Beltrami County Jail

Beltrami County Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 218-333-4189

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Beltrami County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 626 Minnesota Ave NW Bemidji, MN which is operated locally by the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Beltrami County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Bemidji Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Beltrami County Jail, as are all jails in Minnesota, is licensed by the state and regulated by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The facility is governed by and adheres to state statutes and rules promulgated by the Department of Corrections. The facility is inspected annually to gauge compliance in the areas of; staffing, population density, training, classification, fiscal issues, reporting, policy and procedure, and others.

The Beltrami County Jail is a podular, remote supervision facility that also has a minimum-security direct supervision unit. The facility houses both sentenced and pretrial adult male and female offenders. The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) approved capacity for the jail is 140 inmates. The DOC operational capacity for the jail is 126 inmates.

The original construction of the jail was completed in 1989, with the facility being occupied in July of that year. The initial planned capacity of 68 inmates was increased by adding 13 more available beds during construction. In 2001, the County Board, with the consent of the D. O. C., authorized the addition of 25 beds through double-bunking, bringing the capacity to 106, of these, 12 were designated as “female beds”. In addition, there were 6 temporary holding cells created for orientation and classification of new inmates.

visitation Info

Beltrami County Jail – Visitation

The public can visit inmatecanteen.com to set up an account to visit off-site through video visitation or send e-mails.

Any individual who abuses the privilege of being able to video conference with family members or loved ones will immediately lose their right to visit over the Turnkey Corrections visitation system.  Such abuse can be defined as but is not limited to, improper or malicious use of equipment, any nudity or excessive profanity, failure to respect the requests of an admin monitor, false information, and any illegal activity.