Lookup Itasca County Jail Inmates

Itasca County Jail Overview

Itasca County Jail is operated by the Itasca County Sheriff's Office in Grand Rapids under Sheriff Joe Dasovich. The Facility Map classifies it as a county jail and local adult detention facility. It holds adult pretrial detainees, sentenced local inmates, Huber or work-release-eligible inmates when approved, and contracted county inmates when accepted. Cass County's official jail page reports a contract for 40 beds at Itasca County, so the daily population may include people held under regional arrangements as well as Itasca County cases.

The jail is inspected under Minnesota local adult detention standards. Minnesota DOC 2025 inspection search text states the facility is a Class III local adult detention facility under Minn. R. 2911, with no juvenile hold authority and no secure juvenile processing. The same inspection search text reported a JJDPA audit with no violations and a corrective action tied to prescription-medication accounting procedures.

Itasca County Jail Capacity

Minnesota DOC's 2025 Itasca County Jail inspection search text gives the strongest public capacity figures. It lists designed capacity at 194 beds, approved capacity at 179, and operational capacity at 170. MNDOC performance-report search text lists a 2022 jail average daily population of 209.11 for Itasca County. Those figures come from different records and years, so they should be cited separately rather than treated as a live occupancy count.

Search Itasca County Jail Inmates

The correct public lookup for this facility is the sheriff's Itasca County Inmate Search. It is a county jail roster, so it covers current local custody. It does not replace the MNDOC locator for prison custody, the BOP locator for sentenced federal prisoners, or ICE ODLS for immigration detention. If a person is newly booked or recently released, the roster may not answer every timing question.

1. Open the official Itasca County Inmate Search.
2. Enter a name in the Type to Search box.
3. Use pagination if the result is not on the first visible roster page.
4. Open View Charges or the profile path when available.
5. Use VINELink from the roster card for custody-status notification.
6. If no record appears, call the jail or Records Division, or search MNDOC if the person may have been sentenced to prison.

The official Itasca County inmate search screenshot shows the roster layout used for Itasca County Jail inmate lookup.

The roster cards show why current custody, booking photos, charge links, and VINELink notices belong in one local lookup workflow.

Itasca County Jail Address and Contact

County directory and sheriff sources list the jail and sheriff's office at the same public address in Grand Rapids. Use the jail phone for custody and facility questions. Use Records Division for public-data and booking-record questions during business hours. The sheriff main public phone is separate from the jail phone.

Visit Itasca County Jail

Itasca County Jail uses non-contact video visitation through TurnKey Corrections and Inmate Canteen. On-site video visits use public lobby kiosks and are free. Off-site visits run through Inmate Canteen and are fee-based. The sheriff visitation page says visits are not allowed if the inmate has not moved into a housing unit or is on discipline for violating jail rules.

Visitors must be 18 or older. Visits can be monitored, denied, suspended, or ended for attire, language, noise, suspected intoxication, behavior, or safety and security concerns. Inmates may refuse visits. Violations can lead to loss of on-site and off-site visiting privileges for up to one year.

The Itasca County Contact An Inmate screenshot shows the official phone, video visitation, and visit-rule page used by the jail.

The official page is the best source for current visitor rules before traveling to the jail or scheduling a remote visit.

Phone, Voicemail, and Money

Reliance Phone Company handles phone and texting service. Calls out of the jail are prepaid or collect. Inmate voicemail is listed at 218-212-3210, and Reliance account setup is listed at 800-896-3201. Commissary and deposits are handled through Inmate Canteen, with credit card and cash deposits also available at the sheriff's office kiosk for people without internet access.

Booking at Itasca County Jail

Booking begins when an arresting agency brings the person to Itasca County Jail. Jail staff verify identity, conduct searches, inventory property, create the booking record, take a booking image, collect fingerprints when required, ask medical and mental-health screening questions, and classify the person for housing. Minnesota jail rules require written intake policies and emergency medical information within two hours of admission.

The roster may list the person after intake, but no official refresh rate was published. A person may not be eligible for visits until moved into a housing unit. Booking charges are not the final court case. Itasca County court records after a jail arrest appear in MCRO after charges are filed by the prosecutor.

Itasca County Huber Work Release

Huber Law is one of the clearest Itasca-specific jail programs documented in the research. The sheriff's Huber page says the jail may allow gainfully employed inmates to continue work in the community if the sentencing court grants Huber status and the jail qualifies and approves the inmate. The page recommends submitting the Huber application before commitment begins so staff can verify information and avoid delays.

The official Itasca County Huber Law screenshot shows the local work-release page and application context.

Huber status is not automatic. It depends on a court sentence and jail approval, so inmates should not report for custody assuming work release has already been granted.

Itasca County Jail Records Requests

For booking records, photos, or public data not shown on the roster, use the sheriff Data Request link or the county GovQA portal. Minnesota public-records rules make many jail and law-enforcement records public, but active investigations, sealed records, juvenile restrictions, and safety rules can limit access. Records Division at 218-327-7472 is the best documented local phone fallback for public-data questions.