Mille Lacs County Jail Roster
The official county route for current custody is the Mille Lacs Inmate Locator. It is linked from county jail research sources and is meant for people who need current jail custody information, not a complete history of arrests, charges, or convictions. The roster is most useful when the person may be held at the Mille Lacs County Jail after arrest, after a court remand, while awaiting a first appearance, or while serving a local sentence. If the search concerns a filed criminal case, the court record lives separately in District Court and may be searched through MCRO or reviewed through Court Administration.
That split keeps custody facts and court facts in their proper places. A roster entry can show jail status before the court file reaches final disposition.
The county jail page identifies the Mille Lacs County Jail as a facility for sentenced and pre-trial adult male and female offenders. The official page says the jail is licensed by Minnesota to house up to 120 inmates separated into two housing units, with intake able to hold five more people. The jail has a recreational room, library and programming rooms, a medical unit, laundry, kitchen, master control, video visiting stations, telephones, dayrooms, and inmate tablets. Those details matter because the public roster is only one part of the custody system. Visitation, phone access, bail, fingerprinting, and court appearance information may require the jail or court channels listed below.
The Mille Lacs County Jail page is the source for facility details and jail contact information.
The jail page provides the local custody context behind the online inmate roster and helps separate county jail custody from District Court case records.
Search Mille Lacs County Inmates
Start with the online roster when the question is whether someone is in current Mille Lacs County custody. Search broad enough to avoid a false miss, then open the profile before relying on the result. The roster uses name, gender, and birth-year fields. It also has a result area and a detail panel. The research notes a booking image link and case-detail behavior, but the sheriff's disclaimer controls how the information should be used: booking into jail is not proof of guilt or conviction, and the listed information should not be used as the sole basis for legal action.
- Open the county-linked inmate locator and start with Last Name. Add First Name only if the result set is too broad.
- Use Gender or DOB year when common names return too many possible Mille Lacs County inmate records.
- Review search results for a match, then open the Inmate Details panel for custody and court fields.
- Use the Click to View Image option only as a roster aid. Do not treat a booking image as a conviction record.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail or check the Minnesota DOC public viewer for state prison or supervision status.
The official Mille Lacs Inmate Locator screenshot was captured for the roster interface.
The locator image documents the county-linked roster search path and the fields used to find current jail custody records.
Mille Lacs Inmate Search Fields
The roster search is narrower than MCRO and narrower than a criminal-history search. It is built for current custody lookup. A last name may be enough if the name is uncommon. First name, gender, and birth year can reduce mismatches. The results area appears before the detail panel, so a user should open the person-level record before reading bail, booking, or court information.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional or unspecified | Primary name field for roster searching. |
| First Name | Text | Optional or unspecified | Narrows the roster when multiple people share a surname. |
| Gender | Radio/dropdown | Optional | Options captured were Unknown, Male, and Female. |
| DOB (yyyy) | Text/year | Optional | Four-digit birth-year format is shown. |
| Search Results | Results area | Not applicable | Displays possible matches before the profile opens. |
| Inmate Details | Detail panel | Not applicable | Shows the selected inmate record. |
| Click to View Image | Link/button | Not applicable | Indicates a booking image may be available. |
Note: If a pending criminal or traffic case is the real target, the court case may need a case-number search in MCRO instead of a jail roster name search.
Mille Lacs Inmate Profile Details
An inmate profile gives custody facts that are useful for family, counsel, and court scheduling. It does not replace the District Court Register of Actions. The research captured visible public labels from the locator, including physical-description fields, custody date, bail or fine amount, booking status, court date, and court branch information. A case-detail prompt also appears, but court filings, charging documents, disposition, and sentencing are separate court records. For filed allegations and later outcomes, use the full Mille Lacs County arrest records and court charges path.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Race, sex-age, height, weight, hair, eye | Public physical-description fields captured from the roster profile. |
| Bail/Fine amount | Money amount tied to release or case financial status as shown by the locator. |
| Custody Date | Date the person entered current Mille Lacs County custody. |
| Booking Status | Current booking or custody status label shown by the roster. |
| Court Date | Listed court date, if present in the inmate profile. |
| Court Branch Info | Court branch details tied to the listed custody or case entry. |
| Booking image | The image link may show a booking photo, but it is not proof of conviction. |
Mille Lacs County Jail Contact
The Sheriff's Office and jail are at the same Milaca address, but different phone numbers serve different needs. Jail staff handle inmate information and booking questions. Sheriff's Office numbers handle the broader public-safety office, after-hours routing, and toll-free contact. Court Administration, at the Justice Center, handles court files, certified copies, hearing notices, and court appearances. Do not use the jail as a substitute for certified court records.
Mille Lacs County Jail
640 3rd Street SE
Milaca, MN 56353
320-983-8244
Fax: 320-983-8419
Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office
640 3rd Street SE
Milaca, MN 56353
320-983-8250
Lobby hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Sheriff's Office research identifies Kyle A. Burton as sheriff, with after-hours and weekend phone 320-983-8245 and toll-free 888-860-8250. The sheriff's mission statement covers law-enforcement, custodial, and court-related services. The office also uses a written complaint form available in the Milaca office lobby.
Mille Lacs Booking and Bail
The county inmate information page states that an inmate is seen at 11 a.m. for a first court appearance, with court held Monday through Friday except county-recognized holidays. Bail is set at that first appearance. Bail may be supplied through a bail-bonds agent or by paying cash, and cash bail must be brought to the jail 24-hour door for the exact amount. That detail matters because the jail research does not describe a general online bail payment channel for local custody.
The county inmate information page was captured for first-appearance and bail details.
The county inmate information source connects jail custody to first appearance timing, bail setting, cash bail, and local court scheduling.
Mille Lacs Inmate Visitation
Mille Lacs County switched video visitation to Securus Video Connect. All onsite and remote visits are scheduled through Securus Video Products or Securus Technologies, and visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. Personal visits are limited to the posted windows. Visitors need valid photo identification, and acceptable examples include a driver's license, state ID card, or another official ID with picture, name, date of birth, and physical description.
| Day | Time | Visit Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Onsite, in-person, or remote visits |
| Saturday | 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Onsite, in-person, or remote visits |
| Saturday | 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | Remote visits only |
| Sunday | 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | Onsite, in-person, or remote visits |
The county inmate visitation page is the source for the posted Securus schedule and visiting rules.
The visitation source is useful when a roster result confirms custody and the next question is whether a personal or remote visit can be scheduled.
Contacting Mille Lacs Inmates
The county contacting-inmates page identifies Securus Technologies as the phone and communications provider. Newly admitted inmates may make a local or collect long-distance call to a family member or significant other during admission. Later non-professional calls are fee-based, and inmates may make collect calls or buy phone time through the Canteen. Calls from the correctional facility begin with a recorded message and instructions to accept or decline. The recipient is not connected until taking positive action.
Non-attorney calls are recorded. Calls to a lawyer are free. Housing-unit phones cannot make three-way or toll-free calls, and calls are limited to 20 minutes so inmates have equal phone access. Incoming calls are not forwarded to housing units, except that verifiable emergency messages or legal-counsel messages may be forwarded. Damage to phones or phone devices can lead to lost privileges, discipline, or criminal charges.
The county contacting-inmates page was captured for Securus, call recording, phone-time, and message rules.
The communications source fills in what the roster does not show: how inmates can place calls and what limits apply to non-attorney communication.
When the Jail Roster Is Not Enough
Several official channels sit beside the county roster. The jail number is the direct phone channel for inmate information. The Sheriff's Office after-hours number and toll-free number are available when the main office is closed. The Minnesota DOC public viewer is the state channel for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, but newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. The BCA criminal-history system is the proper state route for fingerprint-linked public criminal-history background searches, while MCRO warns not to use court search as a background-check system.
Public fingerprinting is another jail service with its own rules. The county jail page places public fingerprinting in the 24-hour lobby on the east side of the building, with posted windows Thursday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors use the courtesy phone to call Booking at 8244. The posted fee is $20 cash, exact change, paid at the lobby kiosk. Fingerprinting is not an inmate lookup, but it is often confused with jail records because it is handled through the same jail lobby and booking channel.
County public data outside the roster may require a public data request and may be limited by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and law-enforcement data restrictions. The research found no official Mille Lacs County Sheriff mobile app in county sources or app-store searches, so there is no app-only inmate lookup to list. It also did not locate official inmate mail rules or a detailed commissary deposit vendor and fee schedule. The county confirms that inmates may buy phone time through the Canteen, and bail cash is separate from commissary money.