The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office (RSO) transferred custody of 43 people to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, according to data obtained by The Riverside Record. That figure is a sharp increase from 2024 when the department transferred custody of 13 people.
“The number of inmates transferred solely depends on the number of requests from ICE,” Lt. Deirdre Vickers, public information officer for the department, said in an email to The Record. “I can hypothesize a few reasons why the number varies, but RSO does not influence nor determine the number of transfers.”
Since 2020, the department has transferred custody of 87 people to ICE, according to data obtained by The Record…