Stearns County Jail Roster
The official Stearns County Current Inmates roster is the first place to check for an adult believed to be in the Stearns County Jail. It is free, requires no login, and is run in the same roster environment as the county's past-inmate, warrant, and most-wanted tabs. The roster is for county jail custody, not state prison custody.
The roster states that juvenile information is restricted by Minnesota law and directs questions about juveniles arrested or detained to 320-259-3760. For adults, the current roster shows people presently held in the jail. The Past Inmates search covers the past seven years of Stearns County Jail custody events. It is useful after release, transfer, or case resolution, but each row is a custody event rather than a lifetime criminal-history report.
Custody split: Use the Stearns roster for the county jail, the Minnesota DOC public viewer for sentenced state prisoners, BOP for federal prisoners, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Search Stearns County Inmates
Start with the current roster when the person may still be in the jail. The current roster accepts broad searches, so leaving fields blank can show the full list, while name, age, and booking-date filters narrow the results. If the person has a common name, combine last name with first name, age, or a booking-date range.
- Open the Stearns County Current Inmates roster and check the data-last-updated timestamp.
- Enter a last name or first name, using the visible match operators when needed.
- Add age or booking dates if the result list is too broad.
- Select the person's name to open the profile with booking, charge, docket, and agency fields.
- If the person is not current, use the past-inmate search and compare booking dates.
The current-inmate roster page screenshot shows the search fields used for Stearns County inmate records.
The same portal environment also supports past custody, warrants, and most-wanted records, but those tabs answer different questions than a current custody search.
Stearns County Search Fields
The current roster and past-inmate search use similar fields, but the past search requires a last name. That matters for released inmates, because a broad blank search is not available in the same way. The roster's match operators are useful when a spelling may be incomplete or when a hyphenated or changed name is possible.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booking Dates - From / To | Date text | Optional | Use mm/dd/yyyy; the to date must be greater than the from date. |
| Last Name | Text with match operator | Optional current, required past | Operators include Begins with, is, Ends with, and Contains. |
| First Name | Text with match operator | Optional | Useful for common last names. |
| Middle Name | Text with match operator | Past search only | Can narrow a seven-year past custody search. |
| Age | Numeric comparison | Current search only | Operators include Is, Is not, Greater than, and Less than. |
| Sort Controls | Column headers | Not applicable | Results can be sorted by visible headings such as name, gender, age, and booking date. |
Stearns County Inmate Profiles
A public Stearns County inmate profile is a jail booking record. It can connect the arrest to later court records, but it is not the final court case. The inspected sample profile showed local jail fields, charge fields, agency fields, a court docket number, statute numbers, and a VINELink link. Some values may be blank if they do not apply or have not been entered.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Last, first, and middle name. |
| Gender / Age | Basic demographic fields; date of birth was not visible in the inspected text. |
| JCA Number | Local jail or court administration identifier. |
| Booking Date | Date the person was booked into Stearns County Jail. |
| Arrest Date/Time | Date and exact time of arrest. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency that arrested or booked the person, such as St. Cloud Police Department. |
| Charge Level | Charge classification code, such as felony or misdemeanor level. |
| Court Docket Number | District court case number when available. |
| Statute Number | Minnesota statute citation tied to the charge. |
| Weekender / Days Sentenced | Intermittent jail sentence and sentence-status fields when applicable. |
Current and Past Stearns County Records
The current roster is meant for people now in the Stearns County Jail. It should be checked first after a recent arrest, especially when family or counsel needs the booking date, arresting agency, court docket number, charge level, or statute number. The displayed timestamp is more reliable than any assumption about real-time updates because the research did not find a fixed refresh interval.
The past-inmate search is different. It covers seven years of Stearns County Jail custody records and requires a last name. It can be the right tool when the current roster no longer lists the person, when an old booking needs to be matched to a court case, or when multiple custody events must be separated by booking date. For copies or older material, use the Sheriff Records Division or the county data-practices channel.
The past-inmate search screenshot shows the seven-year lookup form and the required last-name field.
Because a past result is a jail custody event, compare the booking date and any court docket number before assuming two rows refer to different people.
Stearns County Booking Timing
Local sources do not publish a complete booking policy. The public fields and annual report still show the basic path. A person arrested in Stearns County may be transported to the Law Enforcement Center, identified, searched, screened, photographed, assigned a local record, and entered with charge and agency information. Correctional Officer II staff work booking, housing units, Central Control, and court duties.
A new arrest may not appear the instant a person reaches the jail. Intake, fingerprint comparison, medical review, and charge entry can take time. The roster disclaimer also warns that people may use false identification and that true identity can only be confirmed through fingerprint comparison. For a very recent arrest, check the roster timestamp and call the jail division at 320-259-3750.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest.
- JCA Number
- A local identifier that can help match a jail profile to court records.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that can affect release even after local bond is posted.
- Weekender
- An intermittent jail sentence status shown on Stearns profiles when it applies.
Stearns County Jail Contacts
The Stearns County Jail is inside the Law Enforcement Center in downtown St. Cloud. The Sheriff's Office operates the jail and the records channels, so a roster problem may need the jail line, the records division, or the county data-practices process depending on the request.
Stearns County Jail
807 Courthouse Square
St. Cloud, MN 56303
Jail division: 320-259-3750
Juvenile/inmate roster questions: 320-259-3760
Sheriff records division: 320-259-3700
In-person questions should be planned around the specific office involved. Official research confirmed the sheriff operates 24 hours a day, but it did not locate public lobby hours for every records function. Call before visiting for copies, property release, or a juvenile custody question.
Stearns County Jail Visits
Visitation is handled through the jail's inmate information pages. The official snippet captured days and hours, but one Sunday end-time detail was only partially visible. Confirm the current schedule before traveling because jail operations, lockdowns, holidays, and housing status can change access.
| Day | Jail Visiting Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Friday | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., confirm with the jail. |
The official jail visitation page is the source for jail visiting hours and procedures.
Visitation details belong to the jail, not the court record. Call the jail when custody status or housing status may affect a visit.
Stearns County Jail Support Records
The inmate information hub separates funds, mail, communication, property release, volunteering, and Huber or work release. The funds page says inmates are usually allowed money only and no outside belongings. The research did not locate a specific deposit vendor or fee schedule, so no vendor or fee is assumed.
Phones are available in all housing units when inmates are not on lockdown. Property release has two daily windows, 6-7 a.m. and 6-7 p.m., and the inmate must submit a property-release request. Court-ordered work release questions are routed to the Jail Program Sergeant at 320-259-3759.
| Topic | Known Stearns County Detail |
|---|---|
| Funds | Money-only rule located; vendor and fees not located. |
| Phones | Available in housing units when not on lockdown. |
| Property release | 6-7 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. daily, inmate request required. |
| Huber / Work release | Jail Program Sergeant contact: 320-259-3759. |
Stearns County DOC and Federal Search
A Stearns County inmate record can stop being a county jail record after sentencing. Minnesota DOC's public viewer searches adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including people in prison and on supervised release. The DOC search allows a name search or MNDOC Offender ID search and warns that newly sentenced people may take several business days to display.
The Minnesota DOC public viewer screenshot shows the statewide locator used after a state prison sentence.
Federal and immigration custody are also separate. Use the BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal prisoners, and use ICE ODLS for ICE detainees. Federal pretrial detainees may not appear in BOP if they are still in U.S. Marshals custody or held in a contract facility.
Stearns County VINELink Notices
VINELink is linked from Stearns inmate detail pages and should be treated as a custody-notification path. It is useful for release or status alerts, especially for victims and family members, but it is not a certified jail record or a replacement for the official roster. For court filings and case status after arrest, use MCRO and Stearns County District Court.
The VINELink screenshot from the manifest matches the notification role documented in the research.
Use VINELink alongside the roster, not in place of it, when custody status needs monitoring.
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