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Minnesota Jails & Prisons
Every jail, prison and detention facility in Minnesota — addresses, phone numbers, visiting rules, and the official inmate search for each one.
Minnesota has 11 state prisons operated by Minnesota Department of Corrections, plus 92 county and local jails. This directory lists 33 because it still carries institutions the agency is closing. How we count.
- ArrestedTaken to the county jail for the county where the arrest happened — not where they live.
- County jailHeld here while the case runs. 92 local jail facilities in Minnesota. Bail is set and posted here.
- Court and sentencingMost people leave from here. Only a sentence to state time moves someone into the prison system.
- Released, fined, or a county sentence — the path ends here for most people
- Reception centreWeeks, not days. They are scored, assessed and assigned. Expect little contact during this stage — this is the part families are least warned about.
- InstitutionPlaced at one of 11 institutions, at a security level set by their score — not by the worst thing the prison is allowed to hold.
- Release and supervisionThey report to a parole or probation office, which is rarely the city they were held in.
Browse Minnesota records by system.
Jails, state prisons, federal facilities, and ICE detention are run by different agencies under different rules. These groups are how we file the records — not official counts of what the state operates.
What do you need to do in Minnesota?
Each link goes to the agency that actually handles it. Individual facilities can still add their own rules, so confirm with the one holding the person.
All Minnesota facility records.
Open a group to see its records. Type in the box to narrow the list by facility, city, or county.
State prisons in Minnesota33 records
Federal facilities in Minnesota5 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| FCI Sandstone | Sandstone | Pine |
| FCI Waseca | Waseca | Waseca |
| FMC Rochester | Rochester | Olmsted |
| FPC Duluth | Duluth | St.. Louis |
| Rrm Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
County and city jails in Minnesota92 records
Juvenile facilities in Minnesota23 records
Community corrections and work release in Minnesota2 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Bethel Work Release Center | Duluth | St.. Louis |
| Olmsted County Work Release Facility | Rochester | Olmsted |
Other facilities in Minnesota13 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn Lake Academy | Victoria | Carver |
| Elmore Academy | Elmore | Faribault |
| Kidspeace Mesabi Academy | Buhl | St.. Louis |
| Mille Lacs Academy | Onamia | Mille Lacs |
| Nmjc Bemidji Satellite Home I | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Nmjc Bemidji Sattelite Home II | Bemidji | Beltrami |
| Nmjc Leech Lake Sattelite Home | Cass Lake | Cass |
| Nmjc Thief River Falls Satellite Home | Thief River Falls | Pennington |
| Red Lake Detention Center | Red Lake | Beltrami |
| Valley-Lake Boy's Home Incorporated | Breckenridge | Wilkin |
| Volunteers Of America - Minneapolis Residential Re-Entry Center | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Volunteers Of America: Correctional Center For Women | Roseville | Ramsey |
| Woodland Hills Treatment Center | Duluth | St.. Louis |
Where in Minnesota?
Most people know the county or the city, not the name of the facility. Start there. Bail is set and posted at the county jail, so the county page is also where the sheriff, the custody search and the court contacts live.
80 counties in Minnesota with facility records
- Itasca County 10
- Hennepin County 8
- St. Louis County 8
- Anoka County 7
- Beltrami County 5
- Olmsted County 5
- Wright County 5
- Ramsey County 4
- Carlton County 3
- Cass County 3
- Crow Wing County 3
- Kandiyohi County 3
- Nicollet County 3
- Pennington County 3
- Pine County 3
- Rice County 3
- Scott County 3
- Washington County 3
- Becker County 2
- Chisago County 2
- Clay County 2
- Dakota County 2
- Goodhue County 2
- Martin County 2
- Mille Lacs County 2
- Polk County 2
- Roseau County 2
- Sherburne County 2
- Stearns County 2
- Swift County 2
- Todd County 2
- Waseca County 2
- Wilkin County 2
- Aitkin County 1
- Benton County 1
- Blue Earth County 1
- Brown County 1
- Carver County 1
- Chippewa County 1
- Clearwater County 1
- Cook County 1
- Cottonwood County 1
- Douglas County 1
- Faribault County 1
- Fillmore County 1
- Freeborn County 1
- Houston County 1
- Hubbard County 1
- Isanti County 1
- Jackson County 1
- Kanabec County 1
- Kittson County 1
- Koochiching County 1
- Lac Qui Parle County 1
- Lake County 1
- Lake Of The Woods County 1
- Le Sueur County 1
- Lincoln County 1
- Lyon County 1
- Marshall County 1
- Mcleod County 1
- Meeker County 1
- Morrison County 1
- Mower County 1
- Murray County 1
- Nobles County 1
- Norman County 1
- Otter Tail County 1
- Pipestone County 1
- Redwood County 1
- Renville County 1
- Rock County 1
- Sibley County 1
- Steele County 1
- Traverse County 1
- Wabasha County 1
- Wadena County 1
- Watonwan County 1
- Winona County 1
- Yellow Medicine County 1
110 cities in Minnesota with facility records
- Grand Rapids 7
- Duluth 5
- Lino Lakes 5
- Minneapolis 5
- Rochester 5
- Bemidji 4
- Saint Paul 4
- Brainerd 3
- Faribault 3
- Saint Cloud 3
- St Peter 3
- Thief River Falls 3
- Waseca 3
- Willmar 3
- Anoka 2
- Benson 2
- Breckenridge 2
- Cass Lake 2
- Cokato 2
- Crookston 2
- Deer River 2
- Detroit Lakes 2
- Fergus Falls 2
- Hastings 2
- Moorhead 2
- Moose Lake 2
- New Ulm 2
- Plymouth 2
- Red Wing 2
- Roseau 2
- Shakopee 2
- Stillwater 2
- Ada 1
- Aitkin 1
- Albert Lea 1
- Alexandria 1
- Andover 1
- Annandale 1
- Appleton 1
- Austin 1
- Bagley 1
- Baudette 1
- Bayport 1
- Blue Earth 1
- Buffalo 1
- Buhl 1
- Caledonia 1
- Cambridge 1
- Carlton 1
- Center City 1
- Chaska 1
- Clarissa 1
- Elk River 1
- Elmore 1
- Fairmont 1
- Foley 1
- Gaylord 1
- Glencoe 1
- Granada 1
- Grand Marais 1
- Granite Falls 1
- Hallock 1
- Hibbing 1
- Howard Lake 1
- International Falls 1
- Ivanhoe 1
- Jackson 1
- Jordan 1
- Le Center 1
- Litchfield 1
- Little Falls 1
- Long Prairie 1
- Madison 1
- Magnolia 1
- Mankato 1
- Maplewood 1
- Marshall 1
- Milaca 1
- Minnetonka 1
- Montevideo 1
- Mora 1
- Olivia 1
- Onamia 1
- Owatonna 1
- Park Rapids 1
- Pine City 1
- Pipestone 1
- Preston 1
- Red Lake 1
- Redwood Falls 1
- Roseville 1
- Rush City 1
- Saginaw 1
- Saint James 1
- Sandstone 1
- Slayton 1
- Togo 1
- Two Harbors 1
- Victoria 1
- Virginia 1
- Wabasha 1
- Wadena 1
- Walker 1
- Warren 1
- Wheaton 1
- White Bear Lake 1
- Willow River 1
- Windom 1
- Winona 1
- Worthington 1
11 closed facilities in Minnesota
These have shut. Nobody is held at any of them. They are listed because the names stay in people’s records, letters and memories long after the doors close, and because a directory that simply omits them looks broken to the person searching.
11 more, closing date not yet confirmed
- ANOKA COUNTY ADULT MEDIUM SECURITY CORR CTR Lino Lakes
- AUBURN LAKE ACADEMY Victoria
- BOYS TOTEM TOWN Saint Paul
- ELMORE ACADEMY Elmore
- KIDSPEACE MESABI ACADEMY Buhl
- MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER New Ulm
- OTTER TAIL COUNTY TEMP JUVENILE HOLDING FACILITY Fergus Falls
- PHOENIX MAPLEWOOD-PENDING REOPENING Maplewood
- PHOENIX WASECA - PENDING REOPENING Waseca
- PHOENIX WHITE BEAR-PENDING REOPENING White Bear Lake
- PRAIRIE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Appleton
Parole and probation
Minnesota parole offices — where someone reports after release, which is rarely the city they were held in.