Lookup Freeborn County Inmate Records

Freeborn County Jail Roster

The official Freeborn County Jail Roster is a dated PDF link maintained through the sheriff's county website. It is not an interactive inmate database. On June 18, 2026, the roster page linked a current PDF titled "Freeborn Co Adult Detention Center, In Custody List." The file showed names, charge descriptions, intake dates, intake times, and a total non-ICE inmate count in the header.

The Freeborn County Adult Detention Center holds the local population for this roster. It is the county jail operated by the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office. The same facility also has ICE relevance, so an ICE detainee may not be resolved by the county PDF alone. For a person no longer in county jail, the next source depends on the custody path: Freeborn District Court for case records, MNDOC for state sentences, BOP for federal sentences, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.

Use Freeborn County Inmate Roster

Start with the county roster page instead of a commercial search result. The county page provides the current date link, and the PDF itself can be searched with the browser or PDF viewer. Because the county does not supply a booking-number field or profile page, spelling matters. Try last name first, then first name, then charge text if the file is text searchable.

1. Open the official roster page and select the current dated PDF.
2. Use the PDF search tool to find the person's last name or first name.
3. Read all charge lines under the name, because one detainee can have several entries.
4. Check the intake date and intake time to see when custody began.
5. Call the detention center at 507-377-4683 or the court-listed jail phone at 507-377-5267 if the roster does not answer the custody question.

The official roster page shows the current PDF access point and the ICE notice.

This screenshot matches the county-specific workflow: open the page, choose the PDF, then search within the document.

Freeborn County Roster Fields

The Freeborn County jail roster path has almost no form fields because the public tool is a PDF. That affects how families, attorneys, and records users should search. There is no booking-number search, no housing filter, no date picker, no facility dropdown, and no profile link. The search field is whatever your PDF viewer provides.

Freeborn County Inmate Profile

A roster entry is limited. It should be read as a current custody notice, not as a complete criminal history. The jail charge description is not the same thing as a conviction, and it may not be the final charge filed in Freeborn County District Court. Missing fields are as important as visible ones because the county PDF omits many facts people expect to find.

Freeborn County Jail Contact

Use the jail line when a custody question is current and time sensitive. Use Records Department when the question is about copies, historical booking material, public data, or a record that is not in the PDF. The county data-practices contact sheet appears older because it names a prior sheriff, so current staff names should be confirmed through the Records Department or the sheriff's current page.

Freeborn County Booking Timeline

The county's arrest and release process explains the local intake path. An arrested person is typically brought to the Adult Detention Center. The arresting officer completes paperwork or interviews, then booking begins. The detainee receives a Tennessen Warning, gives demographic information, is fingerprinted and photographed, and is allowed an initial phone call after booking. Property is inventoried and stored, and money goes into the detainee account.

After the search, shower, uniform, and classification steps, a detainee is held in a classification unit until initial court appearance unless released earlier. A sentenced person is moved into the appropriate housing unit. The county release process lists bail, sentence completion, court release, and arresting-officer release with a future court date. Normal release after first appearance is listed as 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

That timing also explains why a Freeborn County inmate record may not change the moment a hearing ends. Court staff, jail staff, transport, release review, holds, and property return can all affect the public-facing custody result. A person may have a release order and still need jail processing before leaving the building.

Freeborn County Inmate Visits

Freeborn County visitation is video only. Lobby video stations are in the Law Enforcement Center lobby in the government center, while remote visits use Inmate Canteen. Intake and segregation visits have extra routing rules. Intake-unit detainees must have a first appearance before a Freeborn County judge before visitation, and the county states that a Riverside hearing does not count as that first appearance.

Dress rules bar 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 County Mail Money

Mail must be addressed to the detainee's name at PO Box 170, Albert Lea MN 56007 and sent through USPS. Incoming and outgoing mail is inspected for contraband. The county materials allow letters, plain greeting cards, and three photos, but not Polaroids. Money can be deposited through the Turnkey kiosk, by money order, or online through Turnkey Corrections/Inmate Canteen.

Freeborn County Custody Systems

Search the county roster for local pretrial custody and short local sentences. Search MNDOC when a person has been committed to the Commissioner of Corrections. Search BOP for federal sentenced custody. Search ICE ODLS for immigration detention. VINELink and Minnesota Haven are notification tools, not replacements for a current roster search.

The sheriff page also references CodeRED public alerts, but the research found no dedicated Freeborn County Sheriff app with an inmate roster, warrant search, or most-wanted feature. Do not expect an app-only roster. Use the county PDF, phone lines, records request path, and the state or federal locators instead.