FCI Sandstone Federal Release Paths
FCI Sandstone is a federal Bureau of Prisons institution in Pine County. Its release trail belongs to federal systems. A person may finish BOP custody, move to a residential reentry or community-corrections location, transfer to another institution, or remain subject to federal supervised release after leaving the prison. The BOP Inmate Locator reports custody and release information for federal prisoners incarcerated from 1982 to the present. It does not replace the judgment or the federal docket.
A past Release Date paired with Location “RELEASED” means the person is no longer in BOP custody as of the displayed date. “Not in BOP Custody” has the same important limit. Neither phrase proves that federal supervision ended or that another agency does not hold the person. A future Release Date is projected, while “UNKNOWN” means BOP has not determined the term shown by that field. Interpret the result alongside the location and court record.
| Departure | Likely next record | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| RELEASED with past date | BOP locator and federal docket | BOP custody ended as shown; supervision may remain |
| Community location | BOP locator and facility record | Custody may continue outside FCI Sandstone |
| Another institution | BOP locator | The person transferred within the federal system |
| Future date | BOP locator and sentence record | The date is projected, not an actual release |
Confirm FCI Sandstone Release
Use the BOP locator for the initial person-level check. An identification-number search is stronger than a broad name search because it distinguishes people with similar names. BOP accepts BOP register, DCDC, FBI, or INS numbers. A name search can use first and last name plus optional middle name, race, age, and sex. Confirm the register number before reading the release field.
- Open the BOP Inmate Locator and search by federal identifier when one is known.
- Otherwise search the exact name and add identity filters. Compare age, race, and sex with known facts.
- Read Register Number, Release Date, and Location together. A future date and a past released result answer different questions.
- Check the federal court docket for the sentence, later orders, and any supervised-release term.
- Use BOP FOIA or facility records when a public result does not supply the needed historical movement or release detail.
A past federal release date ends BOP custody as shown. It does not prove that supervision or another agency’s custody ended.
The Pine County released inmate search separates this federal route from Pine County Jail and Minnesota DOC records. People released before 1982 may require the National Archives. First Step Act recalculation can also make a displayed projected date temporarily outdated, so confirm a changing future date with the institution or BOP record.
Note: A federal identifier is the strongest way to separate similar names before interpreting a Sandstone release date or location.
FCI Sandstone Federal Records
FCI Sandstone release records are federal records. The public locator supplies a compact status result, while the federal judgment and docket explain the sentence. For more detail, request the maintained BOP record through the agency’s Freedom of Information Act process. Identify the person with full name, date of birth, and register number. Name the fields or documents sought, such as custody history, institution movement, actual BOP release date, release location, or public sentence-computation material.
FCI SandstoneFederal Bureau of Prisons
Sandstone, Minnesota
Use the official facility page for current contact routing
The BOP FOIA page is the official records-request route. A request should ask for existing records, not a new conclusion. The federal court clerk handles court documents, and BOP handles its correctional files. A person’s attorney or authorized representative may have other access under the applicable rules, but a public locator result alone does not expose every correctional detail.
Use the institution’s official page for current phone and mailing information because no verified street address or direct phone appears in the Pine research block. Do not substitute the Pine County Sheriff. The sheriff operates the county jail and has no authority over a sentenced FCI Sandstone prisoner’s federal release record.
FCI Sandstone Release Record
FCI Sandstone is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is physically in Pine County, but county geography does not make its records local sheriff records. The BOP locator result can show name, register number, age, race, sex, Release Date, and Location. Those fields should be read as a set. A released location with a past date differs from a community-corrections placement, another institution, or a future date.
The official FCI Sandstone facility page provides the federal institution panel and current contact route.
This federal source confirms the facility identity. The separate locator supplies the person-level release date and location fields.
Note: The facility page identifies the institution, while the locator and federal docket establish a named person's status and sentence.
Federal Pine County Jail Transfers
Pine County’s July 2025 board packet documents U.S. Marshals Service intergovernmental agreement 41-91-0004 for federal prisoners housed at the county jail. A person detained for federal court under that agreement may be moved without ever becoming a sentenced BOP prisoner. A blank BOP result therefore cannot establish that no federal custody followed. Review the federal court docket, ask Pine County Jail what receiving agency is public in the release record, and use the USMS records channel for maintained federal prisoner tracking data.
This agreement is not proof of a direct Pine County ICE detention contract. If the Pine release entry specifically documents immigration custody, ICE’s locator can cover current detainees and people released from ICE custody during its short published window. A county-jail handoff to ICE is still a transfer. It is not a release to the community. Do not call Pine County Jail an ICE detention center based on a hold or a federal detention agreement.
- Detainer
- A request that a custodian give notice and briefly hold a person so another agency can assume custody.
- Transfer
- Movement from Pine County Jail to another legal custodian without freedom from confinement.
- Discharge
- The end of a correctional sentence or supervision, which is broader than release from one building.
Pine County Facility Release Systems
Pine County is unusual because county, state, and federal correctional sites are all physically present. Pine County Jail uses sheriff records and Minnesota VINE. MCF–Willow River uses the Minnesota DOC public viewer and Minnesota Haven. FCI Sandstone uses the BOP Inmate Locator and federal records. A search should follow the facility, not just the county name. Willow River departure can start community supervision rather than end the state sentence, while a past Sandstone release date ends BOP custody without necessarily ending federal supervision.
Facility identity prevents the most common search error. A person sentenced only in Pine County may never appear in the Minnesota DOC viewer. A Willow River participant should not be sought on the county roster. A sentenced FCI Sandstone prisoner belongs in the BOP locator, while a USMS pretrial detainee held at Pine County Jail may require the federal docket and jail record. Once the last facility is known, the correct release status and destination become much easier to verify.
Note: Huber work release permits approved community movement during a jail sentence and should not be mistaken for final Pine County Jail discharge.
Read FCI Sandstone Locator Results
A BOP locator result carries a small set of fields with precise limits. Name and register number establish the federal record. Age, race, and sex help distinguish similar names. Release Date and Location describe the BOP custody result. They do not state whether a later federal supervised-release term remains active or whether a state, local, or immigration agency assumed custody.
The official BOP Inmate Locator provides the person search used for FCI Sandstone release checks.
The result must be opened and read as a federal custody record. A future date is a projection, while a past date with RELEASED describes the end of BOP custody as represented in the locator.
Records can change as BOP recalculates a sentence under current law. UNKNOWN means that a release term is not determined in the public result. A community location may reflect a residential reentry center or home confinement within the federal custody framework. Neither label should be rewritten as final discharge.
BOP's official locator explanation gives the limits of release dates and custody labels. For a past record before the locator's 1982 coverage, request archival records with the person's name, birth date or approximate age, race, and approximate prison dates.