Lake of the Woods County

The Detention Center

Lake of the Woods County Jail (Detention Center)

• Operated byLake of the Woods County Sheriff's Office
• AddressLake of the Woods County Government Center, 206 8th Ave SE, Baudette, MN 56623
• Custody-status lookupVINE (vinelink.com; 1-877-664-8463) — victims/citizens can see custody status changes and case information
• Work release fees$25/day for those sentenced locally; $45/day for county residents sentenced elsewhere, per the county's own site
• Communications vendorReliance Telephone provides phone, texting and video-visitation services; new inmates receive one free calling card
• What was triedThe MN DOC's Lake of the Woods report PDFs (e.g. the 2026 primary report) were attempted repeatedly and each fetch was refused (provenance/permission errors); the sheriff's-office root page was also attempted and refused

Source: Lake of the Woods County Detention Center/Jail page · checked 2026-09-18

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗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 Lake of the Woods 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 builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Not found

• Runs the jailYes — the Lake of the Woods County Sheriff's Office operates the county jail/detention center, per the county's own site
• How the office is filledElected countywide under Minn. Stat. 382.01 (MN state layer) — statewide fact; the sheriff's name was not found on the pages opened within budget

Source: Lake of the Woods County Detention Center/Jail page · 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