Ramsey County Jail Roster
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office names Bob Fletcher as sheriff and states that the office is organized into Administration, Court and Security Services, Detention Services, Public Safety Services, and Regional Services. The sheriff page links booking and warrant searches and says Adult Detention Center booking reports and active arrest warrants are searchable online. For jail custody, the primary official source is the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center roster.
The official ADC roster story page is the county online roster. Its Socrata metadata describes the roster as searchable public records for individuals who may have been received by, are currently in, or have been released from the Adult Detention Center, commonly called the jail. The roster covers the last 90 days, including the current date. The metadata lists the department as Sheriff and the frequency as daily, while the story page has displayed a 30-minute update notice, so the cautious reading is that it is updated regularly with official metadata listing daily frequency.
The manifest source for sheriff context is the official Ramsey County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff source ties the jail roster to county detention services rather than to District Court case files.
What Ramsey Inmate Records Cover
Confirmed custody coverage is narrow but useful. The ADC roster covers people who may have been received by, are currently in, or have been released from the Adult Detention Center during the last 90 days. It is not a statewide prison index. It is not a certified court record. It is also not a promise that a person in intake will appear right away. The official metadata warns that people may be in the intake or booking process and not listed until assigned a booking number.
After booking, the court side can move on its own track. Arrest leads to intake at ADC, booking number assignment, roster appearance once processed, first appearance or hearing scheduling through Ramsey County District Court, and bond or bail decisions by the court. Custody status belongs in the ADC roster. Charges, hearings, disposition, sentencing, and probation activity belong in MCRO and District Court records.
The manifest source for the roster itself is the Ramsey County ADC roster.
The roster source is the correct first stop for recent county jail custody, not for final case outcomes.
Use the Ramsey County Roster
The roster is hosted as a Socrata story/open data asset rather than a simple case-search screen. The research did not locate a public row-level API with complete inmate profile fields, so search expectations should stay modest. Start with the official roster story page, search or filter by name if the interface exposes that control, and remember that a missing person may still be in intake.
- Open the official Ramsey County Adult Detention Center roster story page.
- Search or scan by name using the visible roster or page controls.
- Check whether the record falls within the last 90 days of custody coverage.
- If the person was just arrested, allow for booking-number assignment before assuming there is no record.
- Use MCRO Case Search for charges and court hearings after a roster match.
For court follow-up after an arrest, use MCRO Case Search. For current or sentenced state prison and supervision status, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections search rather than the county roster.
Ramsey County Roster Fields
The official research captured only a partial roster field and search inventory. That matters because the page should not invent detailed profile fields such as housing unit, release date, or bond amount unless the official source exposes them. The safe field table is based on the Socrata metadata and roster story coverage.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Story search / roster interface | Site search or table controls | Unspecified | Official story page is not a simple open tabular API endpoint. |
| Name | Likely text/search | Unspecified | Roster covers persons received by, in, or released from ADC. |
| Date coverage | System rule | Not applicable | Last 90 days including the current date. |
| Booking number | System assignment | Not applicable | People may not appear until a booking number is assigned. |
| Department/frequency | Metadata | Not applicable | Sheriff department; daily frequency in Socrata metadata. |
The manifest source for metadata is the Socrata metadata for the ADC roster.
The metadata confirms roster scope and frequency without supplying every row-level inmate profile field.
Ramsey Inmate Profile Limits
The research did not expose a complete official inmate-profile field list through the API or a detail page. Because of that, a conservative field inventory is more accurate than a padded one. The confirmed facts are the custody group, 90-day coverage, booking-number timing, Sheriff department ownership, and regular update metadata. Charge-level and court-event facts should be verified through court records after the person is identified.
| Confirmed Field or Rule | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Received by ADC | The roster may include individuals received into the Adult Detention Center. |
| Currently in ADC | The roster may include people presently held in the county jail. |
| Released from ADC | The roster may include people released within the 90-day coverage window. |
| Last 90 days | The metadata describes records available for the last 90 days including the current date. |
| Booking number assignment | A person in intake may not appear until a booking number has been assigned. |
| Sheriff department | The dataset is maintained under the Sheriff's Office metadata. |
Important: Do not treat an absent roster match as proof that no arrest occurred while intake may still be underway.
Ramsey County ADC Contact
The Adult Detention Center is associated with the Law Enforcement Center and jail area at 425 Grove Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101. The research did not locate a current official public ADC phone line in accessible jail page text. Court hearing questions tied to the Law Enforcement Center and Criminal and Traffic Court go through 651-266-1999, while the general District Court phone is 651-266-8266. Those court numbers should not be treated as an inmate-services desk.
Ramsey County Adult Detention Center
425 Grove Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Court hearing questions: 651-266-1999
Official current ADC public phone line was not located in the research.
The safest contact approach is to start with the official Sheriff's Office and ADC roster pages for custody records, then use court phone numbers only for court hearings, missed appearances, charges, and scheduling.
County Jail vs DOC Custody
Ramsey County inmate records cover county jail custody. A person sentenced to state prison, placed under state supervision, or listed as a fugitive in the state correctional system may appear through the Minnesota Department of Corrections instead. The DOC search is the correct statewide channel for individuals and fugitives in that system. It is not a replacement for the ADC roster for recent county bookings.
The manifest source for statewide custody context is the Minnesota DOC individual and fugitive search.
Using both systems prevents confusion between county pretrial custody and state sentenced custody.
Booking and Court Records
Booking is not the end of the record trail. After an arrest, intake occurs at the ADC, a booking number may be assigned, and the person may appear in the roster once processed. Court appearances then move through Ramsey County District Court. MCRO may show the criminal case, charges, hearing date, warrant activity, disposition, sentence, and later probation activity. The court file is where charge status and outcomes should be checked.
For arrest-to-charge details, Ramsey County records are split across offices. The Sheriff's Office holds jail and warrant sources, the County Attorney handles many prosecution decisions, and District Court maintains the case record. If a roster match is tied to an open case, review the case number in MCRO or contact the District Court Records Center for copies. If the person missed court, the judge may order a warrant, license consequences for traffic cases, or forfeiture of posted bail or bond.
Ramsey ADC Visits and Services
Official budget material says Ramsey County Detention Services operates the Adult Detention Center as a pretrial detention facility that houses people after arrest until lawfully released. It also states that Detention Services offers medical care, dental care, mental health support, phone calling, video visiting, programming, and educational opportunities. The budget book notes facility projects including suicide-prevention barriers, central control updates, open booking upgrades, lobby control and video visitation building upgrades, and public health medical and sanitation updates.
Current visitor schedules, dress code, remote visit prices, mail address format, commissary provider, deposit limits, and official inmate-services phone line were not found in accessible current county page text during the research pass. Those gaps should stay visible because publishing an old or third-party schedule could send a visitor to the wrong place or cause an avoidable fee.
| Topic | Confirmed Official Detail | Gap / Caution |
|---|---|---|
| Facility | Adult Detention Center / county jail at the 425 Grove Street court and jail area. | Current public inmate-services page URL was not located. |
| Visit type | Video visiting is referenced in county budget material, and a lobby video visitation upgrade exists. | Do not publish schedule or price without current official confirmation. |
| Phone calls | Detention Services offers phone calling. | Provider and rates were not confirmed from official text. |
| Medical and mental health | Medical care, dental care, and mental health support are offered. | Do not describe sick-call steps without a source. |
| Programming | Programming and educational opportunities are offered. | Specific program list was not located. |
| No current official mail rule found in the captured sources. | Confirm format before sending mail. | |
| Money / commissary | No official current provider or fee schedule found in the captured sources. | Do not use third-party deposit claims as official Ramsey policy. |
The manifest source for ADC facility oversight context is the Minnesota DOC Ramsey ADC licensing order.
That licensing source is facility context, not a visit schedule, so service details still need current official confirmation.
Booking Data and Public Access
Jail records sit in a different legal lane from court records. Minnesota Statutes section 641.05 is relevant to jail register context, while the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and section 13.82 govern public and restricted law-enforcement data. Ramsey County's Data Practices Request process can be used for county-held sheriff or administrative data not visible online, subject to state and federal limits. That process does not replace MCRO or certified court copy requests.
The manifest source for jail register law is Minnesota Statutes section 641.05.
This statute supports jail-record context while the roster remains the practical Ramsey County online lookup.
Restricted data can include personal identifiers, safety-sensitive material, ongoing investigation data, juvenile records, sealed records, and other nonpublic classifications. For court charges after an arrest, use the court file. For custody status, use the ADC roster. For sheriff records that are not posted, use the county public-data request route.