Roseau County Inmate Population
Roseau County has one confirmed detention facility in the county: Roseau County Jail. The jail is operated by the Roseau County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Steve Gust. The facility holds adult pretrial detainees, local arrests, warrant and court holds, sentenced local inmates, and limited delinquent juvenile holds under the rural exception described in the Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection material. State prisoners, federal prisoners, and immigration detainees are not part of the Roseau County jail count once they move to another custody system.
The Roseau County inmate population rises and falls through arrests, court release orders, bond decisions, warrants, and transfers. A person arrested by the sheriff, Roseau Police Department, Warroad Police Department, State Patrol, or another agency may be booked into the local jail. If the person receives a felony prison sentence, the lookup shifts to the Minnesota Department of Corrections. If the custody is federal or immigration related, a separate federal locator is needed. That split matters because the county roster is a local jail tool, not a single statewide or national inmate database.
Roseau County Inmate Population Stats
The strongest official statistical source for Roseau County is the 2025 Minnesota DOC jail inspection report. It lists the facility as a jail, gives the approved secure coed bed count, and records the operational capacity used for state inspection work. No official current average daily population, annual booking count, length-of-stay figure, or demographic dashboard was located in the research file, so those figures are not estimated here.
| Measure | Figure | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Approved jail capacity | 52 secure coed beds | MN DOC Roseau County Jail 2025 inspection report, inspected 07/08/2025 |
| Operational capacity | 46.80 beds at 90 percent operating capacity | Same 2025 MN DOC inspection report |
| Mandatory-rule compliance | 94.96 percent, substantial compliance | Same 2025 MN DOC inspection report |
| Essential-rule compliance | 100 percent | Same 2025 MN DOC inspection report |
| Juveniles held or processed in audit period | 3, with one jail-removal violation | DOC JJDP audit period from 10/01/2024 to 07/23/2025 |
Roseau County Jail Population Trends
Roseau County does not publish a current online jail population trend table in the sources used for this build. The inspection record gives capacity, compliance, authority-to-operate dates, and a limited juvenile audit count, but it does not provide year-by-year average daily population. That means the best trend language is narrow: the county has a small single-jail detention map, annual state inspection oversight, and a current capacity anchor, but no sourced public chart showing whether the daily jail count is rising or falling.
| Year or date | Capacity or count | What the source supports |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 inspection | Official annual inspection source located | Prior inspection exists for continuity, but the research did not extract a full numeric trend table. |
| 07/08/2025 inspection | 52 approved beds and 46.80 operational capacity | Current capacity baseline for Roseau County Jail. |
| 10/01/2024 to 07/23/2025 audit period | 3 juveniles held or processed | Limited juvenile custody audit count, not an adult daily population figure. |
Capacity and population are not the same measure. Capacity is the number of beds the state approved or uses for inspection calculations. Population is the number of people actually held on a given day or across a reporting period. Because a current average daily population was not located, no over-capacity or under-capacity conclusion should be drawn from the available Roseau County sources.
Who Roseau County Jail Holds
The Roseau County inmate population is local in scope. It includes people booked after an arrest, people held on a warrant or court order, people waiting for a first appearance, and some people serving local sentences. The 2025 DOC report classifies the facility as a local adult jail under Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 and notes limited delinquent juvenile hold authority under the rural exception.
- Pretrial detainees: people arrested in Roseau County who have not reached final court disposition.
- Sentenced local inmates: people serving a jail sentence locally rather than a state prison term.
- Warrant or court holds: people held because a judge, warrant, or another agency requires custody.
- Limited juvenile holds: delinquent juveniles may be held only within the rural-exception limits described by DOC.
No official Roseau source in the research published a sex, age, race, ethnicity, felony, misdemeanor, or pretrial split for the jail population. The report says the approved capacity is secure coed, but it does not break the beds into separate male and female counts.
Roseau County Jail Capacity
The 2025 state inspection report identifies Roseau County Jail as a remote podular design with 52 approved secure coed beds and 46.80 operational capacity at the 90 percent calculation. The report grants authority to operate from 08/01/2025 through 07/31/2026 and lists no special conditions. It also keeps the facility on annual inspections instead of biennial status.
Inspection findings should be read with care. The DOC report found substantial compliance for mandatory rules and full compliance for essential rules, while also identifying six mandatory-rule non-compliance items. Those findings dealt with policy review documentation, daily inspection sheets, chemical access, medication refrigerator logs, medication accounting, and documenting medication sent with a person on release. The report shows corrective-action deadlines and monitoring notes, not a finding that the jail was closed or unsafe to operate.
Roseau County Inmate Data Laws
Minnesota law controls what Roseau County may release about jail custody, booking, corrections data, criminal-history data, and booking photos. The county's public information request page states that the Minnesota Data Practices Act governs Roseau County information in documents, recordings, verbal records, and computer data. That framework makes many jail facts public while leaving confidential, protected, juvenile, medical, active-investigation, and sealed items outside ordinary public access.
Key Minnesota rules:
Minn. Stat. section 13.03 sets the general rule that government data are public unless state or federal law says otherwise.
Minn. Stat. section 13.82 covers law-enforcement data and treats booking photographs as public unless a specific limit applies.
Minn. Stat. section 13.85 classifies corrections and detention data, which helps separate public jail data from private corrections information.
Minn. Stat. section 641.05 is the jail-register statute commonly tied to public jail roster information.
Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 sets local adult detention facility standards for administration, records, security, mail, visiting, classification, and release.
Search Roseau County Inmates
The official county roster path is the sheriff-linked inmate list at inmates.co.roseau.mn.us. The research pass could not reliably load the portal, so the live control labels should not be overstated. The correct use is still clear: start with the county roster for current Roseau County Jail custody, then use the sheriff phone or records request if the web list is down, incomplete, or missing an older booking.
- Open the official Roseau County inmate list from the sheriff page or direct roster URL.
- If the roster renders as a list or PDF, use browser find for the last name.
- Read the booking date, release field, arresting agency, charge, court, disposition, and bail fields if they appear.
- If the person was just arrested, allow time for intake, fingerprinting, photo, and roster entry.
- If no local result appears, check the court calendar, MCRO, MNDOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, VINELink, or call the sheriff's office.
The sheriff's page also links to video visitation through InmateCanteen, but that vendor link does not replace the official custody roster. For older jail records, the county's public information request process is the safer route because the county form is built for existing public data.
Roseau County Roster Fields
Roster snippets and official context point to a current-inmate offense list style. Because the live portal was unreliable during research, the field table below uses the documented county link and snippet-supported fields without promising a specific search form. The roster is for local jail custody. It is not the right tool for a sentenced state prisoner already moved to MNDOC custody.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate List | List or portal | Unspecified | Official county-linked channel from the sheriff page. |
| Name or browser find | Text | No | Use last name if the portal displays a list or generated report. |
| Jail ID or booking ID | Record field | No | Snippets show a YYBK-style local booking number. |
| Book date and release date | Record field | No | Release may be blank or use a placeholder if the person remains held. |
| Charges, court, disposition, bail | Record fields | No | Charge rows may show offense level, court, status, and total bail. |
The Roseau County sheriff page is the best source for the official roster link and the jail contact channel. The screenshot below shows the sheriff page where the county exposes the detention center, inmate list, and video visitation links.
Those links matter when the direct roster does not load, because the sheriff page confirms the roster is a county-published custody channel.
Roseau County Inmate Records
An inmate record is not the same as a court conviction. It is a custody record tied to booking, jail status, charge entries, and release information. A charge can be amended, dismissed, or replaced by a formal complaint after the county attorney reviews the case. For court filings after an arrest, use MCRO and the Roseau County District Court calendar.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Jail ID | Local booking or jail identifier assigned during custody processing. |
| Name and SID | Person name and possible state identification number. |
| Book date and release date | When custody began and whether a release has been posted. |
| Arresting agency | Sheriff, local police, State Patrol, or another agency that lodged the person. |
| Charges and court | Offense text, level, linked court, and disposition or hold status when listed. |
| Total bail | Published bail or bond amount if the roster row includes it. |
Older booking records, booking photographs, and release records may require a Roseau County public information request. The county public information request page explains that Data Practices Act requests can cover existing records and may take up to five business days depending on the record type.
County Jail vs State Prison
The most common search error is using the wrong custody system. Roseau County Jail handles local jail custody. MNDOC handles adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. Federal BOP and ICE ODLS are separate again. A person can move from the county roster to a state or federal system after sentencing, transfer, or commitment.
| Question | Roseau County Jail | Minnesota DOC | Federal or ICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who it covers | Pretrial, local sentence, warrants, local holds | State prison and supervision under DOC jurisdiction | Federal sentenced inmates or immigration detainees |
| Main locator | County inmate list | MNDOC Locator | BOP locator or ICE ODLS |
| Typical data | Booking, charges, bail, release field | DOC ID, status, facility, sentence and release dates | Register number, location, release, or immigration custody result |
Roseau County State Federal Search
When a Roseau County inmate search does not find a local jail entry, the next step should match the type of custody. The Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear there, so a short gap can exist between county sentencing and state locator display.
Federal custody is not searched through the Roseau County roster. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and uses number or name search fields. Immigration custody uses ICE ODLS. VINELink and Minnesota Haven are notification paths for custody-status alerts, not a substitute for a certified court record or a sheriff custody confirmation.
The MNDOC public locator is the correct state search when a person has moved out of Roseau County Jail and into state prison or state supervision.
This state locator helps separate Roseau County jail custody from sentenced state-prison custody, which prevents a missed search when the local roster no longer lists the person.
Roseau County Detention Facilities
Official sources found only one detention facility physically in Roseau County. No state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, city jail, regional jail, work-release annex, or USMS contract facility was confirmed in the county. Once custody leaves the local jail, the search path moves outside the local facility map.
- Roseau County Jail - local adult jail operated by the Roseau County Sheriff's Office for pretrial, sentenced local, warrant, and limited juvenile holds.
The county jail sits on the Roseau public-safety and courthouse campus, near Roseau County District Court. That local setup matters because booking, court holding, and first appearances can be closely linked after an arrest.
Roseau County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Roseau County inmate population? A current average daily population was not located in official Roseau sources. The 2025 MN DOC inspection report gives the capacity anchor: 52 approved secure coed beds and 46.80 operational capacity.
How do I search Roseau County inmates? Start with the official county inmate list linked from the sheriff page. If it does not load or the person is missing, call 218-463-1421, check MCRO, and use MNDOC, BOP, or ICE ODLS when the custody type is no longer local.
Are Roseau County booking photos public? Minnesota law treats booking photographs as public data unless a specific limit applies. Roseau's live roster photo display was not confirmed, so a missing photo should be requested through the county public information process.
Is there a sheriff mobile app? No official Roseau County sheriff or Roseau Police Department app was found in the research. The county roster, sheriff phone, public-records form, MCRO, MNDOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, and VINELink are the documented access channels.
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