Find NWRCC Release Records

Where NWRCC Releases Go

Northwest Regional Corrections Center is the operating adult jail for Red Lake County. It is in Crookston and is managed by Tri-County Community Corrections for Norman, Polk, and Red Lake Counties. A person may leave NWRCC for the community after bond, a court order, dismissal, time served, or completion of a county sentence. The person may also remain in custody after leaving the building. Possible destinations include another jail, the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service, or an agency acting on a warrant. The outcome must be read from the release or transfer entry, not inferred from an absent roster name.

A community release can include local probation through Tri-County Community Corrections. A state commitment shifts the search to MNDOC. An immigration handoff shifts it to ICE, while federal designation may involve USMS and later the Federal Bureau of Prisons. These are distinct records. The permanent jail record should state when and by whose authority the person was liberated. Public arrest data can also identify the date, time, legal basis, and receiving agency for a transfer. “Liberated” means NWRCC custody ended; it does not by itself mean the person was free to leave.

Confirm an NWRCC Release

The official NWRCC roster links a date-stamped PDF and updates on weekday mornings. It shows a photo, name, incarceration date, date of birth, and controlling charge. It does not show a release date, release reason, destination, county filter, or historic release view. A present name proves only that the person appeared on that dated current-custody list. An absent name is inconclusive because the PDF may lag and several custody outcomes can remove a person.

1. Check the date on the current NWRCC roster PDF and note whether the person appears.
2. Search Minnesota VINE for the same person and read any custody-change event and listed agency.
3. Call NWRCC and ask when custody ended, under what authority, and whether another agency received custody.
4. Request the permanent jail release or transfer entry for durable proof.
5. Compare the Red Lake County court file for a bond order, dismissal, sentence, commitment, warrant, or probation entry.

Minnesota Court Records Online can explain why release was authorized, while the NWRCC entry confirms when physical custody changed. If NWRCC identifies a transfer, continue with the receiving system. The Red Lake County released-inmate search and records path compares county, state, federal, and immigration routes. Record the date of each search because the roster, VINE event, and court entry can reflect different points in the same sequence.

NWRCC Release Records Contact

Immediate custody routing and a written records request serve different needs. The main line can direct a current question, and the sergeant’s office is available around the clock. A written request to the TCCC responsible authority creates a lasting response and can seek the narrow public fields that distinguish release from transfer. No fixed local copy fee or guaranteed response time was published in the reviewed sources. Inspection of public data is generally free, while authorized actual copy costs may apply.

Ask for the full name and relevant incarceration date, the date and time NWRCC custody ended, the authority for liberation, and the receiving agency if custody transferred. A Red Lake County court file number or booking identifier can help staff match the correct entry. Provide private identifiers only to the official office. Minnesota Statutes sections 13.82 and 641.05 frame the useful public release and permanent-record fields. If TCCC does not hold an arrest-agency record, ask it to identify the responsible custodian.

NWRCC Custody and Release Scope

NWRCC is a Class III direct-supervision regional jail. It is licensed for up to 200 people and has three 60-bed housing units plus a special-management unit. The jail serves three counties and also holds contract or warrant populations. That mix matters when matching a Red Lake County record. A name on the roster is not automatically tied to Red Lake County, and the controlling charge may not identify the correct jurisdiction on its own. Use the arrest agency or the Red Lake County court file to establish the county connection.

The official NWRCC overview shows the facility identity, contact details, and regional role. The captured overview helps confirm that Red Lake County adult detainees are held at the regional facility in Crookston, not at a county jail in Red Lake Falls.

Work release and Sentence to Service are not final discharge. A participant may leave for an authorized activity, return to custody, and remain subject to monitoring or testing. Likewise, a move made to reduce crowding is a transfer, not freedom. Discipline can affect local jail good time, so a general date calculator cannot establish an individual NWRCC release date. The court sentence, jail credit, holds, facility calculation, and release entry control.

NWRCC Release Property Rules

Stored personal property is returned during the release process. If it cannot be removed then, pickup must be arranged. NWRCC treats stored property left for 90 days as abandoned and subject to disposal. A person who wants to release property or money to someone else must complete an authorization. The request generally must be submitted 24 hours in advance, and the recipient must show photo identification and sign. These steps are separate from confirming custody status.

Commissary that arrives after a release has a shorter pickup window. It may be collected for ten days. NWRCC says no refund is issued, and unclaimed goods then become facility property. Available trust funds may also be applied to a negative balance. Families should use the official property channel and confirm current instructions before traveling. No verified public release door, waiting area, or standard processing hour was found, so plans should not rely on a guessed exit time.

Note: Property deadlines do not establish when or why NWRCC custody ended; use the release entry for that fact.

NWRCC ICE Release Transfers

NWRCC specifically directs moved immigration detainees to the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. This local instruction makes a two-step check essential. First, ask NWRCC whether the person’s county-jail custody ended through an ICE handoff and request the receiving-agency data. Then search ICE ODLS using either a nine-digit A-number with country of birth or a name, date of birth, and country of birth. A no-result screen may reflect delay, spelling, incomplete data, or tool limits. It is not proof of community release.

The same care applies to an outside warrant or USMS transfer. NWRCC can identify the destination in the transfer record, after which the receiving agency becomes the right source. An ICE or federal handoff ends NWRCC custody but continues government custody. The facility’s permanent record and public transfer fields form the bridge between systems. This keeps a regional-jail release from being mistaken for freedom simply because the person no longer appears on a weekday roster PDF.

NWRCC Release History Context

Red Lake County’s former courthouse jail was removed. The current Northwest Regional Corrections Center opened in 2008, and Crookston now provides the operating regional jail service. That history explains why searches for a “Red Lake County jail” can lead to an address in Red Lake Falls even though detainees are housed outside the county. The Sheriff’s Office remains important for arrest and local records, but it is not an adult detention site.

This distinction also prevents confusion with Red Lake Nation, Lake County, or Redwood County. Red Lake County is a separate Minnesota county, and its adult jail route is NWRCC. For a local arrest, keep the sequence intact: identify the Red Lake County case, confirm the NWRCC custody change, then follow any named receiving authority. The result is a traceable release history rather than a guess based on similar place names or old commercial directory entries.

Verify NWRCC Release Records

When sources differ, compare their retrieval times. A roster created before release and a VINE event created afterward can both be accurate. Ask TCCC to clarify the underlying dated entry instead of guessing which screen is wrong. The permanent record and receiving-agency data remain the best proof of where NWRCC custody ended.