The Yellow Medicine County Inmate Population
The local share of the Yellow Medicine County inmate population is held at the Yellow Medicine County Jail in Granite Falls. The jail is run by the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office, and it is the ordinary booking point for adults arrested in Granite Falls, Canby, Clarkfield, Echo, Wood Lake, and other county communities. The roster counts people who are in local jail custody now, including pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, warrant holds, and boarders when accepted by the sheriff.
That count is not the same as every person with a Yellow Medicine County criminal case. Once a defendant is sentenced to Minnesota prison, the lookup changes to the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Viewer. Federal prisoners use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration detainees use the ICE detainee locator. The county roster is the best current source for local jail custody, but it is not an archive of all past bookings or a statewide prison population report.
Yellow Medicine County Inmate Population Statistics
Official public statistics for the Yellow Medicine County inmate population are narrow. The strongest capacity figure comes from Minnesota DOC adult detention inspection material, which lists 36 approved rated beds and states that operating capacity may not exceed 80 percent of approved capacity, or 28.8 inmates. The county's active roster supplied a one-day public snapshot during research, but no annual booking count, average daily population, average length of stay, or multi-year jail demographic dashboard was located in official sources.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Approved rated capacity | 36 beds | Minnesota DOC inspection report index, accessed 2026 |
| Operating-capacity caveat | 80 percent of capacity, or 28.8 inmates | Minnesota DOC inspection language, accessed 2026 |
| Visible roster count | 15 booking-number rows | Yellow Medicine County in-custody roster, timestamped June 18, 2026 |
| County population context | 9,528 residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2024 estimate |
Yellow Medicine County Jail Population Trends
The public record is better for a point-in-time Yellow Medicine County jail roster than for a long trend line. Research found no official county annual report with average daily population, annual admissions, release totals, or demographic breakdowns for several years. That matters because a roster count is not a trend. A busy court week, warrant sweep, weather-related transport delay, or transfer schedule can change the number without proving a long-term rise or fall.
| Year | Population Figure Located | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | No ADP located | Jail handbook was available, but it did not publish annual jail population statistics. |
| 2024 | 36-bed approved capacity, 28.8 operating threshold | Capacity figure, not an average daily population count. |
| 2026 | 15 visible roster rows on June 18, 2026 | One public roster snapshot, not a year-long crowding measure. |
Capacity still gives the Yellow Medicine County inmate population a useful frame. The 15-row roster snapshot was below both the 36-bed approved rated capacity and the 28.8 operating threshold, but that sentence should be read only for that inspection moment. No official county source reviewed reported a recent jail construction project, consent decree, closure, or major crowding litigation tied to the facility.
Who Makes Up the Yellow Medicine County Inmate Population
The current roster gives person-level fields, not a broad demographic report. Public rows show age and sex, plus booking number, intake date, charge detail, case or statute numbers where listed, and bail or bond columns. The roster did not publish a public summary by race, ethnicity, age band, pretrial status, sentenced status, felony level, misdemeanor level, average length of stay, or held-for-other-agency count.
- Pretrial and local sentenced custody appear on the county jail roster while the person remains in Yellow Medicine County Jail custody.
- Age and sex are visible on roster rows, but no countywide demographic chart was found.
- Charge type can be read from the charge cell, yet the roster is not a felony-versus-misdemeanor dashboard.
- State prison custody moves out of the county roster and into the Minnesota DOC Public Viewer after a DOC sentence.
Laws Governing Yellow Medicine County Inmates
Minnesota law explains why part of the Yellow Medicine County inmate population is visible while medical, juvenile, investigative, and security information is not. The county also uses a local data-practices process for copies of booking records and jail data that are not shown on the live roster. The public can inspect public government data for free, while copies may carry charges under county policy and state law.
Key Statutes:
Minnesota Statutes section 13.03 gives the general public-access rule for government data unless another law classifies the data differently.
Minnesota Statutes section 13.82 governs law-enforcement data, including public arrest, booking, and response data, with limits for restricted records.
Minnesota Statutes section 641.05 requires the sheriff to keep a jail register, which supports local jail custody records.
Minnesota Rules chapter 2911 sets local adult detention standards for classification, safety, discipline, health, supervision, and records.
Minnesota Statutes section 241.021 gives the Minnesota DOC inspection and licensing authority over correctional facilities.
Search Yellow Medicine County Inmates
The official Yellow Medicine County in-custody roster is a county-hosted HTML table. It is not a commercial people-search site, and it does not work like a portal with a name field, filters, or a profile page for each person. The practical Yellow Medicine County inmate search method is to open the roster and use the browser find command to search a last name, first name, booking number, statute number, offense term, case number, or intake date if it appears in the table.
- Open the in-custody roster from the sheriff or jail page.
- Confirm the heading shows a Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office in-custody report.
- Use browser find to search the page by name or another visible field.
- Read the row for photo, MNI, booking number, intake date, charges, and bail or bond.
- If the person is missing, check the jail phone line, court records, the DOC locator, VINELink, BOP, or ICE, depending on the case.
For a detailed roster walkthrough, the Yellow Medicine County jail inmate records page breaks down the same public table field by field. A person who has just been arrested may not appear immediately, and the county roster does not post a refresh schedule.
Yellow Medicine County Roster Fields
The roster search-field table is short because the county roster has no visible search form. That is a local feature, not a missing step. The page is browsed like a live report, then searched inside the browser.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| None visible | Not applicable | Not applicable | The roster is a public HTML table, not a form-based portal. |
| Browser Find | Browser text search | Optional | Search name, booking number, statute, case number, offense, or intake date when visible. |
The county roster screenshot in the manifest comes from the official in-custody roster and shows the table format used for current custody records.
The image reflects why browser find is the useful search method: the roster is a visible custody table with photos and booking fields, not a separate search screen.
What Yellow Medicine County Inmate Records Show
A public roster row can show a booking photo, MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charge details, court file numbers, statute numbers, status language such as sentenced or boarder, and bail or bond details. It does not show medical data, classification notes, detailed identifiers, or housing unit. The absence of a field is important. If housing, release time, or an arresting agency is needed, the jail phone line, court record, or a data-practices request may be the right next step.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo | Front-facing booking thumbnail when the county displays one. |
| MNI | Master-name index number used in local records. |
| Booking Number | County booking identifier for the jail entry. |
| Intake Date | Date and time the person entered jail custody. |
| Charges | Offense text, statute or court file number, and custody wording where shown. |
| Bail / Bond | Amount with conditions, bail received, and bond received columns. |
County Jail vs State Prison Lookup
The Yellow Medicine County inmate population on the jail roster is local. It covers people booked into the county jail before court, people serving short local terms, and people held on warrants or agency holds. The Minnesota DOC Public Viewer covers sentenced state prisoners and people under DOC supervision. The DOC facility list did not show a state prison located in Yellow Medicine County, so there is no separate state-prison facility page for this county.
| Custody System | Who It Covers | Lookup Tool |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Pretrial, warrants, local sentences, accepted holds | Yellow Medicine County in-custody roster |
| State prison | Sentenced felony prison custody and DOC supervision | Minnesota DOC Public Viewer |
| Federal prison | Federal sentenced prisoners and some former federal inmates | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration detention | Many adult immigration detainees | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
The Minnesota DOC Public Viewer screenshot captured for this project shows the statewide search path that applies after a county case becomes DOC custody.
Use that state locator only for DOC custody or supervision, not for a new Yellow Medicine County jail booking.
Past Yellow Medicine County Inmate Records
The roster appears focused on current custody. No public retention window, released-in-last-24-hours tab, historical booking search, or archived mugshot gallery was found. If a person has left custody, start by checking Minnesota Court Records Online for the criminal case, then use the county data-practices process for copies of public booking data that the sheriff holds. The public request should identify the person, date range, record type, and any booking or case number known.
The county data-practices page and forms explain that public data can be inspected for free, while copies may be charged under the county fee schedule and actual-cost rules. The county policy does not give a fixed response-day count in the research file, so the accurate wording is that requests are handled in an appropriate and prompt manner under Minnesota data-practices rules.
Yellow Medicine County Detention Facilities
The Facility Map identifies one local detention facility. No separate city jail, work-release annex, regional jail, federal facility, ICE detention center, or state prison was found inside Yellow Medicine County. Adult arrests from county communities route through the county jail pathway rather than a public city-jail roster.
- Yellow Medicine County Jail - county jail operated by the Sheriff's Office for local adult custody, pretrial detainees, local sentences, warrants, and accepted holds.
Yellow Medicine County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Yellow Medicine County inmate population?
The public roster showed 15 booking-number rows at the June 18, 2026 inspection. The jail's approved rated capacity is 36 beds, with a DOC inspection caveat that operating capacity may not exceed 80 percent of that figure, or 28.8 inmates. Treat the roster count as a single-day snapshot.
How do I search the Yellow Medicine County inmate population?
Open the county in-custody roster and use browser find to search a name, booking number, statute, offense, or case number. The roster is a public table with no visible search form, filter, export button, or profile-page link.
Can I get notified about release?
VINELink Minnesota is available for custody notification when a participating agency sends data. VINELink is not a replacement for the county roster, the jail phone line, or court records.
Are mugshots part of the roster?
Yellow Medicine County roster rows display booking-photo thumbnails where available. The Yellow Medicine County jail mugshots page explains public-photo limits, data-practices requests, and expungement questions.