Sherburne County Jail Inmate Lookup

Sherburne County Jail Overview

Sherburne County Jail is operated by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office on the Sherburne County Government Center campus in Elk River. The public jail address is 13880 Business Center Drive NW, Elk River, MN 55330, and state inspection material also ties the jail campus to Highway 10. The facility is the county's main booking and detention point for local arrests, warrant surrenders, pretrial detention, sentenced local jail terms, and people held under contract or detainer authority for other agencies.

The county describes the jail as a major regional facility. Its population includes Sherburne County detainees and sentenced inmates, ICE detainees, U.S. Marshals detainees, Bureau of Indian Affairs detainees, and other agency holds. PREA audit material describes the jail as coed, with male and female populations, an age range of 18 to 99, and all custody levels. That mix is why a jail lookup should start with the county locator but may need a second check with ICE, the Minnesota Department of Corrections, or federal court channels when a hold or transfer is involved.

The county's Corrections/Jail division page shows the facility role and links used by families, attorneys, and records users.

The county page is useful because it connects the jail's local detention function with its broader regional and federal custody population.

Sherburne County Jail Capacity and Population

The 2024 Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection lists Sherburne County Jail as a secure coed jail with 732 approved beds. The same inspection calculates 95 percent operational capacity as 695.40 beds. PREA audit facility characteristics also list a designed capacity of 732, a current facility population of 319 at the audit, and an average daily population of 315 for the prior 12 months. Those PREA population numbers are dated report values, not a live jail count.

Using the PREA audit average daily population of 315 against the approved 732 beds places the jail at about 43 percent of approved capacity for that audit period. Using the 2024 operational capacity of 695.40 beds, that same average daily population is about 45.3 percent. The official research did not locate a current real-time average daily population dashboard or annual booking series, so the capacity discussion should be read as inspection and audit context rather than today's head count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Sherburne County Jail

For a person currently in Sherburne County Jail, the correct first search is the Sherburne County Inmate Locator. The county inmate-search page says the roster searches the jail database for inmates currently in custody at Sherburne County Jail. It is not the lookup for a sentenced Minnesota prison offender after DOC commitment, and it should not be treated as a federal mugshot gallery.

1. Open the Sherburne County Inmate Locator from the county inmate-search page or directly from the roster link.
2. Search by the available name fields and, when helpful, gender or year of birth.
3. Confirm the person is held at Sherburne County Jail and review the displayed custody, booking, charge, or hold information.
4. If the person may be in ICE custody, check the ICE Online Detainee Locator or call the jail line during the published ICE information window.

The official county inmate locator displays the roster search fields used to start a Sherburne County Jail custody check.

The locator is the county jail channel; state prison inmates should be searched through the Minnesota DOC locator, and sentenced federal prisoners through the BOP locator.

Sherburne County Jail Address and Contact

Jail and bail questions use the jail line at 763-765-3800. The Sheriff's Office main line is 763-765-3500 or 800-433-5245, and the Sheriff's Office public office is listed at 13880 Business Center Drive NW, Suite 100, Elk River, MN 55330-4668. Sheriff Joel Brott is listed on the official county site as sheriff. Normal Sheriff's Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; custody, release, and bond timing can require direct jail confirmation.

Visiting Someone at Sherburne County Jail

Sherburne County Jail uses NCIC video visitation for public visits. On-site video visits are scheduled by appointment, must be scheduled 24 hours in advance, and are located at Door I of the Sherburne County Government Center. Public visitors need valid government-issued photo identification and must follow the jail's dress and video-visitation rules. The research lists one 30-minute on-site visit per day when available, and on-site visits are free.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Sherburne County Jail

The jail uses NCIC Inmate Communications for phone, voicemail, messages, picture messages, and video visiting. Phone access begins after booking is complete, incoming calls are not accepted, and three-way calls are prohibited. NCIC prepaid accounts can be managed online or by calling 1-800-943-2189. The research lists phone rates of $0.16 per minute for local, in-state, and out-of-state calls; $0.25 per minute for Mexico or Canada; and $0.35 per minute for other international calls.

General correspondence is processed through USPS and, under rules effective April 11, 2022, inmates and detainees do not receive original mail contents. Mail is copied or scanned, originals are disposed of after 30 days, and envelope requirements include the inmate or detainee name and SPN on the front plus the sender's name and address. The county restricts photos, mailing size, and item counts, and prohibits cash, personal checks, money orders, stamps, blank paper, books, padded envelopes, boxes, and similar items.

The county's phone, email provider, and mail page lists NCIC calling rates and the copied-mail rules used at the jail.

Those rules matter because mailing money orders or extra paper can cause items to be returned, placed in property, or rejected instead of delivered to the housing unit.

Booking and Intake at Sherburne County Jail

Booking at Sherburne County Jail can begin after a street arrest, transfer from another agency, or warrant surrender. The county bond material says people with Sherburne County arrest warrants must be processed by jail staff to confirm identification, and that processing includes fingerprinting and photographing. People with active arrest warrants can turn themselves in at the jail 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

An inmate account is created when a person is booked into Sherburne County Jail. Money brought in at booking goes into that account and can later be used for commissary. Commissary items listed in the research include candy, pop, snacks, haircuts, and stamps. When a person is released or transferred, the account is closed and the person receives a check or debit card according to the account rules.

Federal and ICE Holds at Sherburne County Jail

Sherburne County Jail has an unusual custody mix for a county jail because the official county pages identify ICE, U.S. Marshals, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other agency detainees among the population held. ICE also publishes a facility page for Sherburne County Jail Services. A person may appear on the county roster if physically held at Sherburne, but immigration custody questions may still require the ICE Online Detainee Locator System or direct contact with the jail.

The ICE Sherburne County Jail Services page is the matching federal detention source for immigration custody questions at this facility.

ICE custody should be separated from the county jail roster: no federal public mugshot gallery should be promised, and status can depend on whether the person is in county physical custody, ICE custody, or another federal process.

About Sherburne County Jail

Sherburne County Jail became the second jail in Minnesota to receive American Correctional Association accreditation on August 21, 2017, according to county material. The county says fewer than 3 percent of local jails nationwide have received that recognition. The jail employs more than 160 people, and PREA audit material listed 132 facility staff who may have contact with inmates plus 5 volunteers at the time of the audit.

Programs and services documented for the facility include Sentence to Serve, Work Release or Huber for eligible sentenced inmates, victim services and VINE, commissary, PREA reporting, jail clinic sick-call access, and a Correctional Emergency Response Team. Sherburne also publishes a specific eyeglasses rule: eyeglasses cannot be delivered or dropped off, delivered glasses are returned to sender, and inmates may use commissary, indigency assistance, or sick-call pathways for reading glasses or prescribed eyewear.