Mille Lacs County

The Detention Center

Mille Lacs County Jail

• Operated byMille Lacs County Sheriff's Office (the inmate locator opened for this county is branded to the Sheriff's Office; by default the sheriff runs the jail under Minn. Stat. 387.11/641.14)
• Public inmate locatorThe county's own subdomain https://incustody.co.mille-lacs.mn.us/InmateLocator/ is titled "Mille Lacs County Inmate Locator" and lets the public search current bookings by last name, first name, gender and date of birth, returning booking details; it carries a disclaimer that "The Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office cannot guarantee that the information on this website is accurate" and clarifies a booking "does not establish that the individual is guilty of or has been convicted of any crime"
• Tribal jurisdiction noteMille Lacs County contains the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe reservation. The county sheriff's jurisdiction and this jail are county matters; whether the Band separately operates its own tribal police or detention facility was not established within this session's search/fetch budget (the county's main site and the Band's own site could not be opened), and this is not treated as a gap or failure — it reflects the jurisdictional split required by law.
• What was triedWebFetch of the incustody.co.mille-lacs.mn.us subdomain succeeded; WebFetch of co.mille-lacs.mn.us/jail, co.mille-lacs.mn.us/contact, www.millelacscountymn.gov, and http://www.co.mille-lacs.mn.us/2422/Inmate-Information and /2512/Warrant-List all returned 403 errors this session. WebSearch allowed_domains=co.mille-lacs.mn.us,millelacscountymn.gov (2 of the 9-search budget) surfaced additional page titles (Investigations, Contact Us, Cities & Townships) but none could be opened.
• Also sourced toMN DOC Adult Facilities Inspection Reports index — https://mn.gov/doc/about/office-inspector-general/inspection-enforcement-licensing/adult-facilities/adult-facilities-inspection-reports/adultreports.jsp

Source: Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office — Inmate Locator · checked 2026-09-18

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✗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 Mille Lacs 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, if the county operates one — the elected sheriff has charge and custody of the county jail under Minn. Stat. 387.11 and is responsible for its operation and condition under Minn. Stat. 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: Minn. Stat. ch. 387 / 641 / 382 (MN Revisor's Office, via MN state layer) · 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