Anoka County Jail Overview
The Anoka County Jail Division is operated by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. It is the county hub for new bookings, pretrial detention, county holds, warrant processing, jail data requests, bond information, and booking-photo records. The jail holds primarily non-sentenced adults, which means many people listed there have pending court matters and have not been convicted on the charge shown in the booking record.
Anoka County describes the jail as a direct-supervision and remote-supervision facility. The roster may also show transfer notes because the county warns that people in the jail or workhouse can be moved to another jail to ease crowding. That transfer language is important. A person can still have an Anoka County case even when the current housing agency line points to another local jail or later changes after court action.
Anoka County Jail Roster Lookup
The correct lookup route for Anoka County Jail is the Anoka County Inmate Locator. It searches people currently in custody at the jail or workhouse and people released from those facilities within the county's recent release window. The locator is not a state prison search and it is not a federal or immigration detainee locator.
- Open the county inmate locator and wait for the information-current timestamp to load.
- Choose Currently in Jail for present custody, Released from Jail for recent releases, or Current and Released when the status is uncertain.
- Type at least two letters of the person's first or last name and select the matching result.
- Open the profile to check booking number, housing agency, charges, bail lines, dates, and photo records when available.
The county jail roster is the best first source for a new Anoka County arrest. If the person has been sentenced to prison, switch to the Minnesota Department of Corrections locator. If the person is in federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. Immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS, not through the jail roster unless a local hold is still visible.
The official Anoka County inmate locator page shows the public search controls and county disclaimer.
The screen reinforces that a jail lookup should start with current custody, recent releases, and the booking detail behind each name result.
Anoka County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone line for custody questions that the public roster does not answer, especially when a transfer note, hold, or release status is unclear. Older booking records, incident reports, or copies of jail data should be routed through the Sheriff's public data process rather than guessed from a stale roster screen.
Anoka County Jail Division
325 E Jackson Street
Anoka, MN 55303
763-324-5100
Fax: 763-324-5141
Anoka County Sheriff's Office
13301 Hanson Boulevard NW
Andover, MN 55304
763-324-5000
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Anoka County Jail Visits
Social visits at Anoka County Jail are video-based through ICSolutions. The county rules distinguish social video visits from professional visits by attorneys, probation officers, and court officers. Remote video visits must be scheduled ahead of time, and on-site video visitors should not arrive early or gather in the lobby. County rules also allow holidays or security needs to change or cancel visits.
| Visit type | Schedule or timing | Key rules |
|---|---|---|
| Professional visit | No fixed public hours listed | Valid professional identification is required. |
| On-site video social visit | Arrive no more than five minutes early | Two adult visitors in the video room, with children under control. |
| Remote video visit | Schedule at least 24 hours in advance | Fee-based ICSolutions visit from a compatible device. |
| Holiday or security change | As announced by jail staff | Visits may be altered, delayed, or canceled. |
Visitor conduct rules are strict. The Anoka County visiting rules bar visits when a no-contact order applies, and they prohibit nudity, gang themes, vulgar images, intoxication, sexual gestures, profanity, tampering with equipment, contraband, weapons, narcotics, alcohol, and escape tools.
Anoka County Jail Mail Accounts
Mail, phone calls, tablets, and commissary are handled through separate jail systems. Personal mail is now scanned, and inmates do not receive original social-mail contents. Phone service is through ICSolutions, while commissary and debit funding use Turnkey Corrections and Inmate Canteen. Confirm the inmate is still at Anoka County Jail before sending funds, because transfer or release can change access.
| Service | Provider or address | Important detail |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate full name, Anoka County Jail, 325 E Jackson Street, Anoka, MN 55303 | Social mail is scanned, originals are not given to inmates, and contents are disposed after 30 days. | |
| Phone | ICSolutions | Calls generally run 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; the first booked call is free. |
| Voice message | 763-575-8506 | Incoming personal calls are not accepted, but a public message option is listed. |
| Commissary | Turnkey Corrections / Inmate Canteen | Online deposits and jail lobby kiosk deposits are documented. |
| Lobby kiosk | Jail lobby | Cash and credit or debit accepted from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. |
The jail mail page lists detailed limits effective March 1, 2026, including the number of pieces scanned, photo size, envelope restrictions, and barred items such as cash, checks, stamps, blank paper, gift cards, magazines, coded content, and security-threatening material.
Anoka County Jail Booking
Booking begins after an arrest by the Sheriff's Office or a city police agency in Anoka County. The person is identified, searched, photographed, fingerprinted, medically screened, classified, and placed into a housing setting. The public roster usually becomes the first visible record once the booking enters the jail system. It may show both an arrest date and an incarceration date, which are not always the same thing.
A booking charge is not the same as a filed court charge. Prosecutors review the law-enforcement investigation and decide whether to file a criminal complaint. For filed charges, court dates, complaint documents, and later case activity, use MCRO or Anoka County District Court records. For a broader explanation of how custody and profiles work, the Anoka County inmate records page covers the roster fields in more detail.
Anoka County Jail Conditions
Anoka County planning materials add context to the jail population numbers. County materials state that the jail is licensed for 238 inmates but has been discussed as functionally housing about 180 because of building, classification, and service-space limits. A 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection snippet also noted undersized medical and intake areas and storage constraints. Those sources are planning and inspection context, not a live crowding count.
The county Jail/Warrants page states that the Jail Division operates to meet or exceed state and national standards and provides programs and services meant to meet detainee needs in a cost-effective way. Publicly documented services include video visits, phone access, mail scanning, commissary, tablet funding, property release, VINE notification information, PREA links, and records request routes.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting access, and money-account status with the jail before travel or deposit.
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