Redwood County Jail Overview
Redwood County Sheriff's Office operates Redwood County Jail in the Law Enforcement Center. Sheriff Jason Jacobson is the elected sheriff named in the official sheriff materials. The jail is the county's main local detention facility for adults booked on new arrests, warrants, probation violations, court-pending charges, sentenced county jail time, work release, and people awaiting transfer.
The jail is connected to the Redwood County Law Enforcement Center. The Redwood Falls Police Department page says the LEC also houses the sheriff's office, jail/dispatch center, emergency manager, Redwood Falls Police, and Minnesota State Patrol. The city source says the LEC renovation was completed in 2014, with earlier law-enforcement building history reaching back to a 1983 addition and an original sheriff's office from the late 1800s.
Redwood County Jail Capacity
The 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection lists Redwood County Jail as a Rule 2911 local adult detention facility with 21 approved secure coed beds and an operational capacity of 16.80 at 80 percent. The authority to operate runs from February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2027. DOC also approved delinquent juvenile holds for 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays.
The sheriff's 2025 annual activity report lists 619 bookings, 14.1 average daily population housed in Redwood County Jail, and 25.6 overall average daily population when Renville overflow is included. Those figures explain why a Redwood County Jail search sometimes needs an overflow check.
The annual report also describes the sheriff's broader workload: civil process, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, jail transports, court security, court-ordered civil transports, search and rescue, body recovery, and 24/7 dispatch. Those duties help explain why jail custody records often connect to court, transport, warrant, and records-request workflows.
Look Up Redwood County Jail Inmates
The correct current lookup source is the Redwood County Jail live custody list. It is not a searchable database form. It is a roster report with a run time, photo thumbnails, MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charges, and bail/bond comments.
- Open the official live custody list.
- Use browser find for the inmate's last name.
- Read across the full row and any wrapped charge or bail text.
- Call 507-637-1313 if the person is not listed or the bond status is unclear.
- Ask about Renville overflow if staff confirm the person is tied to Redwood County but not housed locally.
The official roster capture shows how Redwood County Jail entries are formatted.
The image is important because Redwood's roster has no profile click-through, so the list itself carries the useful custody details.
Redwood County Jail Address
Use the jail address for custody, visiting, deposits, and self-report sentence check-in. The courthouse and county attorney are separate offices at 250 S Jefferson Street. Sending a visitor to the courthouse for jail lobby tasks would be wrong.
Redwood County Jail
303 E 3rd Street, P.O. Box 47
Redwood Falls, MN 56283
Jail: 507-637-1313
Sheriff / dispatch: 507-637-4036
Use the east-side jail entrance.
The official sheriff page also lists fax 507-637-1348 and identifies 507-637-1343 for Jail Administrator work-release questions. Emergency calls still go through 911. For routine inmate information, use the jail phone instead of emergency dispatch.
Visit Redwood County Jail
Redwood County visiting takes place by video in the visiting quarters of the jail lobby. Visits are limited to 20 minutes. Each visitor is allowed one visit per inmate per day, and the jailer on duty may shorten visit length when others are waiting. Positive identification may be required, visitors are registered, and visitors are subject to frisk search.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Lobby video |
| Tuesday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Lobby video |
| Friday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Lobby video |
| Saturday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Lobby video; minor child rules apply |
Children under 18 may visit immediate family during Saturday visiting only, and children 15 or younger must be accompanied by an adult family member over 18. No personal items may be brought for a prisoner. Letters and pictures must come through the U.S. Post Office.
Redwood County Jail Money
The sheriff's page publishes deposit and phone-card routes. Deposits may be made day or night through the kiosk in the jail entrance or online through the linked Canteen/JailATM site. Phone cards are linked through Reliance Telephone. These routes fund inmate accounts and phone access, not necessarily court-set bail.
| Service | Provider or detail |
|---|---|
| Money deposit | Jail entrance kiosk or deposits.jailatm.com. |
| Phone cards | Reliance Telephone link from sheriff page. |
| Self-report funds | Cash recommended because some fees may not take other payment forms. |
| Booking fee | $25 for sentence reporting under sheriff work-release/self-report instructions. |
Redwood County Jail Intake
New arrestees are booked into jail records with MNI, booking number, intake date, name, sex, age, charges, and bail/bond data. Booking photos appear on the public current roster. Court-related notes can update later as judges set release terms, hearings, or sentences. Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 governs jail operations, including post-admission screening and well-being checks.
Self-reporting sentenced people must report to the jail entrance on the scheduled date and time, bring a sentencing order, submit to breath and possible urine testing, and follow property limits. The jail is tobacco-free. Work-release applicants must submit the prequalification packet at least seven days before reporting, and final approval rests with the Jail Administrator.
Property limits are strict for sentence reporting. The county says not to bring tobacco products, books, magazines, newspapers, games, hygiene items, large bags of clothing, jewelry, purses, or credit cards. Prescription medication with a current prescription label and prescription glasses are recommended. These details are important because they come from Redwood's own self-report instructions, not generic jail advice.
Redwood County Jail Inspection
The 2024 DOC inspection found substantial compliance but identified one mandatory noncompliance item related to well-being check pace and quality. It also noted concerns involving weekly lock testing documentation, medication refrigerator temperature logs, and a sharps count discrepancy. DOC required completed audits by the 30th of every month and reevaluation after six months.
Official sources did not publish a full inmate handbook, grievance process, medical-request process, education schedule, or religious-services calendar for Redwood County Jail. Do not invent those details. Call the jail for current procedures before traveling, sending money, or planning a visit.
Note: Confirm current custody, visiting status, and facility location with the jail before travel.
Redwood County Jail also appears in statewide communications reporting. The 2024 DOC Local Jail Communications Legislative Report lists Redwood jail phone, video, and e-message volumes and reports commission spending on new bunks and recreation equipment. That source supports phone and video-service context, but it does not publish a user-facing communications handbook.
The inspection also reported no juvenile compliance violations in the reviewed period and found zero juveniles processed from October 1, 2024 to December 13, 2024. That detail supports the facility's limited juvenile-hold approval without implying that it operates as a juvenile detention center.