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Freeborn County Jail Roster

The local starting point is the official Freeborn County Jail Roster page. The Sheriff is Ryan Shea, and the Adult Detention Center is operated at the county government and law enforcement complex in Albert Lea. The jail roster landing page is useful because it is the county's own custody access point, but the reviewed crawl did not expose the full search form or a detailed live profile page. That limit matters. A reader should not assume that the roster accepts a last name, first name, booking number, date range, charge filter, or housing filter unless those fields are visible at the time of use.

Freeborn County also notes that ICE detainees may be included in the inmate population. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator, which covers people currently in ICE custody and people released from ICE custody within the past 60 days. For state prison or supervised release status, use the Minnesota DOC Public Offender Locator. For conviction history, use the Minnesota BCA Public Criminal History Search. Those tools answer different questions. The jail roster is about current local jail custody, the DOC locator is about adults under state corrections jurisdiction, and the BCA search is about public conviction history rather than where someone is housed now.

The county jail roster page is the official source for the local roster landing page and ICE notice.

The image supports the local search path by showing that the county publishes a jail roster landing page, while detailed roster fields still must be confirmed on the live site.

Use the Freeborn County Roster

Start with the county roster, then move to phone verification when the result is unclear. Current custody can change quickly after first appearance, bail, sentence completion, transport, a court release order, or an arresting-officer release with a future court date. Normal release after first appearance may occur between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., while people completing a sentence are generally released the morning of the last day. Weekend, holiday, and evening timing can also affect whether court has occurred yet.

1. Open the official Freeborn County Jail Roster landing page.
2. Use only the fields shown on the live roster. The research crawl did not verify a complete set of search fields.
3. Check whether the person may instead be in ICE custody, state DOC custody, or no longer detained locally.
4. Call Master Control or the jail phone when the roster is down, incomplete, or does not answer a current custody question.
5. Use court records or BCA history only for case and conviction context, not as a substitute for local custody confirmation.

New arrests have their own rhythm. The Sheriff's Office materials state that new-arrest court times are Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. A first appearance may occur the day after arrest depending on charges, and in some cases not until the second day after arrest. There is no scheduled new-arrest court on weekends, holidays, or evenings. That timing explains why a newly booked person may have a jail record before the court file has much public detail.

Freeborn Inmate Search Fields

The field inventory below is intentionally narrow. The official county crawl exposed the jail roster landing page and the ICE detainee notice, but not a detailed roster form. Treat the table as a verified inventory of the access points that were visible, not as a complete list of live search inputs.

For people under state corrections jurisdiction, the DOC locator has a clearer field set. It can be searched by name or by MNDOC offender ID. DOC records apply to adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including prison and supervised-release situations. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear.

The Minnesota DOC locator is the correct tool when a Freeborn County case has led to state correctional custody.

The DOC screenshot belongs with the field table because it shows the state-level custody search that sits outside the county jail roster.

Inmate Profile Details

The county roster profile fields could not be verified from the official landing-page crawl. A live roster may show booking, charge, bond, court, or release details, but those items were not captured as confirmed Freeborn County roster fields. The safest approach is to separate verified data sources: local jail custody comes from the jail roster and jail staff, state corrections status comes from DOC, and conviction history comes from BCA.

DOC sample materials point users to Minnesota courts for case information and to BCA for criminal history. DOC also says detailed status, release date, or sentence questions may require contact with the facility or central records. That same source separation is useful for Freeborn County inmate searches: one system rarely answers every custody, charge, sentence, and case-record question.

Freeborn County Jail Contacts

The Adult Detention Center is a 138-bed direct supervision facility. The official staffing summary lists a jail administrator, assistant jail administrator, five jail sergeants, 30 line staff, two programmers, and one ICE contract administrator. Mike Stasko is listed as Jail Administrator. The same Broadway address is used for the Sheriff's Office, Adult Detention Center, Master Control, intake, and several county government functions, so the phone number matters when asking a custody question.

The court contact list also gives a jail phone of (507) 377-5267 and a Sheriff's Office phone of (507) 377-5205. Use the Detention Center or Master Control number for custody status. Use Sheriff's Records for data-practices or law-enforcement records questions.

Freeborn County Booking Process

Arrested people are typically brought to the Adult Detention Center for booking. The arresting officer completes needed paperwork and interviews, then booking begins with a Tennessen Warning. Jail staff gather demographic information, fingerprint and photograph the person, inventory property, place money into the person's jail account, and allow an initial phone call after booking. The person is searched, showered, changed into jail uniform, and held in classification until initial court appearance. Sentenced detainees are moved to an appropriate housing unit.

Release can happen through bail, sentence completion, a court release order, or an arresting-officer release with a future court date. This means the jail roster, court calendar, and criminal case file may update on different timelines. If a person was just arrested, the jail may know current custody before MCRO shows a full case history. If the person has been sentenced to state custody, DOC may become the better source after transfer and processing.

Note: The county's CodeRED app link is for emergency notifications, not for inmate lookup, warrant search, or jail records requests.

Freeborn County Visitation Rules

Freeborn County visitation is video only. The county provides lobby visitation stations in the Law Enforcement Center lobby, and online visitation is handled through InmateCanteen and Turnkey Corrections. Lobby visits are free Monday through Friday until 4:30 p.m. Online visits have a fee, but the official visitation PDF reviewed for the research did not list the rate. Minor children must be supervised during visits, and visits are monitored. Violations can end a visit or affect privileges.

Cell phones are strictly prohibited in visitation rooms. Dress rules also apply. The county lists no sleeveless tops, halter tops, tank tops, hats, shorts, mini-skirts or dresses, see-through clothing, camouflage attire, and other brief-cut or provocative clothing. Children age 10 or younger may not be allowed to wear shorts during visitation. Staff can deny a visit for inappropriate dress. For intake, release, or segregation visits, use the LEC lobby phone to contact Master Control for in-house visits, or call Intake at (507) 377-4681 for offsite arrangements.

Mail and Phone Contact

Mail must be addressed to the detainee by name at PO Box 170, Albert Lea MN 56007. All mail must be sent through the United States Postal Service. Incoming and outgoing mail is inspected for contraband. The allowed mail list includes letters, plain greeting cards, and three photos. Polaroid pictures are not allowed. Because the mail rule uses a post office box, do not send mail to the jail street address unless the jail gives a different current instruction.

Phone service is handled through Reliance Telephone. Inmate phone cards can be purchased online with a credit card through Reliance. To guarantee collect calls to a home or cellular number, call 800-896-3201. Reliance also supports opening an account and making online payments. Freeborn County Jail inmate voicemail is 507-391-9296. Phone accounts and voicemail are separate from the jail roster, so account problems should be handled through the vendor or the jail contact listed by the county.

Commissary and Money

Money can be deposited through the Turnkey kiosk in the Law Enforcement lobby of the Freeborn County Government Center. The kiosk accepts paper money and credit cards. It does not accept personal checks or coins. Money orders payable to the detainee can be mailed in. Online or card deposits use Turnkey Corrections and InmateCanteen. The official money PDF did not publish a complete commissary menu or every online fee, so current fees and rejected-payment questions should be confirmed with the provider or jail staff.

Jail programs are separate from commissary. The county materials list Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous volunteers, anger management, art, gratitude, job skills, law library, money smart, nutrition, yoga/exercise, Bible study, Spanish Bible study, music ministry, English Language Learners, GED preparation and testing through District 241, parenting, cultural communications, and other volunteer or educational programs. Program availability can change with staffing, classification, housing, and jail operations.