Douglas County Jail Roster
The Douglas County inmate roster is the confirmed local online lookup for current jail records. It is sorted by name and supports both alphabet browsing and keyword search. Research captured a roster view showing 30 results, with each visible entry carrying booking and charge data rather than a full correctional profile. The roster is useful for current custody checks, but it is not a full criminal case record and it is not a statewide prison search.
The jail is operated by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Troy Wolbersen. The jail page lists local custody topics such as arrest process, booking, warrants, mail, bond, visitation, programs, medical services, PREA, inmate telephone calls, inmate property and money, work release, and volunteering. Official capacity was not located in the researched sources, so capacity should not be inferred.
The jail administration image comes from the Douglas County Jail Administration page.
The jail page is the best hub for custody services that sit outside the roster itself.
Use Douglas County Inmate Search
The roster accepts simple searches. Because the public entries are brief, exact spelling and broader keyword searches can both help. A current booking may also connect to a court case, especially when the visible charge is tied to a District Court filing. For the full court path after arrest, the court charge file is separate from the jail record.
- Open the county inmate roster and browse by the first letter of the last name or use the keyword search.
- Compare the full name, booking date, booking time, charges, arresting agency, and status.
- Call the jail when custody status, bond, release, or visit eligibility must be current.
- Search MCRO if the visible charge appears to have become a District Court criminal or traffic case.
- Use the sheriff records request process for public booking or incident data not visible online.
For charge filing and case status after booking, use the local court path for Douglas County arrest records and court charges.
Douglas County Roster Fields
The jail roster search fields are lean. The public page does not publish date-of-birth filtering, booking-number lookup, housing-unit lookup, or charge-category filtering in the captured text. That makes direct jail contact important when two people have similar names or when a current hold, bond, or release is not clear from the roster entry.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search by Name | Alphabet filter | Optional | A-Z letter links browse the roster by name. |
| Search by Keyword | Text | Optional | Keyword search; no minimum character rule was located. |
| Pagination | Link controls | Not applicable | Roster shows result count and pages when needed. |
| Back | Link or button | Not applicable | Returns to the prior roster view. |
The roster source image comes from the Douglas County inmate roster.
The public roster is built for quick current-custody checks, not deep history research.
Douglas County Inmate Profile Fields
The researched Douglas County roster showed booking-level details. One observed entry listed a full name, booking date, booking time, DWI and traffic-related charges, arresting agency, and status. Other observed statuses included Court Pending and Sentenced. The public text did not show mugshots, booking number, height, weight, eye or hair color, race, sex, date of birth, cell or pod, bond by charge, court date, release date, or magistrate name.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Full name | Name of the person listed on the current jail roster. |
| Booking date | Date the person was booked into Douglas County Jail. |
| Booking time | Time connected to the booking entry. |
| Charges | Booking-level charge descriptions shown on the roster. |
| Arresting agency | Agency connected to the arrest, such as Alexandria Police Department in the observed example. |
| Status | Custody or case status labels such as Bail Set, Court Pending, or Sentenced. |
Douglas County Jail Contact
The jail, sheriff administration building, and courthouse are different downtown Alexandria locations. That distinction prevents misdirected trips. Jail custody, inmate visiting, bond, and custody-status questions go to the jail. Sheriff incident and booking records requests go to the Sheriff's Office records division. Court hearings, certified court copies, and filed criminal case questions go to Douglas County Court Administration at the courthouse.
Douglas County Jail
509 3rd Avenue W
Alexandria, MN 56308
320-762-2139
Capacity not located in official sources.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Records
216 7th Avenue W
Alexandria, MN 56308
320-759-6225
Records requests may be made in person, by fax, mail, or email.
Douglas County Inmate Records Requests
The sheriff records fallback matters when a current roster entry does not answer the question. Douglas County's records page uses Minnesota law-enforcement data classifications, including public data not on individuals, public data on individuals, private data on individuals, nonpublic data, confidential data, and protected nonpublic data. The Request for Information form can be emailed, faxed, mailed, or dropped off. Private information must be requested in person.
The records division phone is 320-759-6225, email is records@co.douglas.mn.us, and fax is 320-762-1038. The researched form states that Records Division has up to ten business days. Request fields include date submitted, incident date, case number if known, type of report, involved parties, location, requester information, and delivery method. Not every booking, incident, or investigative detail will be public.
Note: A jail roster entry is a custody record, while the criminal complaint and sentence are court records.
Douglas County Jail Visitation
Douglas County Jail visiting is appointment-only. The researched jail visiting page says visitors need access to a computer and the Internet and links to Inmate Canteen for the jail visitation link. The page separates on-site and off-site schedules. Details can change, so the jail should be contacted before travel, especially for holidays, discipline restrictions, medical restrictions, or release changes.
| Visit Type | Days | Times |
|---|---|---|
| On-site | Tuesday | 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. |
| On-site | Thursday | 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. |
| On-site | Sunday | 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Off-site | Daily | 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. |
The official page did not publish dress code, ID requirements, child visitor rules, pricing, approval-list rules, denial reasons, or holiday exceptions in the captured text. It links to a TurnKey visitation brochure, but that brochure was not captured during research. Use the jail phone before a visit when those details matter.
The visitation source image comes from the Douglas County jail visiting page.
The page confirms that visits are scheduled through the jail's visitation system rather than by walking in without an appointment.
Douglas County Inmate Mail
Mail is a separate contact channel from visits and phone calls. The jail mail page says all inmate mail must be sent through the U.S. Postal Service. Use the inmate's full name, Douglas County Jail, 509 3rd Avenue West, Alexandria, MN 56308. Mail for transferred or released inmates will be returned to sender if a return address exists. Without a return address, it will be destroyed.
- Incoming and outgoing mail is scanned and inspected for contraband.
- Do not send cash through the mail.
- Consumable items from outside the jail, including food and beverages, are not allowed.
- Contraband and pornographic materials are not allowed.
- Examples of contraband include stickers, glitter, glue, gang graffiti, gel-pen writing, and lewd images.
The jail mail source image comes from the Douglas County jail mail page.
The mail rules are useful when a roster result is current but the sender needs the right custody contact path.
Douglas County Inmates Beyond Jail
State and federal tools do not replace the Douglas County jail roster. The Minnesota DOC Public Viewer is for state-supervised offenders, such as prison or supervision records, and is separate from a current county pretrial roster. The BCA criminal-history search is also separate because it is a criminal-history record, not a live jail custody list. Federal custody is searched through the Bureau of Prisons when a person is in federal rather than county custody.
The DOC source image comes from the Minnesota DOC Public Viewer.
The DOC viewer is useful after a case moves from local custody into state correctional supervision.
The federal custody source image comes from the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
The federal locator applies to federal inmates and does not show a person held only in Douglas County Jail.
Douglas County Sheriff App
The Douglas County Sheriff app is documented in the research as a public-safety connection tool. Store listings say it supports crime reporting, tip submission, interactive features, and public safety news or information. No app-only inmate lookup was confirmed. For inmate search, the official county jail roster remains the confirmed channel, with the jail phone used for current custody, visitation, and bond questions.
Money and commissary details also require current jail confirmation. The visiting page links to Inmate Canteen, and the jail section has inmate property and money material, but deposit limits, kiosk instructions, phone deposit numbers, commissary ordering schedule, tablet program terms, and phone or video prices were not captured in the official text. Call 320-762-2139 or use the official Inmate Canteen link for current terms before sending funds.
Note: Use the app for sheriff communication features, not as a substitute for the verified Douglas County jail roster.