Aitkin County Jail Roster Overview
The Aitkin County Jail is operated through the Sheriff's Office at 218 1st St NW in Aitkin. Sheriff Dan Guida leads the Sheriff's Office, and the county lists Jail Administrator Karla White for the jail. The public phone numbers are 218-927-7435 and 888-900-2138. The jail and dispatch center are open 24 hours a day, while Sheriff's Administration keeps weekday office hours.
The county publishes the current inmate roster as a PDF. It is not a searchable inmate database with profile pages, filters, mugshots, bond amounts, housing units, or release dates. A browser or PDF viewer text search can help find a name inside the file, but the roster itself is a static document. For charges and case outcomes, use MCRO and District Court records after checking the jail roster.
The official Aitkin County Jail page supplies the jail's contact details, jail administrator name, and roster link.
That jail page is the strongest local source because it distinguishes the county roster and jail contact channel from broader criminal case searches.
Use the Aitkin County Inmate Roster
Aitkin County inmate lookup is handled like a document review, not like a form search. Open the PDF roster from the Sheriff's Office site, use the browser or PDF search command for a last name, and read the row and charge lines under the name. If no result appears, the person may not be in local custody, the PDF may have changed, the person may have been released, or the person may be held by a different agency.
- Open the current inmate roster PDF from the Aitkin County Sheriff's jail or inmate roster page.
- Use the PDF search function for the person's last name, then check spelling and initials if no match appears.
- Read the inmate name, booking date, agency, and charge text shown in the roster entry.
- Call the jail at 218-927-7435 or 888-900-2138 before relying on the roster for travel, bond, visitation, or release planning.
- Use MCRO for court dates and case status if the roster lists a charge that appears to be filed in District Court.
Because the roster is a PDF, it may not answer questions that many people expect from a full inmate portal. It does not show mugshots, booking numbers, booking time, bond per count, court date, holding pod, projected release date, or personal demographic fields. Those omissions are part of the public roster design, not proof that the data does not exist in jail or court systems.
Aitkin County Inmate Roster Fields
The Aitkin County jail roster field inventory is short because the public source is a PDF. There are no online form fields, no required last-name box, and no booking-number search. The usable fields are the visible roster columns and text lines in the document.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF roster | Static PDF | Not applicable | No search form fields; browser or PDF text search can be used. |
| Printed date | PDF header | Not applicable | Shows when the roster was printed or generated. |
| Inmate | Roster column | Not applicable | Last name and first name appear in uppercase format. |
| Booked | Roster column | Not applicable | Shows booking date in short date format. |
| Agency | Roster column | Not applicable | Shows the holding or arresting agency, such as Aitkin County Sheriff's Office. |
| Charges | Text lines | Not applicable | Shows statute numbers and offense descriptions below the name. |
| Total records | PDF footer | Not applicable | Shows the count of listed inmates in that PDF version. |
Note: A roster charge is custody context; the District Court case record controls filed charges, hearings, disposition, and sentence.
Aitkin County Inmate Profile Fields
The public Aitkin roster does not provide individual inmate profile pages. The profile-style field inventory below is based on what the researched roster shows and does not show. It is useful because it prevents common errors, especially assumptions that a missing mugshot, bond amount, or court date must exist somewhere else on the same page.
| Field | What it shows in the Aitkin public roster |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | No mugshot is shown in the PDF roster. |
| Demographics | No height, weight, race, sex, or date of birth is shown in the public roster. |
| Booking number | Not shown in the public PDF. |
| Booking date | Shown in the Booked column. |
| Booking time | Not shown in the public PDF. |
| Agency | Shown as the arresting or holding agency. |
| Current charges | Shown as statute number plus offense description, when listed. |
| Bond amount | Not shown per charge in the public PDF. |
| Court date | Not shown; use MCRO or the Aitkin court calendar when public and available. |
| Release date | Not shown in the public PDF. |
| Sensitive flags | No medical, protective custody, or suicide-watch flags are shown. |
Aitkin County Jail Contact Details
The Aitkin County Jail is the local custody facility for people held pending trial and after conviction or sentencing when they remain in county custody. The Sheriff's Office states that it safeguards lives and property across all 1,828 square miles of Aitkin County and provides patrol, investigation, boat and water patrol, civil process, criminal warrants, courtroom security, dispatch, and detention services.
Aitkin County Jail
218 1st St NW
Aitkin, MN 56431
218-927-7435 or 888-900-2138
Open 24 hours a day
jail@aitkincountymn.gov
Use the jail phone line before traveling, before trying to visit, or before relying on a PDF roster entry for bond or release decisions. Jail status can change faster than a saved PDF copy, and public roster fields do not include all custody-management information.
Call Before Visiting Aitkin County Jail
The official jail page reviewed for Aitkin County does not publish a detailed public visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, mail-format rule, commissary vendor, tablet vendor, phone-call pricing, or money-deposit portal. Because no current official schedule was found, visiting instructions should be confirmed by phone with jail staff rather than inferred from other Minnesota counties or private vendor sites.
| Topic to confirm | Why to call first | Official handling from research |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting hours | No current public schedule was published on the jail contact page reviewed. | Call 218-927-7435 before traveling. |
| Photo ID and approval | Visitor approval, age rules, and ID rules were not posted in the researched jail page. | Ask jail administration or dispatch. |
| Mail format | No public inmate-name or booking-number mail format was confirmed. | Call for the current format before mailing. |
| Money deposits | No official deposit vendor or portal was confirmed. | Ask the jail for current deposit methods. |
| Attorney visits | Inspection material confirms attorney/client interviews are recognized, but no public schedule was posted. | Contact the jail directly. |
Important: Do not use vendor names or visitation schedules from other counties for Aitkin County Jail.
Aitkin County Inmate Records Requests
For jail booking records not shown in the roster, use the Aitkin County Data Practices request process directed to the Sheriff's Office or jail. Public data may be inspected free of charge, and copies may have fees allowed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. If the request involves private data about the requester or another data subject, identity verification may be required.
The sheriff fee schedule in the research lists several jail and record charges. A sheriff background check is $10. Sheriff reports and ICRs are no charge for victims, while walk-in or mail copies are $0.25 per page plus postage if mailed. A booking photo copy is $5. Sheriff audio CDs are $10. Jail booking fee and pay-to-stay entries are listed separately in the jail operations research at $20 and $20 per day.
| Item | Fee or rule | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff background check | $10 | Local sheriff background check request. |
| Reports and ICRs, victim | No charge | Victim copy under the sheriff fee schedule. |
| Reports and ICRs, walk-in or mail | $0.25 per page plus postage if mailed | Incident or report copy request. |
| Booking photo copy | $5 | Booking image request when releasable. |
| Audio CD | $10 | Audio record request. |
| Jail booking fee | $20 | Jail fee schedule item. |
| Jail pay-to-stay | $20 per day | Jail fee schedule item. |
Aitkin County Inmate Lookup Alternatives
The Aitkin County jail roster covers local jail custody. It does not show all state prison, post-sentence supervision, federal custody, public criminal history, or predatory-offender public notification records. Use the correct statewide or federal system when a person is not listed in the local roster or when the record question is broader than current county custody.
The Minnesota DOC Offender Locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. The research notes that newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. The Minnesota BCA Public Criminal History Search is for public criminal history, not jail custody. The DOC public registrant search is for public predatory-offender notification records, not a jail roster. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for federal custody.
The Minnesota DOC Offender Locator is the statewide custody and supervision alternative for people under DOC jurisdiction.
Use DOC lookup when the person has moved beyond county jail custody into state correctional jurisdiction.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is separate from Aitkin County Jail and Minnesota DOC records.
That federal source is useful only when the custody question involves the federal system rather than Aitkin County or Minnesota state custody.
Aitkin County Inmate Court Context
Jail roster charges are not the final word on a criminal case. Once a charge is filed, Aitkin County District Court records can show the case number, hearing type, judicial officer, court date, plea, disposition, sentence, and probation violation events. Aitkin case numbers use the county prefix "01," with examples such as CR for criminal and VB for violations bureau or citation-style matters.
Use MCRO or the Aitkin public court calendar when the roster charge needs court context. The court calendar is a public PDF updated on business days, and lobby calendars may be more current for same-day hearings. Court Administration is the source for certified copies and official case questions. The jail can answer custody questions, but the court controls the case record.
Note: No official Aitkin County Sheriff, Aitkin Police, Hill City Police, or McGregor Police mobile app with inmate lookup was found in the official research.