Lake of the Woods Jail Roster
The official Lake of the Woods County jail page is the Detention Center/Jail page. It did not expose a conventional public web jail roster search form in the captured source material. Instead, the county directs users to the jail phone number, VINE, Reliance Telephone, visitation rules, bail posting rules, and warrant verification instructions. That means a Lake of the Woods County inmate lookup should start with the real channels the county publishes, not with an unofficial roster site.
The Lake of the Woods County Sheriff's Office and jail are at the Government Center law-enforcement suite in Baudette. The sheriff page identifies the Sheriff's Office as the county law-enforcement agency and links to the jail, records, civil process, warrants, gun permits, patrol, and other services. Sheriff Gary Fish is identified in official Minnesota sheriff materials and in the 2024 DOC jail inspection context. For current custody, call the jail at (218) 634-1143 or use VINE when custody-status notification is the goal.
The county Detention Center/Jail page is the official local source for detention-center procedures.
Because the county page supplies service channels instead of a roster form, phone, VINE, Reliance, and records requests do more work than a name-search box here.
Search Lake of the Woods Inmates
Use the channel that matches the custody question. Current local custody is different from a sentenced state-prison record, a public conviction history, or a pending District Court case. A person arrested in Lake of the Woods County may appear in jail custody, in a court case after charges are filed, in VINE notification data, or later in DOC data if sentenced to state custody.
- Call the Lake of the Woods County jail at (218) 634-1143 for local custody and visitation scheduling questions.
- Use VINE for custody-status changes and criminal-case information linked by the county jail page.
- Use the Minnesota DOC Public Viewer for sentenced adults in state prison or DOC supervision.
- Use Minnesota BCA Public Criminal History for public conviction history, not custody status.
- Use MCRO Case Search for the court case after charges are filed.
- Use a sheriff records request for public booking, incident, or report data not available through the other channels.
VINE is the custody notification service linked by the county jail page.
VINE can help with custody updates, while jail staff remain the local phone fallback for Lake of the Woods County inmate questions.
Lake of the Woods Custody Fields
No official Lake of the Woods online roster profile was available to inspect, so no mugshot, pod, booking-number, release-date, or bond field should be promised as a county web result. The source-based field inventory below reflects the custody channels the research confirmed. VINE fields were not fully visible from the local page, and DOC fields apply to state custody rather than the county jail.
| Search Channel | Field or Input | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jail phone | Name and identifying details | As requested by staff | Best for current local custody checks. |
| VINE | Person or custody record search | Not fully inspected | County says VINE provides custody-status changes and criminal-case information. |
| VINE phone | 1-877-664-8463 | Optional | TTY service is 1-866-847-1298. |
| DOC Public Viewer | First name, last name, or MNDOC Offender ID | One or more fields | Searches sentenced adults and DOC supervision, not county jail booking. |
| BCA history | First name, last name, date of birth | Yes | Shows public conviction history, not inmate custody. |
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Custody status | Whether a person is reported in custody or has a custody-status change through VINE. |
| Criminal case information | Case context tied to the custody record when available through VINE or MCRO. |
| DOC Offender ID | A state corrections identifier for sentenced adults in DOC systems. |
| DOC location | State facility or supervision location where DOC data is public. |
| BCA conviction data | Offenses, courts of conviction, conviction dates, and sentencing information for public history. |
| Sheriff report data | Public law-enforcement data released through the Records Division when not restricted. |
Lake of the Woods Jail Facility
The county jail is part of the Lake of the Woods County Law Enforcement Center at the same Government Center campus as District Court and other county offices. Research did not locate an official public capacity number, so capacity should not be inferred. The 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection report lists jail inspection methods such as facility walk-through, staff and inmate interviews, file reviews, video review, and documentation review. It also notes the requirement that inmates be personally observed by custody staff at least once every 30 minutes, with staggered checks and documented missed checks when an emergency prevents a check.
Lake of the Woods County Jail
206 8th Avenue SE, Suite 300
Baudette, MN 56623
(218) 634-1143
Visits must be approved and scheduled in advance.
Note: No official sheriff mobile app with app-only inmate lookup, warrant search, or records request was located.
Lake of the Woods Inmate Calls
Lake of the Woods County Jail uses Reliance Telephone for inmate phone calls, texting, video calling, visitation, and wallet funding. At intake, the jail page says an admitted person receives a communication device and one free calling card. The device lets the inmate place collect calls or calls paid through the communication wallet, and it gives the inmate a unique phone number that can receive incoming calls and text messages.
Reliance also offers a pre-booking option for people preparing to serve a sentence. Through Reliance pre-booking, a person can import personal contacts from a cell phone into the Reliance communication account before reporting to jail. The county page did not publish phone/video pricing, commissary details, a money-deposit kiosk, or scanned-mail rules. Call the jail before mailing items or trying to deposit funds outside Reliance's stated wallet process.
The Minnesota DOC public registrant search is a statewide source for qualifying public-notification records.
Statewide DOC and registrant searches are separate from Reliance, but both help distinguish custody status from communication services.
Lake of the Woods Jail Visitation
All social visits must be approved and scheduled in advance. The jail page says visitation approval and time slots can be handled through Reliance Telephone or by calling the jail at 218-634-1143. Visitors must register with their name and relationship to the inmate, provide government-issued photo identification, and may be asked for information used for a background check. Refusing requested background-check information can lead to denial of the visit.
| Day | Hours | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Approval and advance scheduling required. |
| Monday | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Approval and advance scheduling required. |
| Tuesday | 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Approval and advance scheduling required. |
| Wednesday | No regular hours found | Call jail before planning a visit. |
| Thursday | 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Approval and advance scheduling required. |
| Friday | No regular hours found | Call jail before planning a visit. |
| Saturday | No regular hours found | Call jail before planning a visit. |
Social visits are non-contact and subject to recording. People under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Visits may be limited to 20 minutes if others are waiting, and the jail may refuse or end a visit. Attempts to bring contraband or weapons can lead to arrest, prosecution, and loss of visiting privileges.
Lake of the Woods Professional Visits
Attorney and clergy visits are treated differently from social visits. The jail page says professional visitors such as attorneys and clergy may visit at any reasonable hour, and those visits are not audio recorded. Families should not use recorded social calls or visits to discuss confidential defense details. Criminal-case information after charges are filed belongs in District Court records, while custody logistics belong with the jail.
For pending criminal cases, MCRO may show filed charges, hearings, disposition entries, and financial information if the record is public and remotely accessible. A person looking for the full court case after booking should use Lake of the Woods County criminal court records rather than treating the jail custody channel as the final outcome.
Lake of the Woods Booking Records
For booking, incident, or report data that is public but not shown through VINE or DOC, use the Sheriff's Office Records and Data Practices page. The county says a Public Data Request Form is available online or in the sheriff office lobby. Requests can be sent by email to LE.Records@co.lotw.mn.us or mailed to the Records Division at the sheriff's office address.
The records page asks for an incident number when known. If no ICR is available, provide the date, time, location, and names of people involved. Fees listed by the sheriff include $5.00 for CDs or DVDs, $0.25 per page for the first 100 pages of public data records, and $0.50 per page for pages 101 and beyond. Cash, check, and money order are accepted; credit and debit cards are not accepted.
Important: The sheriff does not release reports created by the State Patrol, Medical Examiner, or another outside agency.
Statewide Inmate Record Searches
The Minnesota DOC search page and DOC Public Viewer are for sentenced adults and DOC supervision records, not the Lake of the Woods County jail roster. DOC search can include all names associated with a person's convictions, so results may show aliases or name history. The DOC system also connects to public registrant search for qualifying predatory-offender notification information.
The DOC Public Viewer is a statewide sentenced-offender search source.
Use DOC when the question is state correctional custody, and use the county jail phone when the question is current local custody.
The Minnesota DOC search information page explains broader individual, fugitive, and registrant search options.
Those statewide tools fill gaps that the local jail page does not cover, but they should not be read as a live Lake of the Woods County jail roster.
Lake of the Woods Jail Release
Bail and work release are separate from inmate lookup, but they often explain why a custody record changes. If bail has been set during normal business hours, the jail page says cash bail or a bail bond may be posted at Court Administration. After hours, weekends, and holidays, bail can be posted at the Sheriff's Office. Exact bail is required, and personal checks, credit cards, and debit cards are not accepted.
Huber/Work Release is the main local alternative-sentence program found in official research. Participation must be approved by the sheriff. Eligible sentenced people may keep current employment while serving a jail sentence. Local sentences cost $25 per day, while Lake of the Woods residents sentenced in another county but approved to serve locally pay $45 per day. A seven-day work schedule on employer letterhead is required, work may not exceed 12 hours per day, and baseline breath or urine testing before the first work assignment costs $10.