jail information from records. That split is useful. Jail information can help with current custody and immediate routing, while Records handles formal documents such as the Booking Summary Request. Records and Civil Division hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed weekends and holidays. A released RADF record may include the booking number, release date and time, release reason, facility, charges, court case number, and any transfer or hold that affected the release.

Records requests should be narrow and event based. Ask for the booking summary or release record tied to the person's name, booking number if known, and approximate booking or release date. If the release involved a court order, request the public court file or minute order from the Superior Court as well. If part of the record is withheld, the agency should identify the legal basis or explain whether the case is sealed, confidential, juvenile, or otherwise restricted.

About RADF

The Imperial County Sheriff's Corrections page identifies three adult jail facilities and explains RADF's intake and classification role. The page states that RADF was built in the late 1970s, began holding incarcerated persons in August 1981, and has twelve two-tier modules. It also lists a bed space of 288 and describes the jail's main medical center at RADF, including medical areas for male and female incarcerated persons and respiratory isolation.

The local facility history explains why RADF often appears in release questions even when the person later spent time at another jail unit. Because every incarcerated person is first placed at RADF pending medical review and classification, RADF can be the intake label, the medical location, or the actual release point. The booking summary and court case are more reliable than memory of a unit name when the goal is to confirm an Imperial County release.

The sheriff corrections page screenshot below is matched to the jail-complex facility pages in the manifest. The source page is the Imperial County Sheriff's Corrections page, which lists RADF, HHCC, and OFDF details.

The screenshot supports the local distinction between the three sheriff facilities and the single county release-record path that runs through the Sheriff's Office.

RADF Classification History

Research Section 19 flags Imperial County's three-facility jail history as a distinctive angle for facility pages. For RADF, the key point is not only age or bed space. It is the way intake, medical review, and classification shape release research. A person may be listed by family as "at RADF" because that was the first known location, while the sheriff's later records may show HHCC, OFDF, court transport, or transfer before the final release event.

When the release is hard to trace, ask for the custody event rather than only the unit name. Useful request terms include booking summary, release date, release type, transfer destination, court case number, holds, detainers, and custody status. Those fields show whether RADF was the release point or only the intake point. They also help distinguish a county jail release from a CDCR, federal, or ICE custody event.

RADF Holds and Transfers

Imperial County has a CDCR prison presence, an ICE detention facility, and a USMS contract detention facility in the same county. That creates a frequent release-record problem: a person can leave RADF and still remain in custody somewhere else. A sheriff release entry may use transfer language, or the court case may show a commitment, hold, warrant, or remand. If the next agency is CDCR, use CIRIS and CDCR records. If the next agency is ICE, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. If the next agency is federal, use the federal court case, USMS channel, and BOP locator when BOP custody applies.

This system split is the main safeguard against bad release conclusions. "Released from RADF" can mean release to the street, release to probation, transfer to another sheriff facility, or transfer to a separate custody system. The release record and court docket decide which one occurred.