Minnesota Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm current custody, release someone, post bond, pull an official booking record, certify a court record, change a roster entry, or contact an incarcerated person for you.
Where to Ask
Minnesota custody and record questions have to go to the office that controls the record. Use the closest official channel below before relying on any secondary summary.
- Emergency or immediate safety concern: call 911 or the appropriate local law-enforcement agency. Do not use this site for urgent police, fire, medical, threat, or welfare-check issues.
- Someone in a county jail: start with the County Directory, choose the county that booked or holds the person, then use that county's jail roster or sheriff contact path. County jail records cover recent bookings, pretrial custody, local holds, short sentences, and many bond questions.
- Minnesota DOC custody: use the MNDOC Locator for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. For DOC record questions, Minnesota Department of Corrections Records Management lists phone 651-361-7330, fax 612-473-5006, and CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us.
- Federal custody: use the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate locator or the BOP facility page when the person is held on a federal sentence or in a federal prison system record.
- Immigration detention: use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ICE custody is separate from county jail rosters and the MNDOC Locator.
- Court records after an arrest: search Minnesota Court Records Online for public case information, and contact local court administration for certified copies or official case-record questions.
- Booking photos or roster details: use jail rosters and mugshots for the public-record path, then ask the county sheriff or local data-practices office if the photo or booking field is not online.
- A specific facility: use the Facility Directory to identify the county jail, state prison, federal facility, regional facility, or other custody setting before choosing a records channel.