Lake County Jail Inmate Roster Lookup

Lake County Jail Overview

Lake County Jail is operated by the Lake County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Nathan Stadler. The jail is at 613 3rd Ave in Two Harbors and functions as the county jail and local adult detention facility for the county. It is the main custody point for pretrial detainees, people serving local jail sentences, temporary holds, and some inmates accepted from neighboring Cook and St. Louis counties.

The facility is governed as a Minnesota local adult detention facility under Rule 2911. Lake County does not publish a public housing-unit map, visitor entrance diagram, or pod-by-pod layout, so public lookup should focus on the roster, the jail phone line, and official records channels rather than assumptions about where someone is housed inside the building.

The official Lake County Jail page is the best source for current jail-specific details because it links the roster and publishes visitation, mail, bail, program, and phone information.

Use that county jail page as the starting point when details might have changed, especially before visiting or posting bail in person.

Lake County Jail Capacity and Population

Lake County's current jail page states that the facility has capacity for 25 inmates. The older 2021 Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection context listed 27 approved secure coed beds and 80 percent operational capacity, but the current county page should drive the present public capacity statement. The county also says the jail may house inmates from Cook and St. Louis counties, so a current roster count does not necessarily equal only Lake County arrests.

Lake County does not publish an official public dashboard for average daily population, annual bookings, average length of stay, or demographic breakdowns. The researched state inspection material does note that the 2025 DOC inspection found 0 juveniles held or processed during the inspection window and no JJDP violations in that inspection. Treat the roster as a current-custody tool, not a final statement of guilt, conviction, or countywide incarceration trends.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Lake County Jail

For current local custody, start with the Lake County Citizen RIMS incarcerated-people roster. The county jail page links this route as the Current Jail Roster, and the county states that jail information is public data under Minnesota Statutes sections 13.82, 13.85, and 641.05. Citizen RIMS is a JavaScript application, so a browser with JavaScript enabled is needed.

1. Open the official Lake County Jail page or go directly to the Citizen RIMS incarcerated-people roster.
2. Search or scan the roster by name. When a name appears, open the inmate profile for more information.
3. Confirm the person is held at Lake County Jail and note the booking number, name, charges, bond information, and date details shown.
4. If the arrest is recent or the roster does not load, call the jail or use the sheriff's public-data process rather than assuming the person is not in custody.

The Citizen RIMS roster page is the matched public roster source for current Lake County Jail inmates.

If the roster result does not answer the question, use the fallback chain: call the sheriff and jail at (218) 834-8385, visit the public counter during weekday office hours, use the sheriff's Data Request Form link from the county site, check Minnesota Court Records Online for filed charges, and then check state, federal, or immigration systems if the custody type has changed.

Lake County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the public law-enforcement address in Two Harbors. Public counter hours listed for the sheriff's office are weekdays 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with weekends closed for the public counter. Current custody questions, recent booking questions, and day-of visitation confirmation should go through the jail or sheriff's main line because the online roster may be delayed, incomplete, or temporarily modified for policy or public-safety reasons.

For jail programs or volunteer questions, the county jail page names Janel Peer, Jail Administrator/PSAP Coordinator, at (218) 834-8355 and janel.peer@co.lake.mn.us. The sheriff's office fax is (218) 834-8445, and the county also lists a toll-free number, 1-800-450-8832.

Visiting Someone at Lake County Jail

Lake County publishes three in-person visitation windows and a remote video option. In-person visiting can change for security, staffing, court movement, weather, medical isolation, or facility needs, so confirm with the jail before traveling to Two Harbors. The official material did not publish a detailed dress code, child-visitor policy, holiday schedule, or locker rule, so do not rely on unstated rules from other counties.

Lake County links the Reliance Connect mobile app for remote video visitation. The Reliance Connect iOS page describes the app as a video-calling tool for receiving inmate calls.

Remote video visits are separate from in-person visiting, and the published rate is $0.25 per minute. Use WiFi or mobile data carefully because app access does not override jail rules or facility availability.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Lake County Jail

Mail should be addressed to the inmate by name at Lake County Jail, 613 3rd Ave, Two Harbors, MN 55616. Lake County accepts letters and cards that are postmarked and delivered by the Post Office in the usual manner. The return address must include a name and address or the letter is held in the inmate's box until release. Mail is inspected for physical and written contraband, and stickers on envelopes are not allowed.

The Lake County Sheriff fee schedule also lists jail-related costs such as phone cards, medical and dental requests, prescription refills, non-prescription medication, report copies, photo CDs, and video-copy fees. Cash bail is different from canteen money and should be handled under the jail's bail process.

Booking and Intake at Lake County Jail

A typical local arrest pathway is arrest by a sheriff's deputy or local police officer, transport to Lake County Jail, booking and intake, a booking record under Minnesota jail-record law, search and property handling, booking photograph and fingerprints where required, screening and classification, phone access, and eventual roster publication once the person is processed enough to appear in Citizen RIMS. Lake County does not publish a precise booking-duration or roster-refresh interval, so a recent arrest may not show online immediately.

After booking, court status moves through Lake County District Court at 601 Third Avenue. The jail roster may show arrest or booking allegations, while the prosecutor and court record control filed charges, amended charges, hearings, dispositions, and sentencing. For court status, use Minnesota Court Records Online or contact Lake County District Court rather than treating the jail roster as the final case record.

Bail and Bond at Lake County Jail

Lake County states that cash bail may be posted at the facility at any time. The jail does not accept personal checks, credit cards, or debit cards for bail. Bail may also be posted through a bonds person of the user's choice, and bond-service listings are available in cell blocks and phone books. Do not treat the sheriff's online fee-payment link as permission to pay inmate cash bail online unless the sheriff confirms that option for the specific case.

Before bringing money, confirm the inmate's full name, booking number, charges, bail amount, and any holds with the jail or court. A person may have a no-bond hold, another county hold, a probation or supervised-release issue, a federal hold, an ICE detainer, or release conditions that are not fully explained by a roster line.

DOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE Lookup Fallbacks

Lake County Jail is not a Minnesota state prison. If a Lake County defendant has been sentenced to prison or transferred to state custody, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator. MNDOC searches adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who are in prison or still under DOC supervision, and newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear.

The MNDOC locator is the right fallback after a prison transfer, but it does not replace the Lake County Jail roster for pretrial detainees.

For federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is useful after a federal sentence or BOP designation. Very recent federal arrests may remain under the U.S. Marshals Service before BOP placement. Immigration custody is separate again: the ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for adults in ICE custody or in CBP custody more than 48 hours. Minnesota VINE and Minnesota Haven can help with custody-status notifications, including county-jail release notifications where available.

About Lake County Jail

Lake County publishes a specific program list for this small jail: weekly AA meetings, a weekly 12-Step Program for male inmates, a weekly Recovery Program for female inmates, a weekly Transitions Program for female inmates, weekly Bible Study, and Anger Management. The county also seeks volunteers for GED classes, chemical-dependency counseling, and other health and wellness counseling through the Jail Administrator/PSAP Coordinator.

Inspection and standards context matters because Lake County Jail is licensed and inspected through Minnesota correctional-facility oversight. The 2025 DOC inspection material identifies the jail as a local adult detention facility under Rule 2911 and keeps it on an annual inspection schedule. The research did not locate official evidence of a current consent decree, jail closure, ICE contract, federal consent litigation, or new Lake County jail construction project.