Search Wilkin County Inmate Records

Wilkin County Jail Roster

The official Wilkin County inmate roster is the LETG Jail in-custody roster. It is a current custody list, not a name-search database. The public view inspected for the Wilkin County Jail displayed an "In Custody" timestamp and rows for people then held by the jail. Each row includes a photo column, MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charge details, and bail or bond fields.

The roster is best for people in the Wilkin County Jail in Breckenridge. It can include pretrial detainees, sentenced jail inmates, work release or Huber participants, and boarders held for nearby jurisdictions. The county jail page says Wilkin County Jail also boards people for surrounding counties, including Ransom County, North Dakota, and Richland County, North Dakota. A "BOARDER" entry can mean the person is in Wilkin custody for another jurisdiction.

The county jail roster does not replace court records. Jail charges are booking and custody data. A prosecutor may file different charges in Wilkin County District Court, and the court case may show events or orders not listed on the roster.

The official roster screenshot in the image manifest comes from the Wilkin County in-custody page at co.wilkin.mn.us/jail.

The roster image shows why the Wilkin County jail roster should be read row by row: the booking identity fields, charges, and bond values appear together rather than in separate profile tabs.

Use Wilkin County Inmate Records

Wilkin County does not show a visible search box on the public roster view that was inspected. The roster displays the current in-custody list directly. For a name lookup, open the roster, confirm the timestamp, then use the browser's find function to scan for a last name. This helps when the list is short, but it also reduces the risk of missing a person with a middle name or suffix in the displayed name field.

1. Open the Wilkin County LETG Jail roster and check the "In Custody" timestamp near the top.
2. Search the page for the last name, then compare the full name, age, sex, and MNI before relying on the result.
3. Read the booking number and intake date to separate a new booking from an older custody event.
4. Review each charge line for the statute, charge text, court case number if shown, and bond or bail values.
5. If the person is not listed, call Wilkin County Jail at 218-643-1205 or the Sheriff's Office at 218-643-8544.
6. If the person was sentenced to prison, search the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Viewer instead.

Note: A person may be absent from the roster because booking is not complete, release already occurred, or another agency controls custody.

Wilkin County Roster Fields

The Wilkin County roster is structured as a public display table. It does not ask the public to enter required fields before showing current inmates. The practical search fields are the visible record fields that can be matched against names, booking paperwork, court case numbers, or information from family members.

Wilkin County Inmate Profile

A Wilkin County inmate record is a limited jail record. It helps confirm current custody and basic booking status, but it does not show all jail, police, medical, or court data. The roster does not display full date of birth, home address, detailed housing location, medical screening, mental health information, property inventory, police narratives, or release history.

MNI

A master name index number used to match a person across local booking records.

Booking number

The local number for a single jail intake event.

Detainer

A hold from another agency that may keep a person in custody even when one case has bond.

Huber

A work, school, or treatment release status approved for some sentenced jail inmates.

Wilkin County Custody Search

Wilkin County inmate records are split by custody system. The county roster covers people held in the Wilkin County Jail. The Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Viewer covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. Federal custody and immigration custody use separate federal systems and should not be searched through the Wilkin County jail roster unless the person is physically housed in the county jail and appears there.

Wilkin County Jail Facility

Wilkin County has one local detention facility identified in the facility map: Wilkin County Jail. The jail is operated by the Wilkin County Sheriff's Office at the Law Enforcement Center. Official county materials say the jail was completed in August 2006, contains 17,000 square feet, and has 21 designated beds. It houses adult male and female inmates in minimum, medium, and maximum custody levels.

The 2025 PREA audit reported a designated capacity of 21, an average daily population of 11 for the prior 12 months, six housing units, and seven inmates in custody on the first onsite audit day. Facility programming includes STSCS, work release or Huber, I.G.N.I.T.E., volunteer programs, and behavioral health services.

Wilkin County Booking Records

A Wilkin County booking record begins after arrest or transfer to the jail. Public research did not locate a county booking manual, but the roster and jail materials show the public result of intake. Jail staff record identifying information, create or update the MNI, assign a booking number, enter the intake date and time, photograph the person, review charges and holds, and decide whether the person can be released or must stay in custody.

Booking does not decide guilt. It records custody. The prosecutor and Wilkin County District Court control formal charges, hearings, and case orders. Court calendars are posted through the Minnesota Judicial Branch system and can change during the business day. Some matters are confidential or not remotely accessible, so a roster entry and a court search may not match at the same moment.

Wilkin County Records Requests

If an inmate record is not on the current roster, Wilkin County publishes a Data Request Form for members of the public. The form lets a requester ask to inspect data, receive copies, or do both. It asks for the requester's name, address, request date, requested data, phone number, and email, but it also states that contact information is not required unless the county needs it to mail or email copies or clarify the request.

Minnesota law treats many government records as public unless a law classifies them otherwise. Minn. Stat. 13.03 sets the general access rule. Minn. Stat. 13.82 covers law enforcement data, including arrest data and booking photographs. Minn. Stat. 13.85 applies to corrections and detention data. Active investigative data, protected identities, juvenile data, medical information, and sealed or expunged records may be withheld or redacted.

Wilkin County Inmate Visits

Wilkin County uses Reliance Telephone for inmate phone and video visitation services. The county's visitation instructions tell visitors to use Reliance, search for Wilkin County Jail, schedule a video visitation at the jail, create or log into an account, choose the jail, accept terms, search by inmate last name, pick the inmate, choose a time, enter driver license or photo ID information, and confirm the visit.

The county says jail staff will not schedule Reliance visits and users with Reliance service problems should contact Reliance at 1-800-896-3201. The county also says the Reliance Connect app can be used for mobile video visitation. No official Wilkin County sheriff inmate-search app was located, and Reliance Connect should be treated as a visitation tool, not a roster or warrant search app.

The county visitation screenshot comes from the Wilkin County page for Reliance Telephone visitation instructions.

The visitation source is useful because Wilkin County publishes detailed scheduling steps even though no fixed public weekly visitation-hours table was located.

Contact Wilkin County Inmates

For jail records questions, the direct jail number is 218-643-1205. The Wilkin County Sheriff's Office main number is 218-643-8544, and the sheriff page lists dispatch coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sheriff Tony Harris is listed on the county sheriff page, with office hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and summer Friday hours from 8:00 a.m. to noon from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

No official Wilkin inmate-mail rule sheet was located in the sources inspected. Do not rely on a mailing format from another county. Confirm the current mail process with the jail before sending letters, photos, books, or money orders. Public fingerprinting guidance on the county site notes that fingerprinting takes place inside the secured perimeter and personal items should be left in the vehicle. That is not a mail rule, but it shows that public jail business can be limited by safety needs.

Wilkin County Inmate Funds

Wilkin County research did not locate an official public commissary deposit vendor, deposit fee table, kiosk rule, or online money-transfer page. The county's 2023 financial statements describe a Jail Inmate custodial fund used for funds collected from jail inmates at booking or brought in for personal use, with disbursements for commissary purchases, bonds, booking fees, and similar fees. That confirms inmate funds exist, but it does not identify a public deposit method.