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Beltrami County Adult Correction Center Overview

The Beltrami County Adult Correction Center, also called the Beltrami County Jail in state inspection material, is operated by the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Jason Riggs. It is a Minnesota Class III secure coed local adult detention facility regulated by the Minnesota Department of Corrections under state jail standards. The current public jail address is 626 Minnesota Ave. NW, Bemidji, MN 56601.

The facility holds adults in the county system. That includes pretrial detainees waiting for court action, presentenced detainees, people serving local jail sentences, and people held for other jurisdictions. It is not a state prison, a federal prison, or an ICE detention facility. Sentenced felony prisoners from Beltrami County may later appear in the Minnesota Department of Corrections system, and federal or immigration custody must be checked through separate locators.

The county has a replacement Adult Corrections Center project at 815 Pioneer Street SE in Bemidji. County materials describe that address as the new jail project site, including the September 2024 groundbreaking. It should not be treated as the verified operating public jail address unless the county later announces that custody operations have moved from 626 Minnesota Ave. NW.

Beltrami County Adult Correction Center Capacity and Population

MNDOC inspection reports for 2024 and 2025 list the jail's Secure Coed approved capacity as 80 and operational capacity as 72. The county jail-replacement fact sheet explains the history behind the current limit: the jail opened in 1989 with 81 beds, increased to 106 in 2001 through double bunking, expanded again after a 2004 remodel, and was reduced to a maximum of 80 in 2023 because of DOC regulation changes, more violent offenders, and staffing challenges.

The FY25 MNDOC performance table separately lists Beltrami County average daily population as 70, while that same table gives an approved-capacity figure of 132 and 90 percent operational capacity. Because the inspection reports and FY25 performance table conflict on capacity, the inspection capacity is the best figure for the operating jail page and the FY25 table should be treated as a separate reporting or table difference. The 2026 inspection also states that Beltrami had no juvenile hold authority and zero juveniles entered from October 1, 2025 through May 13, 2026.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Beltrami County Adult Correction Center

The correct online lookup for current county jail custody is the Beltrami County Inmate Locator. Use it for people booked into the Beltrami County Adult Correction Center, including recent arrests and local holds. Do not use the MNDOC locator for ordinary pretrial county jail custody. MNDOC applies after a person is committed to the Commissioner of Corrections, and newly sentenced people can take several business days to display.

1. Open the Beltrami County Inmate Locator.
2. Enter the last name, then add first name, gender, or birth year if needed.
3. Review the search results and open the inmate-detail record for the matching person.
4. Confirm the person is in Beltrami County Adult Correction Center custody and review booking number, custody date, charges, bail fields, holds, court date, and the image link if available.
5. If no record appears, call the jail at 218-333-4189, contact sheriff records at 218-333-4187, or use MNDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINE if the custody stage points outside the county jail.

Beltrami County Adult Correction Center Address and Contact

Use the current public jail address for visits, custody questions, and jail-specific contact unless Beltrami County announces a move. The sheriff's Law Enforcement Center and records office are nearby but have separate phone numbers. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office page lists the sheriff campus contacts, including dispatch, records, and the jail phone.

Visiting Someone at Beltrami County Adult Correction Center

Beltrami County publishes daily visiting windows for the jail. Visits are 15 minutes, and the first visit can begin at the start time while the last visit must start on or before the end time. Lobby-kiosk visitors may visit only one inmate per day. Visitors must show ID on request, under-18 visitors need a parent or legal guardian, and all entrants can be warrant-checked and searched for contraband. Cameras are prohibited, and visits can be denied or ended for misconduct, intoxication, protection-order conflicts, safety concerns, nudity, profanity, false information, or illegal activity.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Beltrami County Adult Correction Center

Beltrami County's public jail page links InmateCanteen for off-site video visits and e-mails, and county contract links identify vendors tied to commissary, phone, food, medical, and related jail operations. The official research did not locate a current public fee table for deposits or phone rates, and it did not publish a complete mail policy or scanning rule. Confirm details with the jail before sending money, mailing items, or relying on a vendor fee.

Booking and Intake at Beltrami County Adult Correction Center

Official Beltrami sources do not publish every step of the booking process, but the roster fields and Minnesota Rule 2911 point to the local sequence. After an arrest or commitment, intake normally includes identity collection, booking number assignment, fingerprints and photograph, property inventory, medical and mental-health screening, charge or hold entry, classification, and housing assignment. The public inmate record can show custody date, booking status, booking number, physical descriptors, photo, charges, holds, court date, bail/fine, cell location, and release-eligibility fields.

The county needs assessment reported roughly 2,900 to 3,100 arrestee bookings per year before the pandemic, or just over eight bookings per day. The 2024 inspection noted that the intake area was insufficient for the annual booking volume and that intake holding cells and property storage were not integrated into the space, making that area more staff intensive. Those conditions help explain why the replacement jail project focuses on safety, programming, and modern detention operations.

History and New Facility Project

The current jail opened in 1989. County materials say a DOC Notice of Deficiency effective September 30, 2019 required substantial investment in the existing facility, and the county board later approved moving forward with design and construction of a new jail. On September 20, 2024, Beltrami County announced a September 25, 2024 ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Adult Corrections Center at 815 Pioneer Street SE in Bemidji. The county described the project as an $80 million replacement funded through a voter-approved 0.625 percent local-option sales tax.

The county's existing-jail page says options for the current 626 Minnesota Ave. NW facility remain under study, including full remodel, partial removal and remodel, or full removal with a new sallyport near the Judicial Center. The new project is intended to improve safety for staff and inmates and create better programming opportunities centered on reducing recidivism.

Records and Public Information

For current jail custody, use the roster first and call 218-333-4189 when the online result is missing or unclear. For arrest reports, booking records, citations, and related public-record questions that are not displayed online, contact the Beltrami County Sheriff's Records Division at 218-333-4187. The records office is listed as open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding state and federal holidays.

Minnesota law affects what can be released. Minn. Stat. 13.82 covers law-enforcement data and booking photographs, Minn. Stat. 13.85 covers corrections and detention data, and Minn. Stat. 641.05 requires sheriffs to keep permanent jail records. Court charges after arrest are checked through Minnesota Court Records Online or Beltrami Court Administration, while state prison custody is checked through the Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator. Minnesota VINE is available for custody and criminal-case notifications.