Fillmore County Inmate Population Overview
The Fillmore County inmate population is served by one local detention facility: the Fillmore County Jail, also described in roster language as the Fillmore County Adult Detention Center. The jail is operated by the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff John DeGeorge at 901 Houston Street NW in Preston. It holds people booked after arrest, people waiting for court action, local sentenced inmates, and limited short juvenile holds under the facility's juvenile rules. No state prison, federal Bureau of Prisons institution, or ICE detention center was located in Fillmore County in the official facility sources reviewed.
That single-facility map matters for search. A person arrested by the sheriff's office, a contracted city served by the sheriff, or a local police department is normally routed to the county jail unless a different agency has custody. The local count moves when arrests come in, when court releases or bond orders are entered, when sentenced people transfer to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, and when outside holds are resolved. For current local custody, the county roster is the starting point. For prison, federal, immigration, or notification records, separate systems are required.
Fillmore County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest current numbers for the Fillmore County inmate population come from Minnesota Department of Corrections jail inspection reports and the official live custody roster. The 2026 Minnesota DOC inspection report lists the jail as a Jail with secure coed beds, 29 designed beds, 26 approved beds, and 22.10 operational beds at 85 percent operating capacity. The official live roster showed 7 visible booking-photo rows when inspected with the header timestamp "Fillmore Jail In Custody 06-18-2026 09:53."
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Designed capacity | 29 beds | Minnesota DOC Fillmore County Jail inspection, inspected May 13, 2026 |
| Approved capacity | 26 secure coed beds | Minnesota DOC 2026 inspection |
| Operational capacity | 22.10 beds | Minnesota DOC 2026 inspection, 85 percent operating capacity |
| Current online roster count | 7 visible rows | Official live roster inspected June 18, 2026, 09:53 |
| Average daily population | Not published in current official sources reviewed | 2026 and 2024 inspection reports did not publish ADP |
| Annual bookings | Not published in current official sources reviewed | County and DOC sources reviewed did not publish annual bookings |
Fillmore County Capacity Trends
Fillmore County's population trend is less about a published average daily count and more about capacity, building limits, and classification. The 2021 jail needs assessment says the original jail was built in 1969, expanded in 1995, and later struggled with linear sightlines, housing separation, recreation, medical, intake, and support space. In February 2017, Minnesota DOC reclassified the facility from a Class III 365-day jail to a Class II 90-day lockup, which meant some longer-held inmates had to be transported to other counties.
| Year / Source | Capacity or Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Original jail built | Needs assessment describes the original building and later standards issues. |
| 1995 | Expanded and updated | Sally port, sheriff office space, and a juvenile holding area were added. |
| February 2017 | Class II 90-day lockup | DOC downgrade limited long-term detention because of building and rule issues. |
| 2024 DOC inspection | 20 approved beds, 14 operational | The 2024 inspection still listed the facility as a 90 Day Lockup. |
| 2026 DOC inspection | 29 designed, 26 approved, 22.10 operational | The jail had a current authority to operate from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2028. |
Fillmore County Inmate Makeup
The public sources do not publish a complete demographic table for the Fillmore County inmate population. The details that are public are more limited and should not be stretched into estimates. The jail is approved as secure coed housing in the 2026 DOC report. The live roster shows individual sex and age fields, but the inspected sample did not provide an aggregate race, ethnicity, age-band, or male-female population report. Charge rows showed status values such as SENTENCED and COURTPENDING, which helps distinguish local sentenced custody from a case still awaiting court action.
- Pretrial and court-pending custody - Roster rows can show COURTPENDING when court action is not complete.
- Local sentenced custody - The roster can show SENTENCED for people serving a local jail sentence.
- Coed secure housing - The 2026 DOC capacity category is secure coed, not a male-only jail designation.
- Juvenile holds - The 2026 inspection lists 6-hour delinquent juvenile hold approval and 0 juveniles processed in the reviewed period.
- State, federal, and ICE custody - No aggregate hold breakdown was published in the current official sources reviewed.
Fillmore County Jail Capacity
The current Fillmore County inmate population should be compared with the 2026 capacity numbers, not with older 20-bed language unless the date is clear. The latest DOC inspection lists 29 designed beds, 26 approved secure coed beds, and 22.10 operational beds. The operational number is lower than the approved bed count because DOC applied an 85 percent operating capacity. In 2024, before the new approval, the inspection listed 20 approved beds and 14 operational beds at 70 percent operating capacity.
The capacity change reflects a long local history. The 2021 needs assessment described a jail that had become hard to operate because housing separation, program space, fire-suppression issues, sightlines, recreation, medical space, and ADA issues were tied to the old building. The 2024 inspection still noted deterioration and the county's process of building a modern facility to meet Rule 2911. No official DOJ consent decree, jail-death litigation, or recent federal investigation involving the jail was located in the reviewed sources. Capacity, not a published overcrowding lawsuit, is the documented issue.
Fillmore County Jail Record Laws
Minnesota law explains why part of the Fillmore County inmate population is visible online and why some information must be requested through the sheriff's office instead. The roster is the fastest public source for current custody, but the county warns that the list is updated daily and may not be complete at any given moment. Older booking data, incident data, and records not shown in the current table follow the sheriff's data request process through the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office services page.
Key Statutes:
Minn. Stat. section 13.82 - law-enforcement data rules cover arrest data and state that booking photographs are public data unless temporarily withheld for an active investigation.
Minn. Stat. section 641.05 - sheriffs must keep a permanent jail record with commitment, offense, release, and related custody information.
Minn. Stat. section 241.021 - the Commissioner of Corrections inspects and licenses correctional facilities and may review buildings, records, staff, and confined people.
Minnesota Rules chapter 2911 - sets minimum standards for local adult detention facilities used for detention and confinement.
Fillmore County Booking and Conditions
A person booked into the Fillmore County inmate population moves through intake, property inventory, identification, booking photo, medical and mental-health screening, classification, phone access, and either release, first appearance, or continued detention. The inmate handbook says property is inventoried and secured, money is counted into the jail management system, and property left after release may be disposed of after 30 days. Each person booked for confinement and not released after booking is required by the handbook to pay a $20 fee, which may be taken from money on hand or received while detained.
Jail conditions and programs help explain why the capacity issue was important locally. The handbook lists limited education, GED or high-school-equivalency work, life skills, religious services, an in-house library, recreation equipment, medical requests through Mend Correctional Care, and court-approved Sentence to Serve or Community Work Service options. The 2021 needs assessment treated jail planning as a community issue because distance from jobs and support can make reentry harder. Fillmore County is a rural border county with Preston as the county seat, so transports out of the county affect families, court trips, medical care, work release, and local support.
Fillmore County State Prison Lookup
People sentenced from Fillmore County District Court can leave the local jail count and enter state DOC custody. Once that happens, the county roster is no longer the right tool. The Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Viewer searches adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who remain under DOC jurisdiction, including prison and supervision. The DOC viewer is also the better source for prison status, facility, supervision, and sentence information after transfer.
The DOC source notes that newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. That delay can create a gap: a person may be gone from the Fillmore County jail roster but not yet visible in the state public viewer. During that window, the practical chain is to check the county roster, call the jail, check the Fillmore County court case, and then search DOC again. MNDOC facility rules are separate from Fillmore County Jail rules for visits, mail, phone accounts, and money.
Search Fillmore County Inmates
The current Fillmore County inmate population is checked through the county's roster landing page and the linked live custody table. The current inmate jail roster landing page says the list shows who is in jail on any given day, is updated daily, and is not guaranteed current, accurate, or complete. The actual Fillmore Jail in-custody table is a direct table, not a search form.
Because the table has no last-name box, booking-number field, date filter, export button, or login, the normal search method is manual. A browser find command can locate a last name on the displayed page. If a name is missing, the next step is not a sheriff app. No official Fillmore County Sheriff mobile app for inmate search, warrants, or most-wanted lookup was located. The fallback is the jail phone line, records request process, MNDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE, depending on custody type.
- Open the county roster landing page and follow the "Current Fillmore County Jail Inmate List" link to the live table.
- Check the roster timestamp before relying on the count because booking and release events may occur after the update.
- Use browser find for a last name, then compare first and middle names, age, MNI, booking number, intake date, and charges.
- Read the bail and bond columns as public roster data only, then confirm with jail or court staff before trying to post bond.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail at 507-765-3874 and ask whether the person was released, transferred, or not yet posted.
- If the person was sentenced to prison, search MNDOC instead of the county jail roster.
The live roster screenshot from the official Fillmore custody table shows the direct table format used for current jail rows.
The image matches the roster research: current rows appear in a single table with booking photos, identifiers, charges, and bail or bond columns rather than a separate profile search page.
Fillmore County Current Roster
The live roster inspected on June 18, 2026, had the header timestamp "Fillmore Jail In Custody 06-18-2026 09:53" and 7 visible booking-photo rows. It is free and does not require an account. The county's warning is important: false information, a recent booking, a release after the daily update, or a transfer can make the public page incomplete for a short time. Questions about the list are routed to the jail at 507-765-3874.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search form | None | n/a | No query form; the page is a direct current-custody table. |
| Photo | Image column | n/a | Booking photo thumbnail appears; the inspected code toggled image width. |
| MNI | Table field | n/a | Master Name Index number assigned in law-enforcement records. |
| Name | Table field | n/a | Last name, first name, middle name format with varying capitalization. |
| Sex and age | Table fields | n/a | Single-letter sex code and numeric age, not full date of birth. |
| Booking # | Table field | n/a | Numeric booking event identifier. |
| Intake Date | Table field | n/a | Displayed in MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM format. |
| Charges | Nested table | n/a | Shows level code, custody or court status, statute, and short description. |
| Bail/Bond | Nested table | n/a | Shows amount with conditions, bail received, and bond received. |
Past and Released Inmate Records
The Fillmore County roster is a current-custody table. It did not show released rows, a past-booking archive, a daily booking PDF, or an official recent booking gallery in the inspected sources. If a person was recently released, transported, moved to DOC custody, or held by another agency, the absence of a name on the roster is not proof that no jail record exists. The county tells users not to rely on the roster for legal action and to call the jail with questions.
For older local booking records, use the sheriff's data request process. The sheriff services page instructs requesters to complete the top portion of the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office Data Request Form and return it to the sheriff's office or email it to bharmening@co.fillmore.mn.us. The request should identify the person, approximate booking date, booking number if known, and the specific record sought. For formal filed charges after booking, the court case is searched through Minnesota Court Records Online, not through the jail roster.
Fillmore County Inmate Record Fields
A public Fillmore County inmate record on the live roster is a custody row, not a full criminal-history file. It identifies the person in current jail custody and gives enough charge and bail data to route the next question to the jail or court. It does not show full date of birth, home address, detailed physical description, housing unit, arresting agency, court date, release date, or warrant number in the inspected public table.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | Current custody thumbnail used for identification on the roster row. |
| MNI | Master Name Index number tied to law-enforcement records. |
| Booking number | Numeric event number for a specific jail booking. |
| Intake date | Date and time the person entered jail custody. |
| Charges | Level code, status, statute citation, and a short charge description. |
| Bond amount | Amount with conditions plus bail received and bond received fields. |
| Housing unit | Not shown publicly in the inspected roster. |
| Court date | Not shown publicly in the inspected roster; use the court case record. |
County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look
Many lookup errors come from using the right name in the wrong system. The Fillmore County inmate population on the jail roster is local and current. The MNDOC population is statewide and covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections. Federal and immigration custody are separate again. A person can move from a Fillmore County arrest, to county booking, to court, to a prison sentence, and each step can leave a different public record.
| County Jail | State Prison (DOC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who Is Held | People booked after arrest, court-pending detainees, and local sentenced inmates | Adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and people still under DOC supervision |
| Run By | Fillmore County Sheriff's Office | Minnesota Department of Corrections |
| Where to Look | Fillmore County current in-custody roster | MNDOC Public Viewer |
| Stays Listed | While the person appears in current county custody | While the person remains under DOC jurisdiction, including supervision when public |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Fillmore County has no state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility within the county, but those lookup paths still matter. A sentenced state prisoner is searched in MNDOC. A sentenced federal inmate from 1982 to the present is searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. A person in immigration custody is searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which uses either A-Number and country of birth or biographical search fields. Federal pretrial custody may not appear in BOP yet.
For notification rather than a full record, use Minnesota VINE. The Fillmore County jail FAQ also lists VINE by phone at 877-MN-4-VINE / 877-664-8463 and warns not to depend only on VINE for safety. VINE is useful when a victim or family member wants custody-status alerts, but it is not a substitute for the roster, court record, DOC locator, BOP locator, or ICE locator.
The MNDOC Public Viewer screenshot shows the state locator used after a Fillmore County defendant enters DOC custody or supervision.
This separate state search is the key distinction for families who see a name leave the Fillmore County roster after sentencing or transfer.
Fillmore County Detention Facilities
Only one detention facility from the facility map receives a local Fillmore County facility page. City police contacts exist in county resource material, and the sheriff provides contracted law-enforcement services for Spring Valley, Wykoff, Ostrander, Harmony, Canton, and Mabel, but no separate official city jail roster or municipal lockup page was located. Treat local arrests as routing to the county jail unless a specific agency states otherwise for a case.
- Fillmore County Jail - the only local adult detention facility in the facility map, holding booked detainees, court-pending inmates, local sentenced inmates, secure coed housing, and short juvenile holds as allowed by DOC approval.
Fillmore County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Fillmore County inmate population?
The current official public count located for a point in time was 7 visible booking-photo rows on the live roster header timestamped June 18, 2026, at 09:53. That is not an average daily population. The 2026 DOC inspection listed 29 designed beds, 26 approved secure coed beds, and 22.10 operational beds. Current official sources reviewed did not publish ADP, annual bookings, or average length of stay.
How do I search the Fillmore County inmate population?
Start with the county roster landing page, then open the linked live in-custody table. Use browser find because the table has no built-in search fields. Compare name, age, MNI, booking number, intake date, charges, and bail or bond fields. If a name is missing, call the jail at 507-765-3874 rather than assuming the person was never booked.
Are Fillmore County booking photos public?
Current booking photos appear on the official live roster, and Minnesota Statutes section 13.82 says booking photographs are public data unless temporarily withheld because release would affect an active investigation. The county did not publish a separate recent-booking gallery or historical mugshot archive in the reviewed sources. For an older booking photo, use the sheriff's data request process.
What if someone was sentenced from Fillmore County?
Search the MNDOC Public Viewer after sentencing to state prison or release to DOC supervision. The state viewer can lag several business days after commitment, so a recent transfer may require checking the county roster, calling the jail, reviewing the court case, and trying the MNDOC search again. DOC facility rules are not the same as Fillmore County Jail rules.
Is there a Fillmore County Sheriff app for inmate lookup?
No official Fillmore County Sheriff mobile app for inmate roster, warrant, or most-wanted lookup was located in the reviewed sources. The sheriff site referenced Everbridge emergency notifications, but that is not a jail roster app. Use the official roster link, jail phone, data request process, MNDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE instead.
What do key custody terms mean?
- Booking
- The jail intake step after arrest, including identification, property, screening, and roster entry if the person remains in custody.
- MNI
- Master Name Index, an identifying number used in law-enforcement records.
- Court pending
- A roster status showing court action is not complete.
- Sentenced
- A custody status after court sentence. Some sentenced people stay local, while state-prison sentences move to MNDOC.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can affect release even if local bail is addressed.