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Swift County Inmate Population

The Swift County inmate population should be read in layers. The local jail layer is the Swift County Jail in Benson, operated by the Swift County Sheriff's Office. That facility holds current local detainees, including pretrial inmates, short local sentences, court holds, arrest and detention holds, and prisoners moved for court security or transport. The sheriff page states that the office runs the county jail, handles court security, transports prisoners, manages arrest warrants issued by the court, and provides dispatch and public-safety services across the county.

The second layer is not a county jail at all. Prairie Correctional Facility sits in Appleton and is part of Swift County geography, but CoreCivic describes it as contract-dependent medium-security custody. Federal procurement materials tie it to a possible ICE detention-services contract for the Saint Paul field office. That does not make Prairie the place to search ordinary Swift County arrestees. Current county jail custody still routes to the Benson jail roster unless an official federal or immigration source says otherwise.

The state and federal layers complete the map. Sentenced felony custody after a Minnesota commitment belongs in the MNDOC Public Viewer. Federal prisoners use the BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration detainees use ICE ODLS. Minnesota VINELink can add custody notifications, but it does not replace the jail roster or the court record.

Swift County Inmate Population Statistics

The most reliable Swift County inmate population figures in the research come from the 2025 Minnesota DOC jail inspection, the live LETG roster snapshot, and the 2018 Justice Planners jail facility presentation. The 2025 inspection lists Swift County Jail as a licensed jail with 12 approved secure coed beds and 9.60 operational beds at 80 percent. The LETG roster showed five current in-custody entries when inspected on June 18, 2026 at 10:01. The Justice Planners material is useful trend context, but its future-year ADP figures are projections, not actual jail counts.

Swift County Inmate Population Trends

Swift County's trend material shows a small jail under pressure from planning assumptions, not a large published current population series. The 2022 inspection noted that the jail was built in 1985 and encouraged county officials to discuss long-term public-safety needs. The 2018 Justice Planners presentation projected future average daily population above the 2025 operational bed count listed in the later DOC inspection. That difference is a planning signal, not proof of a current overcrowding finding.

The distinction between an average daily population, a live roster count, and a planning projection is important. A live roster count can be low on one day and higher the next. ADP smooths the daily changes. A projection models future needs based on assumptions and does not prove how many people are currently held.

Swift County Jail Capacity

Swift County Jail is a small local adult detention facility. The 2025 DOC inspection lists one secure coed capacity category with 12 approved beds and 9.60 operational capacity. The 2018 planning presentation discussed a proposed 30-bed facility program with male minimum custody dorm space, medium and maximum cells, female cells, segregation or special-needs beds, visitation, booking and release, video court, health services, program services, kitchen, and laundry areas. That planning detail should not be confused with an actual current 30-bed jail.

Current population pressure also depends on classification. Small jails cannot always use every bed as if all inmates can safely share the same housing. Sex, age, charge severity, behavior, medical needs, mental-health needs, court status, and separation rules can reduce practical capacity. The research did not locate an official current overcrowding order, consent decree, DOJ investigation, or completed new-jail notice specific to Swift County Jail.

Swift County Inmate Population Makeup

The Swift County roster gives some current demographic facts, but it does not publish a full demographic report. It shows sex and age for each current listed inmate. The inspected entries were male and ranged from age 25 to 41, but that was one timestamp and should not be generalized into a county demographic trend. The roster does not show race, ethnicity, average length of stay, pretrial totals, sentenced totals, felony and misdemeanor totals, or admission and release counts.

• Pretrial and local custody: Swift County Jail holds current local detainees and local sentenced inmates.
• State prison custody: Sentenced felons committed to the Commissioner of Corrections move to MNDOC systems.
• Federal custody: BOP and ICE systems are separate from the Swift County jail roster.
• Public roster limits: Housing, arresting agency, release date, full DOB, and medical records are not shown.

Swift County Jail Record Laws

Minnesota public-record law shapes what appears in the Swift County inmate population data and what stays off the public roster. The county data page explains that Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 presumes government data is public unless state or federal law classifies it otherwise. The public can inspect public data free and may request copies, with copy charges allowed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.

Search Swift County Inmates

The Swift County inmate population is searched first through the county's LETG In Custody roster. The roster is free, public, and does not require a login. It is also list-only. There is no visible search box, dropdown, date filter, profile click, export function, or pagination. Use browser find for a name, then read the inline entry for photo, MNI, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charge lines, case numbers when present, and bail or bond values.

1. Open the Swift County LETG roster and check the timestamp at the top of the page.
2. Use browser find to search the visible current list by name, MNI, or booking number.
3. Review all charge rows under the entry because multiple charges and hold statuses can appear together.
4. Call 320-843-3133 before relying on bond, visit, release, property, or mailing assumptions.
5. Use MCRO, MNDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink when the person is no longer in local jail custody.

Swift County Inmate Search Fields

The Swift County roster fields are display fields rather than user-entered search fields. That makes the page simple, but it also means a reader must scan the current list instead of running a formal county database query. The roster includes booking photos, so the same system supports both custody lookup and current booking-photo review.

Swift County Detention Facilities

Swift County has one active local jail and one separate contract-dependent facility that must be clearly distinguished. The jail in Benson is the source for current Swift County inmate search. Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton is part of the local correctional landscape because of CoreCivic ownership and federal detention procurement, but it is not the Swift County Sheriff's Office jail.

• Swift County Jail holds current county pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, holds, and court-security or transport custody handled by the sheriff.
• Prairie Correctional Facility is a CoreCivic contract-dependent medium-security facility in Appleton tied to federal procurement, not the county jail roster.

Swift County Jail vs Prison

Current Swift County inmate population questions often start with one name and one unknown: which system has custody? The comparison below keeps the local jail, state prison, federal prison, and immigration detention paths separate.

Past Swift County Inmate Records

Past and released inmate records may not remain on the current Swift County roster. The roster title is "In Custody," and no separate historical booking archive was located in the research. For older booking data, copies, or a booking photo that is no longer visible online, use the Swift County Data Requests page and the county data request form. Jail-specific questions should still begin with the sheriff or jail line because staff can confirm the right routing before a formal request is filed.

Swift County names the County Responsible Authority as the Swift County Attorney, 211 11th St. N, Benson, MN 56215, phone 320-843-2134. The county's data-practices inventory lists several justice records that may be private or confidential, including bail evaluations, adult case files, juvenile records, inmate medical records, visitor logs, classification records, and some warrant materials. A public data request can produce public records, but it does not override those classifications.

Booking Bond Court Flow

Swift County jail population changes when bookings turn into court cases, releases, holds, or transfers. After arrest, a person may be booked at the jail, photographed, screened, assigned a booking number, listed with charges, and held for a first appearance. The roster can show BOND/BAIL SET, COURTPENDING, HOLD PLACED, and A & D HOLD statuses. Those roster terms do not always mean a person can leave if money is posted. Another case, warrant, agency hold, or court order can block release.

Court records after a jail arrest are searched through Minnesota Court Records Online and Swift County District Court. The County Attorney decides what charges are filed in court, and those charges can differ from the initial arrest or booking lines. For conviction-only statewide history, the BCA Public Criminal History Search is a separate tool with required name and date-of-birth fields.

State Federal ICE Search

No active MNDOC state prison was located in Swift County on the official adult facilities list. MNDOC lists Minnesota facilities by custody level across the state, and the Public Viewer covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who remain under DOC jurisdiction. MNDOC also warns that newly sentenced people may take several business days to display.

No active BOP institution is in Swift County. For federal prisoners, use BOP. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS or the USA.gov ICE detainee locator help page. Prairie Correctional Facility is relevant to this federal and immigration discussion because a SAM.gov opportunity described a possible comprehensive detention-services contract for up to 1,600 detainees. Until official sources confirm active custody there, Swift County inmate population copy should use contract-dependent language.

Swift County Inmate Population FAQ

How many people are in the Swift County inmate population? The live LETG roster showed five in-custody entries when inspected on June 18, 2026. The 2025 DOC inspection lists 12 approved secure coed beds and 9.60 operational beds. A roster snapshot is not the same as average daily population.

Where are current Swift County inmates listed? Current local jail custody is listed on the Swift County LETG In Custody roster. Use the jail phone when the roster does not answer a bond, hold, visit, release, or property question.

Does Swift County have jail mugshots? The live roster includes booking-photo thumbnails for current listed inmates. Minnesota law treats booking photographs as public in general, but active-investigation and privacy limits can apply.

What if the person is not on the roster? Check timing first, then search MCRO for filed court charges, MNDOC for state custody, BOP for federal custody, ICE ODLS for immigration detention, or Swift County data requests for older public records.

Is Prairie Correctional Facility the county jail? No. Prairie Correctional Facility is a CoreCivic contract-dependent medium-security facility in Appleton. Swift County Jail in Benson is the sheriff-operated local jail.