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Freeborn County Released Inmate Records

A physical release means the jail relinquished custody. It does not always end the court case or all correctional control. The Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office may record release after bail, sentence completion, a court order, or an arresting officer’s decision to release a person with a future court date. Probation can follow. A state prisoner may leave confinement for supervised release yet remain under Minnesota Department of Corrections authority. Final discharge is the later end of that authority.

A transfer is different. Someone can leave the Freeborn County Adult Detention Center for Minnesota DOC, another county, ICE, a hospital, or another custodian. That person has left the building but may not be free. The sheriff’s transfer entry should state the receiving agency. The court file can explain the legal event, while the next custodian’s system shows what followed. Keeping those records separate prevents a roster change from becoming a false release claim.

Time served

Release after the jail term or credited term ends.

Probation

A court-ordered community sentence that may follow jail.

Supervised release

Community placement after prison while DOC control continues.

Discharge

The end of the sentence or supervision stated by the responsible agency.

Detainer

A request or authority that may move a person to another custodian.

Freeborn County Release Paths

The sheriff’s arrest and release process identifies the main local exits. The best next source depends on that exit. A bond or court release points back to the district court case. Sentence completion points to the jail record and any later probation order. A transfer requires the receiving agency’s name before a search can continue.

“Dismissed” is a court disposition, not an automatic jail release reason. “Parole” usually relates to state corrections, not the county jail door. Report the actual label from the agency record. A precise label keeps the custody path clear.

Note: A transfer ends Freeborn County custody but may begin custody under another county, Minnesota DOC, BOP, or ICE.

Freeborn County Release Record Fields

Minnesota law makes key arrest data public at all times. For a release, the central item is the date, time, and legal basis. If the event was a transfer, the parallel entry includes its date, time, legal basis, and the receiving agency or person. Asking for both avoids an incomplete answer when a name drops from the roster.

The county need not create a custom list or calculate a fact it does not keep. Ask for the existing record tied to one person and booking period. The dated in-custody PDF is not a release record. It lacks the release date, release time, legal basis, receiving agency, court case number, booking number, and photograph.

Request Freeborn County Release Records

Send a focused public-data request to Freeborn County Sheriff Records. Cite the existing booking episode and ask for release and transfer fields. Add a booking photograph only if it is needed for personal identification or the legal matter. Clear identifiers reduce the chance of a wrong-person match.

1. Give the full name, an appropriate birth identifier, the approximate booking dates, and a booking or court number if known.
2. Ask for the date, time, and legal basis for release under Minn. Stat. §13.82, subd. 2(i).
3. Also ask for transfer data and the receiving agency under subd. 2(h), since leaving the roster may reflect transfer.
4. Request the maintained electronic format. If any part is withheld, ask for the exact legal classification.
5. For court orders or certified court copies, make a separate request through court administration.

Inspection is free under Minn. Stat. §13.03. For 100 or fewer black-and-white letter or legal pages, the maximum copy charge is 25 cents per page. Other allowed copy costs may include actual retrieval, employee, certification, and transmission expense, but not the cost of separating public from nonpublic data. Copies not immediately available must be supplied as soon as reasonably possible.

Note: The county fee document is labeled draft, so confirm current charges before ordering copies or photograph scans.

Freeborn County Release Data Law

The controlling field rules appear in Minn. Stat. §13.82. Subdivision 2(h) covers transfers. Subdivision 2(i) covers releases. Subdivision 26 classifies booking photographs as public, though an agency may temporarily withhold a photo if access would harm an active investigation. A denial of public data must identify its legal basis.

Court records follow Minnesota Supreme Court access rules rather than the county-data statute. Chapter 609A can later seal records and bar disclosure. Expungement means sealing and nondisclosure, not physical destruction. A missing sheriff or court result can therefore reflect lawful access limits. It must not be treated as proof that no booking or release occurred.

The successful manifest capture comes from the Minnesota release and transfer statute.

Its separate release and transfer clauses support asking for both events whenever the custody path is uncertain.

When Freeborn County Releases Occur

Freeborn County publishes local timing guidance even though it has no released-person feed. Sentence-completers are normally released during the morning of the last day. A normal release after first appearance occurs from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. These are routine windows, not promises for one person. Staff must still receive and process the controlling authority.

Holds, more than one case, another custodian, or a case-specific order can change the result. The sheriff release field remains the source for the actual exit time. A roster generated before that event may still list the person, while a later roster may omit the name without stating when or why it vanished.

Freeborn County Pretrial Release

Qualifying people released while a case is pending may enter Freeborn County pretrial supervision. Some court-approved cases may check in by phone at 507-379-8787. This is conditional release before disposition, not completion of the sentence and not final discharge. The court order sets the legal terms.

Use the sheriff record to confirm the jail-door event, then read the court case for the release conditions and next hearing. A person can be out of the detention center and still have an active criminal case. That is expected, not a conflict between records.

Freeborn County Court Release Timing

The sheriff’s new-arrest court schedule states that court normally occurs weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Depending on the charge, first appearance may occur on the first or second day. No scheduled court occurs on weekends, holidays, or evenings. That schedule helps explain the usual afternoon processing window.

A judge’s order authorizes action, but it does not record the minute jail staff finish release. Bail may still need to be posted. Another hold may control. Pair the court entry with the sheriff’s physical release or transfer field. The two records answer different parts of the same event.

Note: Court disposition can explain legal authority, while only the custodial record establishes the precise physical release event.

Freeborn Release Property Questions

Booking at the Adult Detention Center includes a property inventory, secure storage, and crediting money to the detainee account. The county does not publish a detailed property-return process. Questions about an item, account entry, or correction should go to detention staff or Sheriff Records rather than relying on an assumed pickup rule.

Keep the property issue separate from proof of release. A receipt or returned item can support a timeline, but the statutory release field is the direct record of custody ending. Family members should also use the public Government Center access. The sheriff’s directions distinguish it from the secure Newton Avenue sally-port entrance.

Freeborn Release and Jail Programs

The detention center lists AA and NA, anger management, GED preparation and testing through District 241, law library access, Life Support, Money Smart, parenting, nutrition, and other staff or volunteer programs. These are programs during confinement. The county source does not promise enrollment or outcomes after release.

Program participation also does not prove a release date, discharge, or supervision status. Use the agency record for those facts. A court or corrections plan may separately show what is required after custody ends.

Note: The county source lists programs offered during confinement and does not promise that the same services continue after release.

Find Freeborn County Released Inmates

Begin by naming the last known custodian. The Freeborn County Jail Roster is only a current snapshot. Minnesota VINE covers county detention events. MCRO shows the case. Minnesota DOC covers prison and supervised release. BOP and ICE have separate federal scopes. No single search joins them.

1. Check the county roster for presence at its report time. Treat absence only as a cue to continue.
2. Review a saved Minnesota VINE alert or current county status, if registration occurred before the event.
3. Use the court number in MCRO to find the release order, sentence, commitment, warrant, or probation entry.
4. If a transfer is possible, search Minnesota DOC, BOP, or ICE according to the receiving authority.
5. Request the sheriff’s release and transfer fields for the exact physical event and receiving agency.

The county provides no official 24-hour or 72-hour release feed. A dated PDF shows names, charges, intake dates and times, the report timestamp, and a non-ICE total. It does not show release data. The Freeborn County 24-Hour Release List uses the same-day fallback path.

The roster screenshot is sourced from the official Freeborn County roster landing page.

The dated link confirms current non-ICE custody only at the report timestamp, so it must be followed with release, court, or transfer evidence.

Freeborn County DOC Release Search

Use the Minnesota DOC Public Viewer when a Freeborn County detainee was committed or transferred to state corrections. It is not a county booking archive. Search by name or MNDOC Offender ID, compare identity and case data, then record the exact current status, facility or supervision unit, and each date label.

“Under Supervision” confirms an exit from state-prison confinement while DOC jurisdiction continues. A later expiration or discharge is distinct. New commitments can take several business days to appear, so use the sheriff transfer field and court commitment during that gap. A fully discharged person may later fall outside the viewer’s scope.

The interface image comes from the official Minnesota DOC offender search.

The viewer separates current incarceration, community supervision, anticipated release, and sentence expiration rather than reducing them to one release label.

Freeborn County Release Court Search

Minnesota Court Records Online can show disposition, sentence, bail or warrant activity, commitment, probation, and discharge-related entries. Search by case number when possible. A pending criminal case will not appear through a defendant-name search before conviction, so use a citation or case number, or contact the courthouse.

The official MCRO access screen illustrates the court channel.

Court entries can explain why custody changed, but sheriff data is still needed for the exact exit time.

The Freeborn County District Court is at 411 South Broadway in Albert Lea. Its main number is 507-668-6014, and public hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Courthouse terminals can offer broader access than remote MCRO. Court administration handles certified and non-remote copies.

The local court page confirms where a reader can use the courthouse record channel when remote name search limits hide a pending case.

Freeborn County ICE Release Checks

Freeborn County is unusual because the same jail houses an ICE contract population and has an ICE Contract Administrator. The public roster total excludes ICE detainees. A person can therefore be physically inside the Adult Detention Center yet absent from the displayed non-ICE count.

Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System with an exact nine-digit A-number and country of birth, or the biographical search fields. Freeborn County points to it for current ICE custody and release from ICE custody during the past 60 days. An ODLS release means exit from ICE custody only. It does not show whether another authority took custody or what occurred in a Minnesota case.

Preserve the result date, request the county transfer entry, and seek case-specific clarification when the next destination is unclear. A federal immigration detainer or transfer is not final discharge. It must not be recoded as a routine Freeborn County community release.

Note: The federal locator’s 60-day window concerns ICE custody only and does not replace the county transfer record.

Freeborn Release Alerts and Federal Records

Minnesota VINE covers county jails and detention facilities. It can provide custody status, facility and booking details, scheduled release information when available, and alerts for events such as release or transfer. Registering before the event matters because VINE is not a permanent archive. DOC prison notifications use HAVEN instead.

For a federal prison episode, the BOP Inmate Locator may show “Released,” “Not in BOP custody,” and a release date. That result concerns BOP only. Another law enforcement or correctional agency may still hold the person, and supervision may continue.

The manifest capture comes from the official federal inmate locator.

Use it only for a federal BOP record, not as evidence about an unrelated Freeborn County booking.

Freeborn Released Versus In Custody

Each system has a narrow role. Match the claim to that role, record the access date, and avoid turning “no result” into a broad conclusion.

Why is a name gone? The person may have been released, transferred, moved into ICE custody, or omitted under the report’s scope. Follow the receiving system and request the statutory event field before describing the result.

Freeborn County Release Facility

The county’s ordinary jail is the Freeborn County Adult Detention Center, a 138-bed direct-supervision facility operated by the Sheriff’s Office. It holds county detainees and an ICE contract population. County releases lead to the community, local supervision, or a receiving custodian according to the actual record.

• Freeborn County Adult Detention Center
• Minnesota Department of Corrections Facilities

No separate municipal lockup, state prison, BOP institution, or ordinary regional jail was identified in Freeborn County. A transfer to Minnesota DOC or a federal agency must be traced through that system, not treated as a second local facility.

Note: The facility link covers the county jail building, while state and federal custody remain separate agency systems.