Hennepin County Jail Roster Coverage
The official adult jail roster is the Hennepin County Sheriff jail roster. The sheriff's jail page says the roster is updated hourly and lists people in the county jail plus people released in the last seven days. It also confirms that roster entries include names, charges, bail, and scheduled court dates. During the June 18, 2026 research inspection, the roster app shell loaded with a server unavailable message, so the roster should be treated as the first official path, not the only path. A person arrested very recently may also be missing until booking and the next hourly update.
Hennepin County uses more than one custody setting. The sheriff-operated Adult Detention Center covers downtown pretrial jail custody, warrants, bail holds, and active criminal cases. The Adult Corrections Facility roster covers sentenced short-term county residents at the Plymouth ACF and people whose ACF sentence ended in the past seven days. A state-prison sentence moves the search to the MNDOC Locator. Federal custody uses the BOP Inmate Locator, and immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. Hennepin County inmate records are accurate only when the search starts in the right custody system.
The sheriff jail page is the best source for the roster link, bail instructions, money deposits, visits, property, mail, and jail locations. The page also carries a local scam warning: HCSO says it will not call demanding payment from people in custody or from families of recently released people. If a payment call seems tied to a Hennepin County inmate record, hang up and confirm through the jail information line.
Use Hennepin County Jail Records
Start with the sheriff roster when the person is believed to be in the downtown Hennepin County Jail / Adult Detention Center. Use the full legal name. Add a date of birth when calling, because jail staff can more safely separate people with similar names. If the search fails, do not assume the person is not in custody. The app may be down, the booking may be too new, the person may be at ACF, or the case may have shifted to state or federal custody.
- Open the official sheriff roster from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office jail page or go directly to the jail roster app.
- Search the person's name and compare any result with known booking, bail, charge, or court-date details.
- If the person was sentenced to county custody, search the ACF roster by first name or last name.
- If no county result appears, call jail information at 612-348-5112 with the full name and date of birth.
- For copies, booking data, or a record not shown online, submit a sheriff data request under Minnesota public-records law.
Search results from the jail roster are not the same as certified court records. Booking charges may be revised after prosecutor review. For the case record and filed charges, use Minnesota Court Records Online after the case opens, then use the Hennepin District Court Records Center for certified copies or documents that are not available online.
Hennepin County Roster Fields
The live sheriff roster profile could not be fully inventoried during the research pass because the app was unavailable. The official sheriff page still confirms the roster's scope and several result fields. The ACF roster form was visible and is more limited: it asks for first name and last name, then lets the user search or clear the form. These fields should guide a practical Hennepin County inmate records search.
| System | Field Label | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff jail roster | Search fields in roster app | Not confirmed | The app was unavailable during static inspection; the sheriff page confirms current jail and seven-day release coverage. |
| Sheriff jail roster | Result data | n/a | Names, charges, bail, and scheduled court dates are confirmed by the sheriff's jail page. |
| ACF roster | First Name | Unspecified | Searches the Adult Corrections Facility roster for sentenced county residents. |
| ACF roster | Last Name | Unspecified | Useful when the person is serving a short county sentence in Plymouth. |
| ACF roster | Search / Clear | n/a | Runs or resets the ACF roster form. |
The successful screenshot of the official roster app shows the public jail roster access point at jailroster.hennepin.us.
Because the capture reflected the live app state, the text around the image should be read with the same caveat: the roster is official, but a phone or data-request fallback is still part of a complete Hennepin County inmate lookup.
Hennepin County Inmate Profile Data
A Hennepin County inmate record can mix jail data, court data, and public-record law limits. The sheriff roster confirms core public details, but it does not prove that every common jail-profile field is displayed. Minnesota law makes many arrest data points public and requires sheriffs to keep jail commitment records, yet corrections data can remain private when it would expose medical, psychological, financial, unrelated personal information, or safety-sensitive details.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Person in Hennepin County jail custody or released from the jail in the last seven days. |
| Custody or release scope | Whether the roster entry is tied to current jail custody or recent release coverage. |
| Charges | Booking or arrest charges as displayed by the sheriff roster, which may differ from later filed court charges. |
| Bail | Bail information displayed on the roster; phone confirmation is available through 612-348-5112. |
| Scheduled court dates | Court dates associated with the jail record or active case. |
| Booking photo | Not confirmed from a live Hennepin jail profile; Minnesota law generally treats booking photographs as public unless temporarily withheld for active-investigation harm. |
| Housing location | Not confirmed from the inspected live profile, so it should not be assumed. |
| Arresting agency | Not confirmed from the inspected live profile. |
For filed charges, complaints, hearings, and dispositions, use MCRO Case Search. For custody status after a prison sentence, use Minnesota Haven or MNDOC notification channels rather than the county roster.
Hennepin County Jail Contacts
Phone and in-person channels matter when the online roster is delayed or unavailable. The Public Safety Facility is the main public address for the Adult Detention Center, cash bail, warrant checks, property, and in-person questions. Minneapolis City Hall is the second downtown jail location across the street, and both jail locations use the same jail information phone line.
Public Safety Facility
401 South 4th Avenue, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-348-5112
Jail information and in-person jail access; weapons screening applies.
Minneapolis City Hall Jail
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-348-5112
Second downtown Adult Detention Center location across from the Public Safety Facility.
Adult Corrections Facility
1145 Shenandoah Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
612-596-0001
Sentenced short-term county residents and work or school release programs.
For sheriff records not available online, use the Hennepin County Sheriff data request page. The online request portal is the preferred route. Requests over $50, including cumulative requests from the same requester or entity within 30 days, may involve charges, and large requests may require half-payment before processing.
Hennepin County Custody Lookups
The main mistake in Hennepin County inmate records research is searching the right name in the wrong system. The downtown jail is for pretrial adults, warrants, bail holds, and other active jail custody. The Plymouth ACF is a sentenced county corrections facility. MNDOC covers people committed to the Commissioner of Corrections. BOP and ICE are federal systems. VINELink-style custody notices in Minnesota are handled through Minnesota Haven and related victim notification pathways.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial county jail | Hennepin sheriff jail roster | Current jail population and people released in the last seven days. |
| Short county sentence | ACF roster | Residents at the Adult Corrections Facility and sentence completions in the past seven days. |
| State prison or supervised release | MNDOC Locator | Adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. |
| Federal sentence | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present, by name or federal number. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | Adults in ICE custody or in CBP custody more than 48 hours, searched by A-number or identity details. |
Custody distinction: The Hennepin County jail roster is not a statewide prison locator, a federal inmate search, or an immigration detainee database.
Hennepin County Booking Timeline
Hennepin jail booking starts when an adult is arrested, cited into custody, brought in on a warrant, or held by court order. Intake creates the jail record. Minnesota law treats key arrest data as public at the originating agency, and Minnesota jail law requires sheriffs to keep a permanent record of people committed to jail. After booking, the sheriff roster becomes the public route once the hourly update catches up.
The court path is separate. Minnesota Rule of Criminal Procedure 4 requires an arrested person who is not released to be brought before a judge without unnecessary delay and no more than 36 hours after arrest, excluding the day of arrest, Sundays, and legal holidays, or as soon as a judge is available. Bail or conditions may then appear on the jail roster, in court records, or both. A no-bond hold, detainer, DOC hold, federal hold, or ICE hold can keep a person in custody even when a money amount appears in one record.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after an arrest or court commitment.
- Filed charge
- The prosecutor's formal court charge, which may differ from the arrest charge.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that can block release from county custody.
- Remand
- Court-ordered custody after a hearing or court action.
Hennepin County Jail Visits
Hennepin County jail visits use video systems. On-site social video visits are free, occur at the Public Safety Facility on the second floor in room 235, and must be scheduled through Securus at least 24 hours ahead. Visitors should arrive 10 minutes early and expect approval and screening. Detainee-initiated Securus Video Connect calls are different from on-site visits and can carry per-minute costs. Official visits for attorneys, law enforcement, probation, parole, approved investigators, consulates, and approved clergy run under professional rules.
| Visit Type | Schedule or Limit | Key Rule |
|---|---|---|
| On-site social video visit | 7:00-11:30 a.m., 2:30-5:30 p.m., 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Free, 20 minutes, scheduled 24 hours ahead through Securus. |
| Detainee-initiated Video Connect | Up to 20 minutes; one per day and three per week | Friends or family need a Securus account; $0.17 per minute noted in research. |
| Official visits | Seven days a week, 24 hours | Professional purpose, credentials, ID, and no weapons. |
Mail should use the full detainee name and the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility address. Packages are limited to approved sources such as a publisher, mail-order bookseller, attorney, or court official, or necessary items tied to court or release. Money can be deposited at the Public Safety Facility lobby, at Minneapolis City Hall during weekday public hours, online through Access Corrections, or by U.S. mail. Confirm custody before sending funds or scheduling visits.