Goodhue County Adult Detention Center Inmate Lookup

Goodhue County Adult Detention Center Overview

The Goodhue County Adult Detention Center is operated by the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office as the county jail and adult detention center. It sits inside the Law Enforcement Center in Red Wing with sheriff operations and Red Wing Police functions nearby. For inmate-population purposes, this is the county custody hub. It receives people arrested by the sheriff, Red Wing Police, other Goodhue County city agencies, tribal police, state patrol, and outside agencies when a person is booked or held locally.

The facility houses people charged or convicted of crimes of all levels in Goodhue County. It can also hold sentenced local inmates, people booked on warrants, people with court or probation holds, and boarded detainees from other jurisdictions. The county's own materials explain the dividing line clearly: a sentence longer than one year typically moves to a state facility, while pretrial custody, local sentences, and current county jail roster records stay with the ADC.

The county Adult Detention Center page shows the facility's public overview, communication change, visitation details, and facility description.

That county source is the main public reference for the ADC's role, housing layout, accessibility notes, and visitor registration requirements.

Goodhue County Adult Detention Center Capacity and Population

Goodhue County has several official capacity figures, and they refer to different measures rather than one simple contradiction. The public ADC page says the facility can hold up to 90 men and women. The Minnesota DOC 2022 inspection report lists 156 approved secure coed beds and 140.40 operational capacity at a 90 percent operating level. A 2025 county inmate-communications RFP lists 155 approved beds, while the FY2025 DOC performance report lists 156 capacity.

Recent population figures are lower than those approved-bed numbers. The county RFP described current average daily population as 47 inmates and said 2024 admissions were 1,406. The 2024 Sheriff's annual report listed 1,400 bookings and an average population of 47, while the RFP described 2024 average daily population as 52. The FY2025 DOC performance report listed Goodhue's average daily population as 51.96. The RFP also identified 2017 as the high point, with an annual average daily population of 125.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Goodhue County Adult Detention Center

The correct public lookup for current ADC custody is the Goodhue County jail roster. The roster is not a search database with form fields. It is a PDF report linked from the county jail roster landing page. Open the document, check the timestamp at the top, then use browser or PDF find for the person's name. The roster can show name, intake date, bail, arresting agency, charges, status, and projected release date when available.

1. Open the Goodhue County jail roster landing page and use the Jail Roster link to reach the PDF.
2. Check the PDF's current-as-of timestamp before relying on a saved copy or screenshot.
3. Use PDF find for last name, then try partial names or alternate spellings if needed.
4. Read across the row for intake date, bail, arresting agency, charge text, status, and projected release date.
5. If a recent arrest does not appear, call the ADC/Jail Division because booking, release, transfer, alias use, or state custody can make the PDF search miss someone.

The roster landing page also warns that the information is not guaranteed current, accurate, or complete and should not be used as the sole basis for legal action. The county says true identity can only be confirmed through fingerprint comparison, which matters when names are common, misspelled, or given falsely during booking.

Goodhue County Adult Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the ADC/Jail Division number for immediate custody questions, recent bookings, roster gaps, and current visitation confirmation. The sheriff's general number is separate from the jail division line, and records requests for copies or historical records may route through the sheriff's records process rather than through the live roster.

Visiting Someone at Goodhue County Adult Detention Center

Goodhue ADC visitation is built around video visitation. The county says communications and visitation moved from Securus to Turnkey/InmateCanteen, so visitors must re-register and create new sessions through the current system. Allow about 24 hours for approval. Onsite video visits are free and take place on the second floor of the Law Enforcement Center lobby; the county notes that an elevator is available and the area is accessible. Remote video is available after approval, but the county did not publish a complete county-specific fee schedule in the research materials.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Goodhue County Adult Detention Center

Official Goodhue County sources located during research did not publish a complete ADC mail-rules page, envelope format, banned-item list, scanning policy, commissary fee table, or deposit limit table. For mail, use the facility address only after confirming current rules with the ADC. For phone and video, the county identifies Turnkey/InmateCanteen as the current communication and visitation path after the transition away from Securus. Deposit and commissary options should be confirmed inside the current account system or by calling the jail division.

Booking and Intake at Goodhue County Adult Detention Center

Goodhue County intake begins when a person is brought to the ADC after arrest, warrant pickup, court order, transfer, or boarding arrangement. Roster entries show arrests and holds from the Sheriff's Office, Red Wing Police, Cannon Falls Police, Lake City Police, Zumbrota Police, Pine Island Police, Prairie Island Tribal Police, Minnesota State Patrol, and other agencies. The public roster may show practical status labels such as bail set, court pending, sentenced, hold placed, book and hold for court, or release on recognizance.

The usual jail process includes identification, fingerprinting, booking, property inventory, screening, classification, and placement into a housing unit or booking/holding area. Goodhue's facility has six housing units, multiple cells on two levels, central dayroom areas, and secure outdoor day areas next to housing units for fresh air and sun when weather allows. The 2025 communications RFP also described 14 wall-mounted inmate phones divided between six pods and booking/holding.

About Goodhue County Adult Detention Center

The Law Enforcement Center and Adult Detention Center were completed in 2000 as part of the central Red Wing law-enforcement complex. County materials describe the ADC as a modern facility with computerized control and surveillance systems. The Minnesota DOC 2024 inspection report said the jail was clean and well-maintained, found no JJDP Act violations in reviewed documentation, and kept the jail on a biennial inspection cycle. The 2022 inspection described the jail as a secure coed facility under Minnesota Rule 2911 with no juvenile approval.

The Goodhue ADC programs page explains that program staff assess inmates after classification and offer therapeutic, educational, recreational, and redirectional programs.

Annual reports list Adult Education, Career Access, money management, recreation, library, church and Bible study, Teen Challenge, Authentic Manhood, Manufacturing 101, chaplain services, kitchen and laundry, Work Release, and Sentence to Serve. The 2024 annual report said 40 percent of the inmate population was involved in programs, the ADC became fully staffed on January 6, 2025 for the first time since 2019, and the office added security and camera work during the reporting period.