Jail
Inmate Visiting Instructions
Starting 3/1/2021
Visitors must schedule all visits with the Program Coordinator at 763-691-2456
Visiting hours are Wednesday 9:00AM-4:30PM, Friday 9:00AM-2:00PM, and Saturdays 1:00PM-9:00PM.There will only one visitor allowed per scheduled time, with the exception that an underage person will visit with a legal guardian.
Renovations
The Isanti County Jail and Work Release are parts of the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office. Isanti County added on to the former jail that was built in 1984. In 2005 the addition was finished. The former jail housed 39 prisoners. The new addition has the potential to house 112 prisoners. In 2006, our jail personnel booked over 2,100 people into our facility.
County Revenue
To help raise revenue for the county, we work to house up to 20 out-of-county prisoners at a rate of $55 per day. The jail consists of male and female prisoners. We have medium security, maximum security, Work Release (our "Huber" and STS/Sentence to Serve units), and a kitchen.
Staff
The jail staff consists of:
- One Assistant Jail Administrator
- One Jail Administrator
- Twenty-Eight Correction Officers Full Time/ Part Time
- One Program Coordinator
- Seven Court Security
- Two Sergeants
Summit Food Service
In 2012 a contract was awarded to the A'viands Food Management company to manage the food service operation in the Isanti County Jail. The food service staff consists of one full-time Food Service Director and two part-time Cook Supervisors. On a daily basis the food service staff is augmented by one to two inmate workers.
In 2013 the food service staff prepared 51,981 inmate meals, 4,370 staff meals, and 2,444 bag breakfast/lunches for Sentence to Serve and Work Release inmates.
In keeping with progressive philosophies in modern corrections, the Isanti County Jail offers a variety of voluntary self-improvement opportunities for inmates. Our jail's program coordinators arrange educational courses, chemical-dependency treatment, and religious service opportunities for inmates.
Programs Included
Some of these programs include GED classes, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, and nondenominational religious services.
Typical inmate cell features:
- Double Occupancy
- Mirror
- Stainless Steel Toilet/Sink Combination
- Stainless Table
Inmate Visiting Instructions
Starting 3/1/2021
Visitors must schedule all visits with the Program Coordinator at 763-689-2456
Visiting hours are Wednesday 9:00AM-4:30PM, Friday 9:00AM-2:00PM, and Saturdays 1:00PM-9:00PM.There will only one visitor allowed per scheduled time, with the exception that an underage person will visit with a legal guardian.
Renovations
The Isanti County Jail and Work Release are parts of the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office. Isanti County added on to the former jail that was built in 1984. In 2005 the addition was finished. The former jail housed 39 prisoners. The new addition has the potential to house 112 prisoners. In 2006, our jail personnel booked over 2,100 people into our facility.
County Revenue
To help raise revenue for the county, we work to house up to 20 out-of-county prisoners at a rate of $55 per day. The jail consists of male and female prisoners. We have medium security, maximum security, Work Release (our "Huber" and STS/Sentence to Serve units), and a kitchen.
Isanti County ensures that deaf and hard-of-hearing inmates have full and equal enjoyment of its services, privileges, facilities, advantages and accommodations, and it will provide auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication with these inmates. Free sign language and oral interpreters, TTYs and other services are available to deaf and hard-of-hearing inmates.
Additional Information
Ask us for help or contact the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Coordinator for the Isanti County Jail at 763-689-2141.