Oxbow Jail Release Routes
The Salt Lake County Sheriff operates Oxbow and Metro as county facilities. Their public records are centralized. A person may leave Oxbow after bail, dismissal, a court order, probation, or completion of a county sentence. The person may also move to Metro, UDC, ICE, another county, federal custody, a hospital, or another placement. Only the first group necessarily describes entry into the community.
Start with the official Jail In/Out Docket. The roster page does not advertise a distinct Oxbow release archive. Its Roster PDF is a daily bed snapshot, while the In/Out Docket is the release-oriented movement source. If an entry uses transfer language, follow the receiving custodian instead of calling it freedom.
Verify an Oxbow Release
A recent Oxbow check should stay tied to the person and date. Search the newest docket, inspect an adjacent date when the event was near midnight, and compare the SO number or court case where names are alike. The current roster is useful only as a check for continued county custody. Its silence is not an affirmative release finding.
- Open the latest dated In/Out Docket from the Sheriff roster page.
- Search the name and match the SO number, booking date, or case.
- Read the movement and destination exactly as the Sheriff records them.
- Use the court case to confirm the legal order or disposition.
- Request the booking/release report if time, authority, or recipient remains unclear.
Utah VINE may issue a custody event notice, but the issuing Sheriff's record remains stronger. UDC should be searched only when the Oxbow movement placed the person under state authority. The Salt Lake County release-record path covers the full custodian-first search sequence.
Oxbow Jail Record Requests
Use the county NextRequest portal or Sheriff GRAMA form for records no longer online or facts omitted from a docket. Identify Oxbow as the facility and provide the full name, aliases, SO number if known, approximate booking date, and court case. Ask for existing booking and release records, actual release date and time, release authority, and destination or receiving agency.
Oxbow Jail Facility
3148 South 1100 West
Salt Lake City, UT
Central jail information:
385-468-8400
Information line: Available
24 hours
The research did not establish separate Oxbow public-counter hours or a different release-record phone. The Sheriff general line serves both jails, but the Corrections FAQ says staff will not disclose a prisoner's release date. A written, specific request is therefore the correct route for exact historical facts. Public portions may be inspected without a copy charge, while staff time and copies can carry the county's stated GRAMA fees.
Note: Ask for records that exist; GRAMA does not require the Sheriff to build a custom release list.
Oxbow Release Evidence Compared
Different records answer different questions. The movement docket shows the recent county event. A court order explains legal authority. A receiving-agency lookup shows whether another custodian took over. The formal Sheriff report connects the name and SO number to the precise county release or transfer.
| Record | Best use | Do not infer |
|---|---|---|
| In/Out Docket | Recent movement | Every omitted detail |
| Roster | Current bed snapshot | Release from absence |
| Court case | Bond, dismissal, sentence, order | Exact exit time |
| Release report | Date, authority, destination | Later action by recipient |
A county report saying UDC received the person proves the first handoff. The UDC offender record must then be read for state location, placement, and Release Date/Type. The same principle applies to ICE or another county.
Oxbow Jail Capacity Changes
Oxbow completed construction in 1991, nine years before Metro opened. A 2025 county audit reported $15.8 million in deferred maintenance at Oxbow and $42.8 million across both jails. These facts describe the physical system, not a person's release status.
After a proposed public-safety bond failed, Salt Lake County funded 184 added Oxbow beds and freed 64 Metro beds by ending a state competency-restoration contract. The county called the Oxbow work a multi-year, short-term capacity response. Placement and bed use can change as that work proceeds. The centralized docket and Sheriff's GRAMA process remain the person-specific release channels.
Oxbow ICE Release Records
The Sheriff ICE dashboard says the office does not participate in 287(g), decide immigration status, or arrest on that basis. It also reports aggregate releases into ICE custody. Such an Oxbow event is a custodial handoff. The dashboard cannot identify a person.
Pair the Oxbow release report with ICE's locator for the next layer. ICE includes current detainees and certain people released from its own custody within 60 days. A later blank search cannot rewrite the Sheriff's transfer as a community release. Ask ICE directly when its window has passed or the result is unclear.
- Community release
- The person leaves county custody without another custodian identified.
- Transfer
- Custody continues with a named receiving agency.
- Discharge
- A sentence or supervision obligation ends, which may occur after leaving Oxbow.
Older Oxbow Release Records
The online docket archive exposed about 60 dates during the August 2026 research. That was an observed website window, not a legal retention period. An older event may have dropped from the interface while the county still holds the underlying report. Absence online does not establish that no release occurred.
For older cases, combine a focused Sheriff request with the filing court's record. Utah Xchange may retain the disposition and proceedings after the jail movement PDF disappears, subject to coverage and expungement. The court record does not replace physical-release proof, but it can anchor the correct case and date. Where sources conflict, favor the Sheriff's issued record and ask the issuing office to reconcile the entry.
Oxbow Movement Records
A move between Oxbow and Metro does not end Sheriff custody. The centralized record should show the later outgoing event that actually ended the county placement. If only one building appears in a partial result, ask for the booking history and final movement tied to the SO number. That keeps an internal transfer distinct from bail, sentence completion, or a handoff to a new custodian.
An order may authorize release before jail processing is complete, while another hold can control the outcome. Match the legal order to the later Sheriff record rather than treating either source as a complete account by itself.
Oxbow Docket Date Boundaries
The Sheriff's dated Jail In/Out Docket is the fastest release-oriented source, but it is not a live Oxbow log. Each PDF belongs to a calendar date. When a movement is expected close to midnight, search the adjacent docket as well. The interface showed roughly one docket and one roster for each exposed date during research, yet Salt Lake County did not guarantee that posting pattern.
The online file list then displayed about 60 dates. That observed span is not the legal life of an Oxbow record. A PDF can disappear from the web page while the Sheriff's underlying booking and release report remains in County custody. The correct result of a missing old file is a focused records request, not a conclusion that the Oxbow event never occurred.
The daily Dashboard is also narrower than the docket. It is a point-in-time bed count and expressly misses some quick book-and-release cases. Use it for system context only. It cannot establish an individual Oxbow release, an exact time, or the receiving agency.
Oxbow GRAMA Fees and Timing
Salt Lake County's GRAMA guide supplies the request framework for an Oxbow record. The first 30 minutes of staff time are free. Further staff time is listed at $25 per hour, paper copies may cost up to $0.50 per page, and a certified copy is $10 or the applicable statutory amount. Prepayment may be required when an estimate exceeds $50.
An ordinary response is due as soon as reasonably possible and generally within ten business days. A qualifying expedited public-benefit request has a five-business-day period. A large or unusual request may instead produce an extraordinary-circumstances notice with a later estimate. Those periods govern the response, not a promise that every requested record will be released without redaction.
Ask for a named person's existing booking/release report rather than a custom Oxbow list. Utah GRAMA does not require an agency to create, compile, or summarize a record it does not maintain. A narrow request also makes the key distinctions clear: actual county exit, legal authority, and destination or receiving agency.
Note: Inspection of public portions is free, but copies, staff work, certification, and lawful redaction can affect an Oxbow request.