Lookup Kandiyohi County Jail Inmates

Kandiyohi County Jail Overview

Kandiyohi County Jail is operated by the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office at the Law Enforcement Center in Willmar. The facility is the only adult detention facility mapped in official county and state sources for Kandiyohi County. It is a county jail, not a state prison. Its public roster covers current local custody and some housed detainees, while state prison and federal custody are searched through separate systems.

The jail mission statement says the facility provides safe, secure, and humane detention while following Minnesota DOC standards, Minnesota statutes, and constitutional requirements. The 2022 Minnesota DOC inspection identified the facility type as Jail and the governing rule as Minnesota Rules chapter 2911. The jail also publishes ICE detainee information, and the ICE facility profile identifies Kandiyohi County Jail for detainees tied to the St. Paul Field Office.

Kandiyohi County Jail Capacity

The 2022 DOC inspection is the main sourced capacity record for Kandiyohi County Jail. It listed 190 approved secure coed beds and 180.50 operational capacity at 95 percent. The 2020 annual report listed an average daily population of 128 inmates, but it also noted that COVID reduced bookings and boarding. That means the 2020 population figure is useful, but not a normal baseline for every later year.

Kandiyohi County Jail also has a distinct boarding role. The annual report said the jail had been boarding inmates for other counties and agencies since 2001. In 2020, boarders averaged 81 of the 128 daily inmates and produced more than $1.87 million in boarding revenue. That is why a Kandiyohi County Jail inmate lookup may show people held for reasons beyond a local Kandiyohi County arrest.

Search Kandiyohi County Jail Inmates

The correct local lookup tool is the Kandiyohi County Jail In Custody report. It is a live table, not a form. There is no public county search box, name field, or booking-number field. The practical search method is to open the report, read its timestamp, and use browser find for the last name or booking number.

1. Open the jail page or the direct in-custody report.
2. Check the timestamp before relying on the custody status.
3. Use browser find for the person's last name.
4. Read the row for MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charges, and bond.
5. Call 320-214-6700 ext. 3600 when a new arrest is not listed or the row is unclear.

If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search the MNDOC public locator instead. If the person is in federal prison, use the BOP locator. If the question involves immigration detention, use ICE ODLS or the jail and St. Paul Field Office contacts.

Kandiyohi County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone line for custody status, inmate information, emergency messages, and facility-specific visit questions. The Sheriff's Office and jail share the Law Enforcement Center address, but the courthouse is downtown at a separate location. For written records requests, use the Sheriff's Records Unit at the same Suite 101 address.

Kandiyohi County Jail Roster Fields

The public custody report shows a current jail snapshot. It is useful for confirming custody and reading arrest-side charges, but it does not show all court details or private corrections data.

The official Kandiyohi in-custody report screenshot shows the jail's table-based roster with photo thumbnails and charge rows.

The roster omits public housing unit, arresting agency, full date of birth, address, medical information, and release-date history, which keeps the facility page focused on current custody.

Visit Kandiyohi County Jail Inmates

The jail page says lobby visits are open, while the 2020 annual report gives the clearest vendor detail. Turnkey Corrections video visitation began in 2017 and allowed remote visits from other computers. The report said inmates were allowed video visits every day of the week, and DOC and ICE inmates were allowed glass visits on Saturdays and Sundays. Current social visit time slots were not published in the county HTML reviewed, so confirm with the jail or Inmate Canteen before arrival.

Kandiyohi Jail Phone and Money

The county says it does not accept routine phone calls for inmates. Only emergency messages are relayed through 320-214-6700 ext. 3600. The jail page links Securus for telephone prepayment and Inmate Canteen for canteen or phone-card services. County-specific social mail format was not located in the official sources reviewed, so use the facility address only after verifying current mail rules.

Kandiyohi County Jail Booking

Official local sources do not publish a full booking manual, but the roster and annual report describe the core process. After arrest, a person is transported to Kandiyohi County Jail or processed through a courthouse booking station in some circumstances. A booking event creates the MNI, booking number, intake date, booking photo, charges, and bail or bond fields that appear in the public custody table.

The 2020 annual report said the jail and courthouse booked and processed 1,677 individuals, with 43 juveniles processed at the courthouse booking station. The DOC inspection later said the jail had no delinquent juvenile hold approval, so juvenile processing should not be described as routine juvenile housing in the adult jail. Booking also includes internal steps that do not appear on the public roster, such as search, property handling, health screening, classification, and housing assignment.

Kandiyohi County Jail ICE Detainees

ICE custody is a documented facility issue for Kandiyohi County Jail. The county jail page says information about ICE detainees housed at the facility can be requested by calling the St. Paul Field Office at 612-843-8600 and having biographical data ready, including first and last names, aliases, date of birth, and country of birth. ICE also lists a facility detainee information contact tied to the jail.

ICE records are not the same as jail roster records. ODLS is the public immigration locator, while FOIA and Privacy Act requests use Form G-639 or a letter. The county jail page says those requests must contain the original notarized signature of the subject and should include full identity and contact information. ICE ODLS does not function as a mugshot gallery.

The ICE Kandiyohi County Jail facility page is the source for immigration-specific contact and rule checks.

Use the ICE page for detainee-specific procedures, and use the county roster only to check the local jail custody table when the person is housed there.

Kandiyohi County Jail Records Requests

For records beyond the current roster, contact the Sheriff's Records Unit. The Records page lists in-person, phone, email, and written request channels. The county says records staff have 10 business days to process requests. Reports are subject to public-record limits for confidential files, juveniles, victim names, active investigations, vulnerable-adult material, and safety-sensitive information.

Kandiyohi Jail Programs and Conditions

The 2020 annual report describes a Program Director, program staff, recreation, court security, transport, medical services, and electronic home monitoring. Work release fees were listed at $16 per day. The jail also described medical, mental-health, dental, sick-call, medication, first-aid, preventive-health, COVID testing, and COVID vaccination services. Summit Foods handled dietary service, and the kitchen could prepare and serve up to 1,000 meals per day.

PREA reporting is also documented. The Sheriff's Office states zero tolerance for sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Reports can be made to jail administration at ext. 3670, a shift supervisor at ext. 3600, or a sexual assault advocate at 320-222-4030 with the option to remain anonymous. Allegations are investigated by the jail and Sheriff's Office Investigative Division.