Traverse County Detention Role
Traverse County Sheriff's Office operates the Traverse County Detention Center in Wheaton. For Stevens County readers, the facility is important because the official Traverse County roster PDF dated June 18, 2026 included a person held for Stevens County Sheriff Office. That roster entry makes the detention center a practical serving or regional jail channel for at least some Stevens County holds. It should not be described as a Stevens County jail, and it should not be treated as a full substitute for calling Stevens County Sheriff's Office when an arrest began in Stevens County.
The Traverse sheriff page states that the county Law Enforcement Center and Jail opened in July 2007, houses up to 11 inmates, and is staffed by a jail administrator plus communications and corrections officers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The related corrections page says the jail provides intake and processing for adults and juveniles, holds people pending trial or court disposition, houses people sentenced by the court to one year or less, and supports work release, Huber, and sentence-to-serve housing.
The official Traverse sheriff page is the source for the facility's capacity, opening year, and staffing statements.
Those published details make Traverse County Detention Center different from the Stevens County sheriff contact page, where no standalone jail capacity or jail schedule was published.
Traverse County Jail Contact
Families checking a Stevens County hold should confirm which agency controls the case and which jail has physical custody. A Traverse roster entry may list an agency such as Stevens County Sheriff Office in the held-for or agency field, while the person is physically housed at Traverse County Detention Center. That distinction affects calls, visits, mail, money, release questions, and transport.
Traverse County Detention Center
203 7th Street North
Wheaton, MN 56296
320-422-7800
Staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Use the jail phone for physical-custody questions, visit availability, mail instructions, deposit options, and whether a dated roster entry is still current. Use Stevens County Sheriff's Office for Stevens County booking and records routing, especially when a person was arrested by a Stevens County agency or needs transport to Stevens County District Court.
Traverse County Capacity
The official Traverse County sheriff page gives a clear capacity statement that Stevens County sources did not provide for their own corrections office. Traverse County says the jail houses up to 11 inmates. The June 18, 2026 roster PDF listed five total records and included one observed Stevens County Sheriff Office hold. That is a point-in-time roster count for Traverse County, not a Stevens County average daily population or annual booking figure.
The count can change after release, transfer, court action, or a new booking. Roster PDFs are useful snapshots, but they are not a promise that the same person is still in custody when the file is opened later.
Search Traverse County Inmates
The official online path starts at the Traverse County inmate roster landing page, which links to the current roster PDF. The PDF is not a database search form. There is no county search field, dropdown, required input, login, profile button, or pagination. Use browser find to search the PDF for a last name, first name, city, agency, or charge text, then call the detention center before acting on a result.
- Open the official Traverse County inmate roster landing page and use the linked roster PDF.
- Search inside the PDF with browser find, usually Ctrl+F or Command+F.
- Check the name, booking date, held-for status, agency, bail field, sentence end date, and charges.
- Call Traverse County Detention Center if the person appears on the roster or if the PDF date is old.
- Call Stevens County Sheriff's Office when the record lists Stevens County Sheriff Office as the holding agency.
The official roster landing page screenshot shows the public entry point for the PDF roster used in Stevens County custody research.
The roster page is useful because it points to an official file, but the PDF should still be treated as a snapshot rather than a live booking counter.
Traverse County Roster Fields
The inspected roster showed a public list format rather than individual inmate profile pages. Visible fields across the Traverse roster included front mugshot, last and first middle name, address, age, booking date, held-for status, agency, conditional bail amount, sentence end date, and charge text with statute language. The observed Stevens County entry was held for another agency and listed Stevens County Sheriff Office as the agency.
| Roster Field | What It Shows | Use With Care |
|---|---|---|
| Front Mugshot | Booking photo column in the roster format | Text extraction may not preserve image content |
| Name and Address | Identity and listed residence details | Confirm common names by age and agency |
| Booking Date | Date the person entered the roster cycle | Not the same as a court filing date |
| Held For and Agency | Reason or agency controlling the hold | Critical for Stevens County holds |
| Conditional Bail Amount | Amount or bond type when shown | Call before paying because holds may block release |
| Charges | Statute and offense text on the roster | Court charges may later change in MCRO |
For court filings, use Minnesota Court Records Online. A roster can show booking charge text or warrant authority, while the court record shows filed charges, hearings, orders, and disposition when the case is public and remotely accessible.
Who Traverse County Holds
Traverse County Communications/Corrections describes broader detention duties than the Stevens County page. It states that corrections staff provide intake and processing for adult and juvenile arrestees, house inmates pending trial or disposition, house people sentenced to one year or less, and support work release, Huber, and sentence-to-serve. Those categories explain why a regional jail can hold people under different legal authorities at the same time.
The corrections page also states that communications and corrections staff handle intake and fingerprinting functions. Fingerprinting for licensing, job applications, adoption, or other purposes is listed as a service, with the jail phone used for assistance. That service detail is separate from inmate lookup, but it confirms the role of the communications and corrections staff in daily facility operations.
The Traverse Communications/Corrections page is the source for the detention categories and intake role.
That source supports calling Traverse a regional custody channel for Stevens County searches when an official roster or sheriff confirmation points there.
Traverse County Visit Rules
Traverse County official sheriff and corrections pages do not publish a detailed visitation schedule, in-person visiting days, video visiting vendor, dress code, visitor approval rule, child visitor rule, attorney visit process, or lockdown notice process. Because the facility is staffed at all times, the practical next step is to call before planning any visit. Do not rely on third-party jail directories for visiting hours.
| Topic | Published Status | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No schedule located in official pages | Call 320-422-7800 first |
| Video visits | No vendor located in official pages | Ask whether video visits are offered |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule located | Use the jail phone for current procedure |
| Visitor items | No public list located | Confirm before bringing phones, bags, documents, or payment cards |
If the person is a Stevens County hold, court transport and release authority may involve Stevens County even when the physical visit would occur in Wheaton. Confirm both physical location and controlling agency before travel.
Traverse County Mail and Money
Traverse County did not publish inmate mail formatting, commissary vendor details, phone-account vendor details, tablet rules, money-deposit fees, or online funding links in the official pages inspected. The correct approach is to call the detention center before mailing anything or placing funds with any vendor. This is especially important for Stevens County holds because the person may be moved for court, released, or transferred.
| Service | Official Detail Located | Required Check |
|---|---|---|
| No public inmate mail format located | Confirm address format and allowed items | |
| Phone | Jail phone number is published | Ask about inmate-call setup and any vendor |
| Money deposit | No public deposit vendor located | Confirm accepted method and fees |
| Commissary | No public commissary schedule located | Ask whether commissary applies to the inmate's status |
Never send cash or packages based only on a private lookup site. Use the holding agency's current instructions, the inmate's correct name, and any booking or roster identifier the jail gives you.
Transfers Beyond Traverse County
Traverse County Detention Center is a local or regional jail setting. It is not a Minnesota state prison, a federal BOP institution, or an ICE detention facility. After a felony sentence to state prison, a person may move into the MNDOC Public Viewer system, which covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and can lag for newly sentenced people. Federal sentences and older federal custody records use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. Immigration custody uses ICE ODLS, which searches by A-number or biographical details.
Lookup distinction: Traverse County roster records local jail custody; MNDOC, BOP, and ICE searches cover different legal systems and should not be merged.
For a Stevens County criminal case, custody and court records can also split. The Traverse roster may show the hold and booking data. Stevens County District Court or MCRO may show the filed case. Stevens County Sheriff's Office can explain whether the person remains a Stevens County hold, while Traverse can explain physical custody at the detention center.
Traverse County Records Law
Minnesota public access rules apply to regional jail data as well as county sheriff records. Minn. Stat. 13.82 covers law enforcement data, including public booking photographs unless a specific exception applies. Minn. Stat. 13.85 covers corrections and detention data, with limits for medical, psychological, safety-sensitive, financial, and unrelated personal information. Minn. Stat. 241.021 and Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 set the state inspection and minimum-standards framework for local adult detention facilities.
- Regional hold
- A person is housed in one county jail while another agency or court controls the case or hold.
- Conditional bail
- A court-set release amount or condition that may appear on a roster record.
- Sentence to serve
- A local custody or service program category used by some Minnesota jails for court sentences.
- Huber
- A work-release style custody status that may allow approved work while serving a local sentence.
When a roster record lists a Stevens County agency, requesters may need to contact both the physical jail and the originating agency. Traverse can answer custody and facility procedure questions. Stevens County can answer local booking, records routing, and court-transport questions for Stevens County authority.
Confirm Traverse County Custody
Traverse County Detention Center is useful in Stevens County inmate searches because it supplies the official roster path that showed a Stevens County hold. Still, the roster is only one access channel. The best current method is to combine the PDF roster, the jail phone, Stevens County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota VINE, MCRO, and the state or federal locators when the facts call for them.
Do not assume that a person remains at Traverse County because an older PDF listed them there. A release, court transport, transfer, probation action, sentence end date, or new hold can change custody fast. Call before traveling, mailing items, sending funds, or telling another person that someone is still confined.
Note: Call Traverse County before visits, mail, or deposits, and call Stevens County when the roster lists Stevens County authority.