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Minnesota correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Aitkin Co. Jail 55 Local 12/31/2013
Anoka Co. Jail 221 Local 12/31/2013
Anoka Co. Work Release 90 Local 12/31/2013
Becker County Jail 68 Local 12/31/2013
Beltrami Co. Jail 98 Local 12/31/2013
Benton Co. Jail 67 Local 12/31/2013
Bethel Work Release Program 41 Private 23 Mesaba Avenue Duluth 55806 St Louis 6/30/2012
Blue Earth Co. Jail 97 Local 12/31/2013
Brown Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Carlton Co. Jail 39 Local 12/31/2013
Carver Co. Jail 69 Local 12/31/2013
Cass County Detention Center 20 Local 12/31/2013
Chippewa Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Chisago Co. Jail 43 Local 12/31/2013
Clay Co. Jail 68 Local 12/31/2013
Clearwater Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Cook County Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Cottonwood Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Crow Wing Co. Jail 165 Local 12/31/2013
Dakota Co. Jail 209 Local 12/31/2013
Damascus Way - Golden Valley 16 Private 5730 Olson Memorial Hwy Golden Valley 55422 Hennepin 6/30/2012
Damascus Way - Rochester 16 Private 1449 Fourth Avenue Se Rochester 55904 Olmsted 6/30/2012
Douglas Co. Jail 77 Local 12/31/2013
Duluth FPC 879 Federal 4464 Ralston Drive Duluth 55811 St Louis 6/30/2012
Duluth FPC 461 Federal 4464 Ralston Drive Duluth 55811 St Louis 4/2/2020
Faribault Co. Jail 30 Local 12/31/2013
Fillmore Co. Jail 13 Local 12/31/2013
Freeborn Co. Jail 97 Local 12/31/2013
Goodhue County Adult Detention Center 60 Local 12/31/2013
Hennepin Co. Adult Det. Ctr. 708 Local 12/31/2013
Hennepin Co. Workhouse 416 Local 12/31/2013
Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility 459 Private 1145 Shenandoah Lane Plymouth 55447 Hennepin 6/30/2012
Houston Co. Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Hubbard Co. Jail 45 Local 12/31/2013
Isanti Co. Jail 55 Local 12/31/2013
Itasca Co. Jail 82 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Kanabec Co. Jail 49 Local 12/31/2013
Kandiyohi Co. Jail 82 Local 12/31/2013
Kittson County Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Koochiching Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 12 Local 12/31/2013
Lac Qui Parle Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Lake County Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Lake of The Woods Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Le Sueur Co. Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Lincoln Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Lyon County Jail 44 Local 12/31/2013
Marshall Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 3 Local 12/31/2013
Martin Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Mcf-Moose Lake 1,028 State 1000 Lakeshore Drive Moose Lake 55767 6/30/2012
Mcf-Togo 30 State 62741 Co Rd.551 Togo 55723 6/30/2012
Mcf-Willow River - Challenge Incarceration 172 State 86032 County Highway 61 Willow River 55795 Pine 6/30/2012
Mcleod Co. Jail 30 Local 12/31/2013
Meeker Co. Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Mille Lacs Co. Jail 88 Local 12/31/2013
Minnesota Correctional Fac - Oak Park Heights 434 State 5329 Osgood Avenue North Stillwater 55082 Washington 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Lino Lakes 1,313 State 7525 4Th Avenue Lino Lakes 55014 Anoka 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing 43 State 1079 Hwy 292 Red Wing 55066 Goodhue 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Rush City 981 State 7600 525Th Street Rush City 55069 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Shakopee 606 State 1010 W 6Th Avenue Shakopee 55379 Scott 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - St. Cloud 1,034 State 2305 Minnesota Blvd Se St Cloud 56304 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater 1,616 State 970 Pickett Street North Bayport 55003 Washington 6/30/2012
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault 1,993 State 1101 Linden Lane Faribault 55021 Rice 6/30/2012
Morrison Co. Jail 42 Local 12/31/2013
Mower Co. Jail 60 Local 12/31/2013
Nicollet Co. Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Nobles Co. Jail 39 Local 12/31/2013
Northeast Regional Corrections Center 112 Local 12/31/2013
Northwest Regional Corr. Ctr. 142 Local 12/31/2013
Olmsted County Adult Detention Center 115 Local 12/31/2013
Olmsted County Work Release Facility 31 Local 12/31/2013
Otter Tail Co. Det. Facility 70 Local 12/31/2013
Pennington Co. Law Enf. Ctr. 39 Local 12/31/2013
Pine Co. Jail 75 Local 12/31/2013
Pipestone Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Ramsey County Adult Detention Center 345 Local 12/31/2013
Ramsey County Correctional Facility 342 Local 12/31/2013
Red Lake Tribal Justice Center Adult Detention 39 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Red Lake Tribal Justice Juvenile Detention N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Redwood Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Renville County Jail 56 Local 12/31/2013
Rice Co. Jail 38 Local 12/31/2013
Rochester FMC 981 Federal 2110 East Center Street Rochester 55904 Olmsted 6/30/2012
Rochester FMC 706 Federal 2110 East Center Street Rochester 55904 Olmsted 4/2/2020
Roseau Co. Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Rs Eden - Ashland 30 Private 532 Ashland Avenue St. Paul 55102 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Rs Eden - Metro 21 Private 444 West Lynnhurst Avenue St. Paul 55104 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Rs Eden - West 31 Private 855 7Th Street West St. Paul 55102 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Sandstone FCI 1,263 Federal 2300 County Rd 29 Sandstone 55072 6/30/2012
Sandstone FCI 1,145 Federal 2300 County Rd 29 Sandstone 55072 4/2/2020
Scott Co. Jail 122 Local 12/31/2013
Sherburne County Jail 509 Local 12/31/2013
Sibley Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
St. Louis Co. Jail 155 Local 12/31/2013
Stearns Co. Jail 138 Local 12/31/2013
Steele Co. Jail 99 Local 12/31/2013
Swift Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Todd Co. Det. Ctr. 21 Local 12/31/2013
Volunteers of America 54 Private 1771 Kent Street Roseville 55113 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Volunteers of America (Male) 64 Private 1771 Kent Street Roseville 55113 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Volunteers of America Residential Re-Entry Center (Minneapolis) 45 Local 12/31/2013
Volunteers of America Residential Re-Entry Center (Roseville) 55 Local 12/31/2013
Wabasha County Jail 30 Local 12/31/2013
Wadena County Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Waseca Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Waseca FCI 1,064 Federal 1000 University Dr, Sw Waseca 56093 Waseca 6/30/2012
Waseca FCI 692 Federal 1000 University Dr, Sw Waseca 56093 Waseca 4/2/2020
Washington County Jail 172 Local 12/31/2013
Watonwan Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Wilkin County Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Winona Co. Law Enf. Ctr. 63 Local 12/31/2013
Wright Co. Jail 144 Local 12/31/2013
Yellow Medicine County Jail 23 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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