Freeborn County Adult Detention Center Records

Detention Center Release Destinations

The Freeborn County Adult Detention Center is the county jail. A person can leave it for the community after posting bail, completing a sentence, receiving a court release, or being released by the arresting officer with a future court date. None of those events necessarily ends the criminal case. Probation or pretrial supervision may follow, and later hearings can remain on the court calendar.

Other exits are transfers. Minnesota DOC, another county, ICE, a hospital, or another authority may receive the person. A transfer ends physical custody at the Freeborn facility but does not prove freedom. Minnesota law treats release and transfer as separate public fields. The transfer record can identify the next agency, which then determines the correct lookup.

The exact legal basis and time belong in the jail’s maintained record. A court order can explain authority, while the next locator can show later custody. Use all three only when the custody path calls for them.

Confirm Detention Center Release Records

The county’s public product is a dated “In Custody List,” not a release archive. It shows the report time, names, charges, intake dates and times, and a total that excludes ICE detainees. It does not display release date, release time, reason, transfer destination, booking number, court case number, projected date, or photograph. A missing name is therefore a starting clue.

1. Open the current Freeborn roster and note its report timestamp. Presence supports custody at that moment only.
2. If Minnesota VINE registration existed, review the status or saved alert for a county release or transfer event.
3. Read the related MCRO case by case number for bail, release, sentence, probation, or commitment action.
4. Check Minnesota DOC or ICE if the facts point to a transfer under either authority.
5. Request the sheriff’s release and transfer fields for the exact time, legal basis, and receiving agency.

The broader Freeborn County released inmate search explains how county, state, court, BOP, and ICE records fit together. For this facility, the sheriff entry is the strongest source for the physical exit. Minnesota VINE offers event corroboration, but it is not a guaranteed historical archive.

Note: Record the date and scope of every lookup, since a current status can change after the search.

Detention Center Release Contacts

Immediate facility questions go to detention or intake. A request for the maintained arrest, release, transfer, or booking record belongs with Freeborn County Sheriff Records. Give a full name, an appropriate identity detail, the booking date range, and a booking or court number when known. Ask for release and transfer fields together if the destination is uncertain.

Freeborn County Sheriff Records can be reached at 507-377-5200, option 1, or by fax at 507-377-5257. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Inspection of public data is free. Copies may carry lawful charges, and a denial must identify the legal basis.

A focused request should seek the existing entry for date, time, and legal basis for release under Minn. Stat. §13.82, subd. 2(i). It should also seek any transfer date, time, basis, and receiving agency under subd. 2(h). The county does not have to create a new report or infer a result it does not maintain.

Adult Detention Center Operations

The official detention center page describes a 138-bed, direct-supervision county jail operated by the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office. A Jail Administrator and Assistant Jail Administrator oversee five jail sergeants, 30 line staff, two programmers, and an ICE Contract Administrator. Direct supervision describes the facility’s operating model. It does not change which agency owns the release record.

The same building holds ordinary county detainees and an ICE contract population. No separate municipal lockup, state prison, BOP institution, or regional jail serving as Freeborn’s ordinary jail was identified. Police arrestees are typically brought to this county detention center under the sheriff’s published process.

The county identifies a Jail Administrator, an Assistant Jail Administrator, and a dedicated ICE Contract Administrator within the operation. Those roles matter when routing a question, but Sheriff Records remains the source for maintained public county release data. Intake can answer immediate booking questions. The transport coordinator is relevant when the known event involved movement from the jail. A caller should state the limited fact being checked and note which office answered.

The facility image is sourced from the Freeborn County Adult Detention Center page.

The county page confirms the jail’s role, contacts, staffing model, and links to the separate arrest and release process.

Note: Facility staffing figures describe jail operations and do not establish a person’s release, transfer, or current custody status.

Detention Center Release Process

The sheriff’s arrest and release document gives two useful local timing patterns. A person who completes a sentence normally leaves during the morning of the last day. A normal release after first appearance occurs from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Neither time is a promise for an individual.

New-arrest court normally occurs at 11:00 a.m. on weekdays. Depending on the charge, first appearance may take place on the first or second day. Court is not scheduled on weekends, holidays, or evenings. That local sequence explains why many court-related exits are processed later in the day, but another case, hold, order, or custodian can delay or redirect the event.

A judicial order and a jail release record answer different questions. The order states legal authority. The detention record states when staff completed the physical exit or transfer. Bail authorization also does not prove the funds or surety were accepted. Confirm the event after processing rather than estimating it from the court time.

Detention Center Property at Release

Booking includes demographic data, fingerprints, a photograph, an inventory of property, secure property storage, and money credited to the detainee account. These items tie the person to the booking episode and may help resolve an identity issue. The county does not publish a detailed process for property return after release.

Direct missing-property, account, receipt, or correction questions to detention staff or Sheriff Records. Do not infer an unlisted pickup schedule. Family members also should not wait at the secure sally port. The county directions distinguish public Government Center access from the Newton Avenue sally-port entrance used for secure facility operations.

Property return is not proof of final discharge. A person can receive property and still leave under transfer or a form of supervision. Use the release or transfer field for custody, and use a property record only for the narrow issue it documents.

Identity must also be checked with care. A booking photograph, fingerprint record, intake time, and court number can separate people who share a name. If an inventory appears wrong, identify the exact field or item and provide reliable support to the office that maintains it. That is a record-correction question, distinct from disagreement with a court ruling or release condition.

ICE Releases at Freeborn Detention

Freeborn County’s ICE contract makes roster interpretation more complex. The county roster page discusses ICE detainees at the facility, while the dated roster says its displayed total excludes them. A person may be inside the same jail and absent from the public non-ICE list. That absence cannot be read as a release.

Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System by exact nine-digit A-number and country of birth, or by the available biographical fields. Freeborn County directs readers to ODLS for current ICE custody and people released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days. Minors do not appear in the locator.

“Released from ICE custody” has a narrow federal meaning. It does not state where the person went, whether a different authority assumed custody, or what happened in a Minnesota criminal case. Preserve the locator date, request the county’s transfer trail, and seek case-specific legal clarification when the next custodian is unclear.

If a county case and immigration custody overlap, keep the records separate. The Freeborn sheriff entry documents the local event. ODLS documents the ICE system. The district court case documents Minnesota legal action. Together they may show a sequence, but no one source proves the entire chain.

Note: Record the system name beside each status so a county transfer is not mistaken for an ICE release.