Douglas County

The Detention Center

Douglas County Jail

• Operated byDouglas County Sheriff's Office
• Address509 3rd Ave W, Alexandria, MN 56308 (per county's own site)
• Capacity (county's own site)Built in 2010, approx. 57,000 sq ft, 156 beds, approved to hold up to 135 inmates; houses male, female and juvenile detainees across minimum, medium and maximum security
• Approved capacity (DOC inspection report)149 beds, secure coed, effective 11/29/2010
• Jail administrator named in DOC reportLee Johnson
• Contracted vendors namedMedical — Advanced Correctional Healthcare; Food — Aramark Food and Services Management; Commissary/video visitation — TurnKey Corrections; Mental health — Woodland Centers; Compliance tracking — Guardian RFID
• Public in-custody listInmate roster page, last updated '09/16/2026' in the copy viewed, listing 36 individuals, searchable by name, with booking dates, charges, arresting agency and case status
• Records/fee document referencedA 'Fee Schedule (2026)' PDF is linked from the Sheriff's Office Records page, but the PDF itself was refused by robots.txt and its contents (whether it covers jail phone/commissary/booking rates, or only records-copy fees) could not be confirmed
• What was triedThe Fee Schedule (2026) PDF (https://www.douglascountymn.gov/Uploads/Public/Documents/Sheriff/PDFs/FeeSchedule2026-2.pdf) was refused by robots.txt; the 'Pay/Post Bond' section referenced from the Checking Into Jail page was not independently opened within the search budget; a Board of Commissioners page was not located.
• Also sourced toDouglas County Sheriff's Office — https://www.douglascountymn.gov/sheriff
• Also sourced toDouglas County Sheriff's Office Records — https://www.douglascountymn.gov/records
• Also sourced toMN DOC — Douglas County Jail Inspection Report, dated 04/03/2025 (issued 05/29/2025) — https://mn.gov/doc/assets/Douglas%20County%202025_tcm1089-690327.pdf

Source: Douglas County Jail page · checked 2026-09-18

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✓Beds and daily population
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Douglas County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-18. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year built2010, per the county's own jail page
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds156 beds built, approved to hold up to 135 inmates, per the county's own jail page; the MN DOC inspection report separately records an approved capacity of 149 beds effective 11/29/2010 — both figures are given as found, the discrepancy was not resolved

The Sheriff

Sheriff Troy Wolbersen

• Runs the jailYes — elected sheriff has charge and custody of the county jail under Minn. Stat. 387.11 and 641.14 (MN state layer)
• How the office is filledElected countywide to a four-year term under Minn. Stat. 382.01 (MN state layer)

Source: Douglas County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-18

The Judges

Minnesota district judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms, but most first reach the bench by gubernatorial appointment to a mid-term vacancy. Bail at first appearance is set by the court under Minn. R. Crim. P. 6.02.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-18

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners