Official McLeod County Jail Roster
The official McLeod County inmate records channel for local custody is the Sheriff's Office in-custody path. The county's In Custody List page links to the live McLeod County Jail custody list. The entry page states that booking information is public under Minn. Stat. 13.85 and was provided by the McLeod County Sheriff's Office under that authority. That makes the county roster the first stop for a current McLeod County inmate lookup.
The list is a public HTML roster, not a search portal. It does not require an account or fee, and the inspected roster showed a timestamp at the top. The user opens the page and uses the browser's find command to search for a last name, booking number, MNI, or charge text. Because the roster appears to focus on current custody, a person who was released, transferred, or moved into state prison may not be listed even if they were booked in McLeod County.
The live county custody list is shown in this McLeod County Jail roster source, including the photo, MNI, name, booking, charge, and bail or bond columns.
The screenshot matches the practical search path: scan the one-page roster first, then compare identity and charge details before calling the jail or filing a records request.
Use McLeod County Inmate Records
A McLeod County jail roster search is strongest when the searcher treats the roster as a current-custody list. It may show people held before trial, people serving local straight-time sentences, work release participants, Sentence to Service custody, warrants, court-order holds, and release-to-authority notes. It should not be read as a full court file or as a statewide prison locator.
- Open the county In Custody List page and follow the "Custody List" link to the live HTML roster.
- Check the roster timestamp so the age of the displayed McLeod County inmate records is clear.
- Use browser find for the person's last name, MNI, booking number, or a statute number when known.
- Compare name, sex, age, intake date, charge rows, and bail or bond notes before assuming a match.
- Read each charge status, since one booking can include sentenced time, warrants, court holds, release notes, or bail terms.
- If no match appears, call the jail, check dispatch or warrant channels, search MNDOC, review court records, or submit a written public data request.
McLeod County also has a timing rule that matters after arrest. The county's intake and release material says a person in custody by 9:00 a.m. Monday through Friday has booking paperwork delivered to court administration for the daily jail calendar, although court circumstances can change that timing. A turn-in after that practical cutoff may not reach court until the next scheduled court day.
McLeod County Roster Search Fields
The roster has no visible search box, sort tab, filter, date range, or released-inmate archive in the captured source. That is the most important local detail. The correct method is to open the custody list and use browser find on the roster text. The roster itself exposes the fields that make that search useful.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search box | None on roster | n/a | No form fields are exposed; use browser find on the HTML custody list. |
| Photo | Image column | n/a | Each listed person has an image placeholder or photo link in the Photo column. |
| MNI | Table column | n/a | Master Name Index numbers were observed in six- or seven-digit formats. |
| Name | Table column | n/a | Names appear in last, first, middle order. |
| Sex / Age | Table columns | n/a | Sex values observed were M and F; age appears as a number. |
| Booking # | Table column | n/a | Five-digit booking numbers were observed. |
| Intake Date | Table column | n/a | Dates appear in MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM format. |
| Charges | Table column | n/a | Charge rows include severity, status, statute, and short charge text. |
| Bail\Bond | Table column | n/a | Rows may show amounts, conditions, payments received, and narrative notes. |
Note: A missing search box does not mean the list is closed; it means the browser's find tool is the search control.
What McLeod County Inmate Records Show
McLeod County inmate records on the live roster do not require opening a separate inmate profile. The visible list functions as the public booking view. A single entry can include the booking photo, master name index, name, sex, age, local booking number, intake date and time, several charge rows, bail or bond amounts, no-bail language, warrant notes, and release or transfer notes when present.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo | Public booking image or image column for the listed custody record. |
| MNI | Master Name Index number used to distinguish people with similar names. |
| Name | Last, first, and middle name as listed by the roster. |
| Sex / Age | Basic public identity fields; the visible list does not show full birth date, height, weight, race, hair, or eye color. |
| Booking # | Local jail booking number tied to the intake event. |
| Intake Date | Date and time booked into McLeod County Jail custody. |
| Charges | Severity, status, statute citation, and brief charge description. |
| Bail\Bond | Cash, bond, conditional amount, unconditional amount, payment received, and hold notes when shown. |
| Status notes | Release date, other-county warrant, DOC warrant, no-bail hold, court order hold, or release-to-authority note. |
Roster charge statuses need careful reading. McLeod entries can show terms such as Sentenced, Bond/Bail Set, Warrant, Court Order Hold, RPR'd, or Release to Another Authority. RPR means release on a promise to return. A detainer or hold means another court or agency has asked the jail to keep or notify them about the person. Those notes can affect release even when another charge shows a dollar amount.
McLeod County Jail Contact
When the roster does not answer a custody question, the next local channel is the jail or dispatch. Phone contact is useful for very new bookings, people who may have been released, bond questions, and cases where a person was moved to another authority. In-person questions should be routed to the Law Enforcement Center, but court payments and court files may use a different courthouse office.
McLeod County Jail
801 10th Street East
Glencoe, MN 55336
320-864-5191
Fax: 320-864-1842
Operator: McLeod County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff / Dispatch Channels
Non-emergency dispatch: 320-864-3134 or 320-484-4397
Dispatch is documented as a 24-hour channel.
Reports and permits: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The Sheriff's Office also provides written records request options. The records request page offers printable and online request routes. The online form says identity cannot be required for a data request, but a contact method is needed if staff must ask follow-up questions or tell the requester when data is ready.
McLeod County Records by Custody
The McLeod County roster covers local jail custody. It does not replace the statewide prison locator, federal inmate systems, immigration custody systems, or court case search. A person arrested in McLeod County may start in the county jail, appear in district court, and later move to the Minnesota Department of Corrections after a prison sentence.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | McLeod County custody list | Pretrial detainees, local sentences, work release, STS, warrants, and holds accepted by the jail. |
| Sentenced state custody | Minnesota Department of Corrections locator | Adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. |
| DOC custody notice | Minnesota Haven through MNDOC links | Custody status and release notification channel for DOC custody. |
| Federal custody | Federal BOP inmate locator or U.S. Marshals channels | Federal inmates from 1982 to present and federal pretrial custody routed through federal agencies. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE detainee lookup by A-number or biographic information. |
Custody distinction: A McLeod County jail entry is a local custody record, while MNDOC, BOP, and ICE records come from separate agencies with separate update rules.
McLeod County Booking Timing
McLeod County's booking process starts after arrest by the Sheriff's Office, a local police department, or another authorized agency. The person is brought to the McLeod County Jail, where staff create a booking number and custody record, handle property, complete search and identification steps, take a booking photo, screen for medical and mental-health needs, classify the person, and assign housing. The county's jail pages do not publish a minute-by-minute intake checklist, so exact display timing should be confirmed with the jail.
The roster and court calendar are related but not the same. The roster shows the jail side of custody. Court administration receives booking paperwork for the daily jail calendar when a person is in custody by the county's weekday cutoff, subject to court circumstances. Formal court records and charges should be searched through Minnesota Court Records Online or the County Attorney's criminal complaints page when the question is about a filed case rather than jail status.
For a court-focused path after booking, the McLeod County court records after jail arrest page separates booking charges from prosecutor-filed charges.
McLeod County Visitation Schedule
After a McLeod County inmate record confirms current custody, visitation should be checked directly against the jail's posted rules. The jail uses video visitation only. Onsite visits are scheduled by calling the jail, and remote video visits use Team3/InmateCanteen. Visitors register online in advance and provide names, addresses, relationship to the inmate, and nature of business.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Scheduling / Vendor | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onsite video visitation | Tuesday noon-3 p.m.; Wednesday 6-9 p.m.; Thursday noon-3 p.m.; Sunday noon-3 p.m.; unavailable Monday, Friday, and Saturday | Schedule by calling McLeod County Jail at 320-864-5191 | Video visitation only; use the east side lower entrance to the Law Enforcement Center. |
| Remote video visitation | Daily 7 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5 p.m.-10 p.m. | Team3/InmateCanteen | Visitors register in advance; no visits outside posted times. |
Visits are limited to 20 minutes per visitor. Visitors other than the inmate's children must be at least 18 and may need photo identification. Children must be supervised at all times. Jail staff may deny visits for security reasons, alcohol or drug impairment, revealing clothing, lockdown status, or other posted rules.
Mail Money and Inmate Contact
McLeod County inmate records often lead to the next practical task: mail, money, video visits, or messaging. Mail is delivered Monday through Friday except holidays. All inmate mail is opened and inspected before delivery, while legal mail is opened only in the presence of the addressee. The jail does not forward mail for people who have been released or transferred, and all inmate mail must include a return address.
Money can be sent by mail as cash or money order payable to "The McLeod County Jail for the account of" the inmate, placed through the sheriff lobby kiosk during normal business hours, or deposited online through InmateCanteen. The research did not locate a full phone-rate schedule or deposit fee table, so those costs should be confirmed with the vendor or jail before sending funds. The county's email and text material lists Team3/InmateCanteen and the Turnkey Corrections app for messaging, with email and SMS costs documented in the jail communication material. That app is a messaging tool, not a McLeod County sheriff roster app.
Note: Confirm current custody before sending money, mail, or visit requests, because released and transferred people may no longer receive services through the jail.