Why This Reference Exists
Minnesota makes many arrest, custody, and release facts public, but those facts sit in separate systems. The Washington County Sheriff records a local jail release. The Minnesota Department of Corrections operates an offender search for people in prison or still under state supervision after prison. Washington County Community Corrections handles much local parole and probation work, while the federal Bureau of Prisons maintains its own locator. This site organizes those distinct paths, official sources, and request steps without treating them as one database.
What Readers Can Find
The content is organized around the record or status a reader needs to verify.
- The home page provides the full released-person search and Washington County release-record request path.
- Focused resources cover release date lookup, VINE inmate checks, and post-release supervision.
- Separate facility pages explain the custodian, address, phone, and correct release route for each Washington County detention facility.
- County roster and booking-report steps are kept distinct from the statewide MNDOC public locator.
- Official request routes explain how to seek a jail summary, release data, or booking photograph.
Limits of This Site
Washington County Released Inmates is privately operated. It has no connection to a Minnesota sheriff, jail, corrections department, court, or other government agency.
- We cannot release, detain, or transfer a person.
- We cannot post bond, arrange a visit, or send funds for a reader.
- We do not provide legal advice.
- We cannot promise that a phone number, fee, address, or portal has not changed.
Only the Sheriff, MNDOC, court, or other record owner can confirm custody, charges, release, supervision, or the current contents of an official record.
Independent Search Partners
Some pages contain search boxes supplied by outside providers. Those providers control their own results, data practices, and prices. If a search tool leads to a paid subscription or purchase, this site may receive a referral fee. That support helps keep the public reference pages available without charge, but it does not give this site control over a partner's service.