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Freeborn Adult Detention Overview

The Freeborn County Adult Detention Center is the primary jail facility for Freeborn County. It is operated by the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office and is located at 411 Broadway S in Albert Lea. County materials describe it as a direct-supervision facility. The Sheriff's Office page names Ryan Shea as sheriff and says the office oversees Investigations, Patrol, Dispatch, Adult Detention Center, Records, Civil Process, and Emergency Management.

The facility holds adult pretrial detainees, sentenced local detainees, Huber or work-release detainees, female detainees, intake and release custody, segregation, and ICE detainees connected to the Freeborn County Jail Services arrangement. The Adult Detention Center page names Mike Stasko as Jail Administrator. It also lists Master Control at 507-377-4683, Intake at 507-377-4681, and Transport Coordinator at 507-379-2974.

The county jail overview shows facility areas and official jail information links.

Those county materials are the strongest local source for the building's role, staffing, and jail-service links.

Freeborn Detention Capacity

Freeborn County has two official capacity figures. The county Adult Detention Center page describes the jail as a 138-bed direct-supervision facility. The 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection report lists the same facility as Freeborn County Jail with 148 approved secure coed beds and 133.20 operational capacity. The DOC report says authority to operate began March 1, 2024 and ends February 28, 2026.

The June 18, 2026 roster PDF showed 35 total inmates at 6:32 a.m. and stated that total excluded ICE detainees. That count is useful as a snapshot, but it should not be treated as annual average daily population.

Lookup Freeborn Detention Inmates

Current county custody is searched through the Freeborn County Jail Roster. The county path is a dated PDF, not a live search form. Search the PDF by name or charge text, then read the roster fields. For ICE detainees, use ICE ODLS and the ICE Freeborn County Jail Services page. Sentenced state prisoners use MNDOC, and federal sentenced inmates use BOP.

1. Open the Freeborn County Jail Roster page and select the current PDF.
2. Use the PDF viewer search tool to find the detainee's name.
3. Check the charge descriptions, intake date, and intake time.
4. Call Master Control at 507-377-4683 if the roster does not resolve current custody.
5. Use ICE ODLS, MNDOC, or BOP when the person is in a different custody system.

Freeborn Detention Contact

Use the main detention number for current facility questions and the Records Department for jail records or public-data routing. Booking and release are detention operations, so do not treat general county business hours as the only time custody changes can happen. Records requests, however, follow weekday office hours.

Freeborn Detention Visits

Freeborn County visitation is video only. Lobby visitation stations are in the Law Enforcement Center lobby in the Freeborn County Government Center, and remote video uses Inmate Canteen. Lobby visits are free. Remote video visits have a fee. Intake and segregation visits have special rules and require contacting Master Control or Intake.

Visitors must follow dress rules. Prohibited clothing includes sleeveless tops, halter tops, tank tops, hats, shorts, mini-skirts or dresses, see-through clothing, camouflage, and provocative clothing. Cell phones are strictly prohibited in visitation rooms.

Freeborn Detention Mail Money

Mail must use the detainee's name and PO Box 170, Albert Lea MN 56007. The county requires USPS mail. Incoming and outgoing mail is inspected for contraband. Allowed items include letters, plain greeting cards, and three photos. Polaroid pictures are not allowed.

Freeborn Detention Booking

Freeborn County's arrest and release process says arrested individuals are typically brought to the detention center for booking. The arresting officer completes paperwork or interviews, then the detainee is informed of rights through a Tennessen Warning. Booking includes demographic information, fingerprints, a photograph, and an initial phone call after booking. Property is inventoried and money is placed in the detainee account.

The detainee is searched, showered, changed into a jail uniform, and held in a classification unit until initial court appearance unless released. Classification means the jail's housing and security placement process. Release can follow bail, sentence completion, court release, or an arresting officer's release with a future court date. The county states normal release after first appearance is 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ICE at Freeborn Detention

ICE custody is a key local feature. The county roster page says ICE detainees are included in the inmate population and directs users to locator.ice.gov for current ICE custody or release within the past 60 days. The observed county PDF, however, said its total inmate count excluded ICE detainees. ICE also publishes a Freeborn County Jail Services page, and the jail staffing list includes an ICE contract administrator.

For ICE detainee information at the facility, the ICE page gives 612-409-7799 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ICE ODLS commonly uses A-Number and country of birth or biographical search fields. Do not rely only on the county PDF for immigration custody.

The ICE Freeborn County Jail Services page confirms the federal detention connection.

The ICE page should be paired with the county roster when the person may be in immigration detention.

Freeborn Detention Programs

The official programs list is broad for a local jail. It includes Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous, Anger Management, Art, Bible Study, Community Projects, English Language Learners, GED Preparation, GED Testing, Job Skills, Law Library, Life Support, Money Smart, Nutrition, Parenting, Spanish Bible Study, Spirituality, Vision Boards, and Yoga/Exercise. These program names should not be treated as a promise of eligibility for every detainee. Access depends on jail operations and classification.

The 2024 DOC inspection found substantial compliance and no special conditions. It also recorded corrective issues and concerns involving emergency drills, kitchen tool controls, well-being checks, and medication refrigerator temperature logs. The inspector described the jail as clean and well maintained.