This is a private reference site, not a Wadena County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone from jail, post bond, pull official booking records, or verify a court file for you. Custody, release, bond, and record questions must go to the Wadena County office or state or federal agency that maintains the record.
Where to Ask About Custody or Records
For local jail and sheriff records, start with the Wadena County Sheriff's Office and Wadena County Detention Facility. Sheriff Michael D. Carr's office and the jail are at 415 S Jefferson Street, Wadena, MN 56482. The jail and sheriff main phone is 218-631-7600, and the jail fax is 218-631-7699. The records and civil process phone is 218-632-6059, with fax 218-632-6057. Public data requests may be sent to wcso.records@wcmn.us, and the county data request page is https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/544/Data-Requests. Records and civil process hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays. For court files, call Wadena County District Court at 218-631-7633. For prosecutor information after charges are filed, the Wadena County Attorney's Office phone is 218-631-7739.
- For someone held in the Wadena County Detention Facility, use the jail inmate records page and the county roster landing page at https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/204/In-Custody-List.
- For booking photos shown with the public custody report, review jail roster mugshots and then request any non-roster record through the sheriff's data request process.
- For charges and hearings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact Wadena County District Court when a court file or hearing date must be confirmed.
- For facility-specific details, use the Wadena County Detention Facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Minnesota state prisoner, search the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator at https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/.
- For a federal inmate or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator, because those records are not controlled by the Wadena County jail.