Pipestone County Jail Overview
Pipestone County Jail is operated by the Pipestone County Sheriff's Office. The facility is listed at 416 S Hiawatha Avenue, PO Box 129, Pipestone, MN 56164, and it shares the courthouse campus area used by the district court and county offices. The Minnesota DOC inspection classifies it as a 90 Day Lockup and a secure coed local adult detention facility.
The jail holds adult pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, writ or court-hold inmates, and short juvenile holds only within rural exception limits. It is the only local detention building found in official Pipestone County sources. No separate city jail, regional detention center, state prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center was located inside Pipestone County.
That single-facility map makes the jail page especially important for local custody. Municipal police departments and towns in the county appear to route public-facing jail custody through the sheriff's jail rather than maintaining separate roster pages. Once a person leaves this facility for state prison, federal custody, or immigration custody, the lookup path changes.
Pipestone County Jail Capacity
The Minnesota DOC 2025 inspection report lists 19 secure coed approved beds and a 15.20 operational capacity figure based on 80 percent operating capacity. The report says the inspection included a walk-through, staff and inmate interviews, file reviews, video review, and facility documentation reviews.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Approved secure coed capacity | 19 beds | Minnesota DOC inspection, 2025 |
| Operational capacity | 15.20 beds | 80 percent operating capacity calculation |
| Mandatory rule compliance | 97.62 percent | 123 compliant out of 126 applicable rules |
| Essential rule compliance | 100 percent | 97 compliant out of 97 applicable rules |
| JJDPA review | 0 juveniles held or processed | 2025 audit text |
Lookup Pipestone County Jail Inmates
The correct lookup for this facility is the Pipestone County custody list. It is a free public roster, not a search form. It shows the current in-custody table with photo, MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, and charges. It does not show bond, housing unit, projected release date, or a full court calendar.
- Open the official custody list and check the "In Custody" timestamp.
- Use browser find or scan the Name column for the person.
- Read the booking number, intake date, and charge rows carefully.
- Check status labels such as SENTENCED, COURT/PENDING, or WRIT.
- If the person is not listed, check release, transfer, MNDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or the sheriff records request process.
The custody list is the official current roster for Pipestone County Jail.
The screenshot shows the roster row fields used to confirm current local jail custody.
Pipestone County Jail Address
The sheriff's office is the local contact point for jail custody, records, and the public custody list. The jail page also publishes a separate inmate message system number. Messages left through that system are not confidential, and staff do not take messages for inmates.
Pipestone County Jail
416 S Hiawatha Avenue, PO Box 129
Pipestone, MN 56164
507-825-1100
Inmate message system: 507-215-8070
Pipestone County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Keith Vreeman
Fax: 507-825-6706
507-825-1100
Email: keith.vreeman@pipestonecounty.gov
Visit Pipestone County Jail
The official jail information page publishes the visitation schedule and visitor rules. Visits are a maximum of 20 minutes, one time per day with any one person. Visitors must provide photo identification. Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Anyone with an outstanding bill with the jail is denied visitation unless payment is made until the bill is paid in full.
| Day | Hours | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Maximum 20 minutes. |
| Saturday | 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Photo ID required. |
| Sunday | 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Under 18 with parent or guardian. |
| Holidays | 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Confirm before travel. |
The jail information page is the official schedule source.
It also gives mail, phone, clothing, and PREA reporting details for the jail.
Mail and Phone at Pipestone County Jail
All mail must come through the United States Post Office, and jail staff inspect mail. The jail does not accept envelopes or mail left by visitors. Inmates may have three photos, but photos cannot include gang graffiti, unclothed persons, alcohol, or cigarettes.
| Service | Published Rule or Detail |
|---|---|
| USPS only; all mail inspected. | |
| Photos | Three photos allowed, with content limits. |
| Allowed clothing | New socks in original package, new/tagged undergarments, and white new/tagged T-shirts with no logos or prints. |
| Inmate messages | 507-215-8070; not confidential. |
| Phone cards | Purchased from the jail or Reliance Telephone. |
| Jail phone-card amounts | $10 and $20. |
| Published rate | $0.50 per minute. |
Booking at Pipestone County Jail
Booking at Pipestone County Jail includes identification, property collection, a booking record, a booking photo when applicable, MNI and booking-number entry, intake date documentation, and classification for secure coed housing. The public custody list can show the booking once the roster report refreshes.
The 2025 inspection says the jail uses video intake orientation, but inspectors found missing signed and dated documentation showing that every inmate acknowledged the orientation. Formal count and daily inspection documentation issues were also found. These are facility-condition details, not proof that any individual booking record is invalid.
After booking, the court side can move on a different schedule. A person may appear on the roster before a court case is searchable by name in MCRO, and pending cases with no conviction may require a case number search. That is why jail custody, court records, and records requests are separate checks.
Pipestone County Court Holding
The courthouse and jail share the county campus area, which matters when someone moves between custody and court. The DOC inspection says the building has a secure court holding area that is monitored whenever a juvenile is present. It also notes sight-and-sound separation, including a cell located separately from adult cells.
The jail has a rural exception allowing delinquent juvenile holds up to 24 hours excluding weekends and holidays. The 2025 JJDPA review found zero juvenile holds or processing events for the federal fiscal year reviewed.
Pipestone Jail vs Other Custody
Pipestone County Jail is not the right search tool for every person connected to a Pipestone County arrest. Sentenced felony prisoners move to the MNDOC Locator. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detainees are searched through the ICE locator. Minnesota VINELink can help with custody-status notifications where supported.
| Person's Status | Search Tool |
|---|---|
| Booked or held at the county jail | Pipestone County custody list. |
| Committed to state prison | MNDOC Locator. |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator or VINELink where available. |
About Pipestone County Jail
The official jail page publishes a PREA zero-tolerance policy. Public PREA reports may be made in person or in writing to the Sheriff, Chief Deputy, or Jail Administrator. The DOC inspection found substantial compliance overall and no JJDPA violations for 2025, but it did require the jail to begin providing voting-rights restoration notices and applications upon release under Minnesota law.
Note: Confirm custody, visit access, mail rules, and phone-card details with Pipestone County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
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