Locate Olmsted County Work Release Facility Detainees

Olmsted County Work Release Overview

The Olmsted County Work Release Facility, often shortened to WRF, is operated by the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office through the Adult Detention Center. County materials describe it as a minimum-security facility for people with court-ordered work release, Sentenced to Service participants, and minimum-security detainees. It also serves as the arrival point for on-site video visits for people held in the broader ADC system, which is why visitors may be sent to the WRF even when the detainee is associated with the main jail.

The WRF opened in 2003 as part of the county's detention operations. Its address is distinct from the main ADC, and its phone number is separate. Eligibility for work release is not automatic. The official work-release page says a person must be sentenced and court-ordered by a judge before WRF work-release privileges apply. If a court does not set a report date, the person usually has about 30 days to report, but WRF staff should be contacted for the actual report date.

The county work-release information page gives the reporting steps, fees, required items, work-hour limits, distance rules, and banned-property list.

The source documents the rules that make WRF different from the main ADC custody process.

Olmsted County WRF Capacity

A county volunteer profile reported 60 male and 30 female work-release beds, for a total reported WRF capacity of 90 beds. The captured official ADC overview confirms the WRF role and opening date, while the volunteer profile is the source for the male and female bed split. A separate current daily population for the WRF was not located in the captured county sources, so capacity and program role are the sourced facts to use.

The Work Release Facility is best understood as a minimum-security function within the local jail system, not a Minnesota Department of Corrections prison.

Olmsted County WRF Detainee Lookup

The correct public lookup source for a person housed through the WRF is still the Olmsted County ADC In Custody List. The roster is free, updated daily, and searchable by first name, last name, or last-name initial. It can show people with status values such as Sentenced, Pre-Trial, Warrant Arrest, Writ, Probation Violation, or Other Agency Hold. It may not label every practical work-release detail that family, employers, or the sentenced person needs.

1. Search the ADC In Custody List by name or last-name initial.
2. Review the roster entry for booking date, incarceration reason, detainee description, charges, and charge levels.
3. Call WRF at 507-328-6795 for work-release reporting questions and ADC at 507-328-6790 for urgent custody confirmation.
4. Use the Minnesota DOC locator only after a person is committed to state prison supervision.

WRF custody should not be confused with a state-prison search. No MNDOC prison is located in Olmsted County. The MNDOC public viewer is for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including many people released from prison but still under supervision.

Olmsted County WRF Contact

The Work Release Facility has its own published phone line. It is the contact point for report-date questions and work-release rules, while the main ADC remains the custody fallback for urgent status checks. The facility is also the address where on-site social video visitors report with photo identification and an ICSolutions confirmation code.

For main jail custody questions, the related Olmsted County Adult Detention Center line is 507-328-6790. The two facilities are close together downtown, but they do not serve the same public task at every moment.

Olmsted County WRF Visitation

WRF is the on-site video visitation location for Olmsted County social visits. The county's video visitation rules require ICSolutions scheduling at least 24 hours ahead. Social visits are video visits and may be monitored or recorded. On-site visitors must arrive at the WRF at least 10 minutes before the appointment with a valid picture ID and confirmation code.

The vendor page noted a $3.00 off-site visit cost during research. Current cost and connection rules should be checked with ICSolutions before scheduling.

Olmsted County WRF Fees

WRF has a more specific fee structure than a standard custody lookup page. The county states that work-release fees must be paid before working. If a person is unemployed, the county says the person may apply for Sentenced to Service instead of working in the community. These fees are part of the work-release process, not a public-record search fee.

Work-release costs should be confirmed with WRF before reporting because employment start dates, court orders, and facility rules can affect what must be paid first.

Olmsted County WRF Work Rules

The county's work-release rules are narrow and practical. Employment must fit within the WRF limits and staff verification process. Work may be no more than 40 hours per week, must be within 50 miles of the facility, and may not run more than six days in a row. WRF staff verify employer schedules, and the person is subject to random urinalysis and breath testing.

• Eligibility requires a sentence and a court order from a judge.
• The person must go to the WRF to obtain a report date.
• Fees must be paid before the person can work.
• Employer schedules are verified by staff.
• Random alcohol and drug testing applies.

These rules explain why a simple custody roster result may not answer every work-release question. A person can be listed as in custody while still needing a WRF-specific report date, payment instruction, work schedule approval, or property review.

Olmsted County WRF Mail and Money

County jail mail, phone, messaging, and deposit rules apply through the ADC system. Personal mail is digitally delivered through the jail mail address: Olmsted County Jail, inmate name and inmate number, P.O. Box 16120, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The county prohibits packages, books, magazines, blank paper, stamps, checks, gang or obscene material, odors, fluids, and stickers.

Funds can be deposited through Inmate Canteen online or kiosks at the WRF and ADC. The county's depositing funds page lists a $500 credit-card limit per detainee per 30 days. Funds may be used for video time, calls, paper, stamps, envelopes, and vending food. The county will not discuss account status with family or friends.

Olmsted County WRF Property Rules

The WRF rules include a strict banned-property list. Cell phones, pagers, tobacco, lighters, matches, vape devices, glass, tools, THC or marijuana, and drug paraphernalia must not enter the facility or must be locked up as instructed by staff. These limits are part of minimum-security management, employment release, and drug or alcohol testing.

Work release

A court-ordered jail status that lets an eligible sentenced person work under facility rules.

Sentenced to Service

A county option for qualifying people who are not working in approved employment.

Minimum security

A lower-security custody setting with strict movement, work, and property controls.

Report date

The date WRF staff give for a sentenced person to report to the facility.

Rule violations can affect work privileges, facility discipline, and custody status. The court order starts eligibility, but WRF staff enforce the day-to-day conditions.

Olmsted County WRF Context

The Work Release Facility supports the county's broader reentry and jail-management work. Work release can let an eligible sentenced person keep or obtain employment while serving local jail time, but the privilege remains tied to court approval, WRF fees, employer verification, distance limits, schedule limits, and testing. Sentenced to Service is the fallback named by the county when the person is unemployed.

The WRF is also part of the ADC's PREA framework. The ADC and WRF publish a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and sexual harassment, with reporting channels through the Chief Deputy, on-duty supervisor, dispatch, Olmsted County Victim Services, and the Sheriff's Investigations Lieutenant. PREA reporting is not a public roster feature, but it is part of the facility's operating context.