Lookup Redwood County Inmates

Redwood County Jail Roster

The Redwood County Sheriff's Office is the hub for local custody information. Its official page links to the current in-custody list, active warrant list, inmate money deposit options, visitation policy, reporting-to-jail instructions, work release rules, firearm permits, annual reports, and policies. Sheriff Jason Jacobson leads the office, and the jail is connected to the Redwood County Law Enforcement Center. Visitors are instructed to use the east-side entrance.

The in-custody list is a current jail roster, not a full criminal court record. It can show who is in the Redwood County Jail and what charge text is associated with the booking, but it may not show the prosecutor's final filed counts, plea, disposition, sentence, next court date, or all court documents. Filed charges and hearings belong in District Court records. Public conviction history belongs with BCA. State prison custody belongs with the Minnesota DOC locator.

The official Redwood County Jail in-custody list is the roster source for current local custody.

The roster layout is built around visible fields rather than a separate name-search form, so careful reading of each entry matters.

Use the Redwood Inmate Roster

The direct roster is a public list with entries and columns. It may be easiest to use the browser's Find command for a last name, then compare MNI, age, booking number, and intake date. Because the roster is current-custody focused, a person who was released, transferred, sentenced to DOC, or held in another jurisdiction may not appear.

1. Open the in-custody list from the Redwood County Sheriff's Office or the direct custody page.
2. Use browser Find for the person's last name, then confirm the first name and age.
3. Read the booking number, intake date, charge line, and bail or bond section.
4. Use MCRO for the court case if a filed charge, hearing, or disposition is needed.
5. Use DOC or BOP locators if the person is not in local jail custody.

The roster can show a sentence or status note, such as sentenced days or custody credit. Those short notes should be verified with the jail or court if release timing, work release, or sentencing terms matter.

Redwood Roster Fields

The Redwood County roster does not present a traditional search form in the inspected source. It displays a public in-custody table. The field table below uses the visible roster columns as the search and review fields. These are not required inputs, but they are the fields a reader can use to match the correct person and understand the custody entry.

What Redwood Inmate Records Show

Redwood County inmate records in the public roster show custody-focused fields. The research did not verify height, weight, race, eye color, hair color, housing pod, arresting agency, judicial officer, or next court date in the visible roster. Those details should not be assumed. For court dates, charges filed by the prosecutor, and final outcomes, MCRO and District Court records are the better sources.

Redwood County Jail Facility

Redwood County has one local jail facility identified in the research. The Law Enforcement Center houses the Sheriff's Office, Redwood County Jail and Dispatch Center, Emergency Manager, Minnesota State Patrol, and Redwood Falls Police Department. The researched sources did not provide a verified public jail capacity figure, so no capacity is listed here.

Booking and Court Charges

Booking is the jail intake step. A roster entry can appear before the full court case is easy to read online. The roster may show a charge and statute in a compact jail format, while District Court later shows the formal complaint, counts, hearing entries, plea, disposition, sentence, or probation order. A custody charge is not the same as a conviction.

For filed charges and hearings, search MCRO with Redwood County selected. For the current custody status, use the jail roster. For public conviction history, use BCA. For sentenced state prison custody, use DOC. This split is important because Redwood County inmate records, criminal court records, and public conviction records serve different purposes and update on different schedules.

The Minnesota DOC offender locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction.

DOC warns that newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear, so absence from DOC does not prove local release.

Redwood Jail Visitation Hours

The Sheriff's Office publishes a Redwood County Jail visitation policy. Visiting occurs in the visiting quarters of the jail lobby, and video visiting is provided for lobby visiting. Visits are limited to 20 minutes once per day with any one individual. Each visitor is allowed one visit per inmate per day, and inmates may have two adult visitors per day. The jailer on duty may limit visit length so others can use the visiting video quarters.

Visitors may need positive identification. Children 15 and younger must be with an adult family member over 18, and children may not be left unsupervised. A visitor who smells of alcohol or appears under the influence of drugs will not be allowed to visit. Contact visits are limited to attorneys, clergy, probation or parole officers, police officials, and medical personnel.

Inmate Contact and Phone Cards

The Sheriff's Office links to Reliance Telephone for phone cards. It also confirms lobby video visiting. The official sources reviewed did not publish a full mail-rule table, dress-code table, tablet program detail, or remote paid video rate schedule. Those details should be checked with the jail before sending mail, buying paid services, or traveling for a visit.

The Minnesota DOC search page is useful when a person may have moved from Redwood County jail custody to state correctional custody, fugitive status, or DOC-related search categories.

DOC tools are state-level corrections sources, not a replacement for the Redwood County jail roster.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

Money deposits can be made through the kiosk in the Redwood County Jail entrance, and the Sheriff's Office says deposits can be made day or night at that entrance kiosk. The official sheriff page also links to the Canteen Website / JailATM path for online canteen deposits. Phone cards are handled through the Reliance Telephone link from the sheriff page.

Reporting inmates should bring cash because they will have the chance to buy hygiene products, stationery, snacks, and similar items. Prescription medications should have a current prescription label, and prescription glasses should be brought when needed.

Work Release and Reporting

If a judge has authorized work release, the person must fill out the pre-qualification application packet and return it to the Redwood County Jail at least seven days before the sentence report date. Failure to complete the packet delays work release privileges until the required information is obtained. Final approval rests with the Jail Administrator.

For work release questions, the researched sheriff source identifies the Jail Administrator contact as (507) 637-1343. Work release status should not be inferred from the public roster alone. Court orders, jail approval, employer verification, and jail rules may all affect whether work release occurs.

DOC and Federal Custody

People sentenced to state prison may move from Redwood County jail custody to the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The DOC locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. Federal inmates are outside the county jail roster once committed to federal custody.

The BOP inmate locator is the federal prison lookup path when a person is in federal custody rather than Redwood County or Minnesota DOC custody.

Federal custody should be searched separately because county inmate records do not prove federal prisoner location.

Note: No official Redwood County Sheriff or Redwood Falls Police app with inmate lookup was documented in the research.