Trace Regional Lock-Up Releases

Regional Lock-Up Exit Paths

The Regional Police Lock-Up is an arrest holding unit, not a long-term sentenced facility. Its four wings contain up to 24 cells, including a six-cell female wing. The official PREA audit says the unit operates from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. and does not hold youthful offenders. These facts define the lookup: a fast handoff record, not a prison discharge search.

A detainee may post bail, receive recognizance, travel to court, be admitted to the main Hampshire jail, or transfer to another custodian. The person may be outside the lock-up yet still confined.

Confirm a Lock-Up Release

No separate public lock-up roster resolves a named detainee. The official audit reports an average stay of about four hours, so a status snapshot would age quickly even if one existed.

1. Gather the full name, arrest time, arresting department, court, and incident number.
2. Ask police when they transferred the person and who accepted custody.
3. Call the Hampshire Sheriff at (413) 584-5911 for admission and exit time.
4. Request authority and destination.
5. Check the arraignment court for bail, recognizance, warrant, or hold orders.
6. Contact the receiving custodian when the trail continues.

The Hampshire County custody search helps when the receiving system is unclear.

Hampshire Same-Day Record Fields

Because no Hampshire County 24-hour list appears online, these are fields to request, not columns on a public feed. G.L. c. 126, § 40 requires the sheriff to record release type and other correctional data. The release calendar and agency system add the facts needed to distinguish an exit from a transfer.

The sheriff’s quarterly report is aggregate and non-identifying. It can show patterns, but it cannot name who left during a particular day.

Request Hampshire Release Records

The Hampshire Sheriff contact directory identifies the Public Information/Records Access Officer. Describe an existing record rather than asking the office to conduct research. A focused request can seek the booking or admission date, actual release date and time, release authority and type, destination if transferred, booking identifier, and case number. Ask for electronic delivery and all segregable public portions.

Massachusetts Public Records Law normally requires a response within ten business days. The agency may produce records, identify exemptions, give a fee estimate, or state a lawful production schedule. Black-and-white paper copies are capped at five cents per page, and the first four labor hours for a state-agency request are provided without charge. Hampshire county government was abolished and the Sheriff’s Office became a Commonwealth agency in 1998, which explains why the state-agency framework applies.

For a broader range, use the Hampshire County 72-hour release route. It still relies on custody records but can catch an estimate that was off by one day.

Hampshire Release or Transfer

A release event does not always mean freedom from custody. Massachusetts data separates community releases from movements to another criminal justice agency. That movement may mean MA DOC, another county, an out-of-state sentence, federal authority, immigration authority, or an agency holding a warrant. “Remain incarcerated” can mark the end of one legal status while a second status begins.

Bail ends jail custody while the case continues. Recognizance permits release based on a promise to return. Time served generally reflects a sentence equal to credit already spent in custody. Each outcome requires its own plain reading.

The county correctional data statute shows the release-related information sheriffs record.

Those fields support a targeted request even though Hampshire County does not display a daily roster.

Four-Hour Hampshire Custody Chain

The lock-up’s official audit reported 1,540 detainees during the prior 12 months and an average stay of four hours. Those figures describe a high-turnover arrest-stage unit, not 1,540 community releases. A detainee may leave the lock-up for court, the main Hampshire jail, another custodian, bail, or recognizance. Each movement ends one short custody segment, but only some return the person to the community.

The four-hour average also explains why a later phone inquiry can begin after the person has already moved. Ask for admission and exit timestamps, not just current presence. Then request the authority and destination recorded with the exit. An arresting police record can establish the front-end transfer to the lock-up, while the sheriff record should identify the end of this segment.

Note: The audit figures measure lock-up use and speed; they are not a named release list or count of unique community exits.

Lock-Up, Court, or Main Jail

A person can pass through three distinct Hampshire stages in a short span. The arresting police agency controls the initial incident and transfer record. The Regional Police Lock-Up controls its admission and exit facts. The court controls bail, recognizance, warrants, and arraignment orders. If continued county detention follows, the main Jail and House of Correction becomes the relevant custodian.

Keep those stages separate when offices give brief answers. “Sent to court” states a destination, not a final release outcome. “No longer at the lock-up” says nothing about the main jail. “Bail set” is also incomplete because payment and the resolution of any other hold must occur before physical exit. A useful chronology lists each timestamp, authority, and receiving place in order.

The lock-up does not hold youthful offenders, and its audit describes four wings with a six-cell female wing. Those operational facts help identify the unit, but they do not change the need for a named record. No separate lock-up roster, booking archive, or recent-release page is published. A request should focus on the exact arrest date or overnight window because that narrow range is more likely to locate the brief event and limit search cost.

If the sheriff reports admission to continued Hampshire custody, stop treating the lock-up exit as the end of confinement. The main jail record then supplies the later release or transfer. If the destination is court, use the correct case and clerk to identify what occurred next.

When Bail Does Not Mean Release

At the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center, paying bail on one mittimus does not ensure a physical exit. A mittimus is the court document authorizing custody. WCC checks for other active warrants, detainers, holds, or mittimuses. One case may be cleared while another keeps the person confined.

Electronic monitoring can add a second delay. When a court orders monitoring, WCC states that the person remains held until Probation completes setup and transport. Payment, authorization, and gate departure may fall at different times. Ask WCC for the actual release time and each hold’s resolution.

Note: A bail receipt proves payment on that matter, not the end of every custody authority.

Regional Lock-Up Records Contact

The Hampshire Sheriff operates the unit on the Rocky Hill campus. The sheriff’s record covers this custody segment, while police records explain the front end and the court explains the decision.

Ask for admission and exit timestamps, the authority for release or movement, destination, and matching identifier. A release time without destination is incomplete.

Regional Holding Facility History

Official state material dates the Regional Holding Facility to 2001. It shares the Rocky Hill campus with buildings serving different roles. Sharing an address does not make the lock-up and sentenced house of correction interchangeable.

Hampshire county government was abolished and HSO became a Commonwealth agency in 1998. Its records requests use the state-agency framework. The unit’s overnight operation and short stay favor a timestamped custody chain over a list search.

Why Hampshire Requests Beat Mirrors

Hampshire’s lack of a public feed creates a clear records path. The agency’s own system and release calendar contain date, time, and authority fields. A commercial mirror may confuse booking with release. A booking today proves intake, not an exit.

Write the range with start and end times, name the person and known booking reference, and request release type plus destination. If court and sheriff records appear to conflict, ask the clerk about the legal order and the custodian about the physical handoff.