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Kittson County Jail Overview

Kittson County Jail is operated by the Kittson County Sheriff's Office at the county courthouse complex in Hallock. The facility is the only official local adult detention facility identified in Kittson County's Facility Map. It serves local adult custody needs, including arrest intake, first-appearance holds, local warrants, and short commitments that fit the jail's state-approved classification.

The jail is not a state prison and should not be searched like one. The 2023 Minnesota DOC inspection report describes Kittson County Jail as a 90 Day Lockup under Minnesota Rule 2911. That classification matches a small local lockup role, not a large regional detention center. Sentenced felony prisoners from Kittson County move to Minnesota DOC custody and are searched through the DOC public locator after transfer.

Kittson County Jail Capacity

The verified capacity figures for Kittson County Jail come from the 2023 Minnesota DOC inspection report. The report lists 6 approved secure coed beds and 5.10 operational beds at 85 percent. It also records the facility type as 90 Day Lockup. No current online population counter, roster count, or local annual booking dashboard was found, so the page does not state a current jail population.

The same inspection summary recorded 100 percent compliance for applicable mandatory rules and 93 percent for essential rules. It also listed several dated corrective issues, including activities-program planning, volunteer agreements, abandoned property documentation, perimeter-security project approval, and medical follow-up concerns. Those are 2023 inspection findings, not a statement about current conditions after later review.

Look Up Kittson County Jail Custody

No official Kittson County Jail online roster or booking report was located. The correct local lookup process is phone-first, then records request, then state and federal fallback channels when the person is not in local custody. Use Kittson County jail inmate records for the full roster-search chain and the difference between jail custody and court records.

1. Call Kittson County Jail and the sheriff's office at 218-843-3535.
2. Ask whether the person is in intake, currently held, released, or transferred.
3. Ask what public booking data can be released and how to submit a records request if needed.
4. Use Minnesota VINE for release or transfer notices tied to county jail custody.
5. Search the Minnesota DOC locator if the person was sentenced to state custody.
6. Use the BOP locator or ICE locator for federal or immigration custody.

Kittson County Jail Contact

The county personnel directory gives the sheriff's office and jail address, phone, fax, and staff contacts. It lists Sheriff Matt Vig, Chief Deputy Dave Thompson, Office Manager and Jail Administrator Kelly Kukowski, and Assistant Jail Administrator Lori Bothum. Use the main phone before sending mail, money, or a visitor to the facility because local rules and officer availability control access.

The Kittson County personnel directory is the source for the sheriff's office address, fax, jail administrator listing, and staff directory. The screenshot below shows the official directory context used for the Kittson County Jail contact details.

For a formal jail-record or booking-data request, ask the sheriff's office which submission method and copying fees apply because no online Kittson sheriff request form was found.

Kittson County Jail Visitation

The sheriff's page lists Kittson County Jail visiting hours and states that visitors must call one day in advance to arrange visitation. It also states that all visiting hours are subject to officer availability. No official Kittson dress code, child-visitor rule, visit-length rule, video visitation provider, or attorney-visit page was located in the research sources, so those details should be confirmed by phone before travel.

The official sheriff's page shows the jail visiting-hour notice along with the sheriff's office phone number.

The safest visit plan is to call first, confirm the inmate is still in Kittson custody, ask what identification is required, and verify that an officer will be available during the listed period.

Kittson Jail Mail and Money

No official Kittson-specific inmate mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit provider, kiosk instructions, phone vendor, tablet program, or video-visit vendor was located. Do not assume that a third-party deposit service is valid for Kittson County Jail. Call the jail before sending funds or mail, and ask whether the inmate's full name, booking number, housing assignment, or a specific address format is required.

Booking at Kittson County Jail

Booking at Kittson County Jail begins with an arrest or commitment authority and intake by sheriff or jail staff. Minnesota law requires sheriffs and peace officers to collect fingerprints, photographs, aliases, distinctive physical mark data, and other identification data for adults admitted to jails or detention facilities. Fingerprint and identification data must be entered into the BCA-managed searchable database within the required time period unless a shorter period applies.

Typical intake steps include confirming arrest authority, identifying the person, creating a booking record, photographing and fingerprinting, inventorying property, checking medical or mental-health needs, classifying custody, arranging court appearance, and allowing phone access subject to facility policy. The 2023 inspection noted sick-call medical services and recommended nurse review of new inmate medical files for chronic or persistent conditions.

Kittson Jail and Court Records

Kittson District Court is in the same government complex but a different suite. The court is listed at 410 South 5th Street, Suite 204, Hallock, MN 56728, with phone (218) 843-3632 and Monday-Friday hours of 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The court handles criminal, traffic, civil, family, probate, juvenile, and conciliation cases filed in Kittson County.

Jail data confirms custody and booking facts. Court data confirms filed charges, hearings, case numbers, warrants, and dispositions. Search MCRO for court case records, but remember that pending criminal cases without convictions may not appear by defendant-name search. The public calendar is posted each business day and updated hourly, yet printed courthouse calendars may be more current.

Kittson Jail Inspection Notes

The Minnesota DOC adult facility inspection archive lists Kittson County Jail inspection reports. The 2023 report found substantial compliance but also named corrective items, including support-staff training documentation, a written inmate activities and programs plan, volunteer agreements, abandoned property documentation, an unauthorized construction project affecting perimeter security, and medical follow-up concerns. Those findings should be read as dated inspection material, not a current allegation about today's operation.