Meeker County Jail & Detention

Meeker County Jail & Detention basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 320-693-5417, 320-693-5415

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Meeker County Jail & Detention is a medium-security detention center located at 326 North Ramsey Litchfield, MN which is operated locally by the Meeker 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. Meeker County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Litchfield Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Meeker County Detention Center provides for the safe, secure, and humane detention of offenders in Meeker County.

The Detention Center construction was completed in 1999. We are licensed to house 69 inmates. We house work release inmates as well as minimum, medium, and maximum inmates. The Detention Center employs 9 full-time and 6 part-time Correctional Officers, as well as a Jail Programmer and Jail Administrator. We have a Public Health Nurse that visits the center three times a week. We have volunteers who provide GED, AA/NA, and religious services from a number of churches, as well as visits to inmates from local clergy for consoling.

Pay to Stay is a fee that is charged for any time that an inmate does in jail once they are sentenced. Time that the person spent in jail prior to their sentencing will be added to any additional time the inmate is sentenced to.

The fee for Pay to Stay is $20 per day. Payment arrangements will be made before the inmate is released.

Sentenced inmates are released at approximately 8 a.m. on their outdate. They can be picked up at the Detention Center Entrance, Door A. Please be patient with our release process.

visitation Info

Meeker County Detention Center – Visitation

Visitation Rules

• Inmates are allowed 1 visit per day, the visit will be a minimum of 20 minutes in length.
• Visitors must be 18 years old.
• Visitors must present a picture ID prior to visiting.
• Children are allowed to visit as long as accompanied at all times by an adult. A full name and date of birth must be provided for each child.
• Visitors must not have been incarcerated within the past 60 days.
• Visitors may leave cash or money orders for the inmate, all other items must be sent through the mail.
• Inmates serving weekend sentences are not allowed visitors.
• Inmates that have not made their first court appearance are not allowed visitors.
• Visits may be denied and/or terminated for any of the following reasons:
  • Eating or drinking.
  • Use of cell phones during the visit.
  • A visitor that is under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
  • A visitor that refuses or fails to produce required identification or provides false identifying information.
  • A visitor that engages in suggestive activity or inappropriate dress.
  • When conduct is deemed by correctional staff as disruptive to the order and operations of the facility or the safety and security of the facility.
  • Failing to follow facility rules or staff directives.

Rules governing visitation are subject change by the Sheriff and Jail Administration.Personal Visitation
Inmates will be allowed visits with family and friends on Thursdays and Sundays. Visiting times are:
 

Special Visitation
Special visitation times have been established to provide a longer visiting period by appointment. Those times are made available on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Reservations for a special visitation time period must be made 5 days in advance and each visitor must provide full name and driver's license or date of birth to staff at the time the reservation is made, or the visit will be denied. To make a reservation, visitors may contact jail staff by calling 320-693-5415.Professional Visitation
Professional visiting is reserved for visitors entering the detention center in a professional capacity. This may include, but is not limited to: 

• Clergy
• Probation/Parole officers
• Law Enforcement officers
• Attorneys
• Bail bondsman
• Social workers
• Medical professionals
• Mental health professionals

All professional visitors must provide proper identification. One or more of the following forms may be required; valid drivers license, state ID card, current attorney license card, and/or proper religious identification. 

Visiting Hours
Professional visitors will be allowed to visit 7 days a week during the following time periods unless exigent circumstances exist:

• 8 – 11 a.m.
• 1 – 5 p.m.
• 7 – 9 p.m.

Lockdown Periods
The following administration lockdown periods are in place where no visits are allowed, unless exigent circumstances apply, so that staff can complete the serving of meals and deliver prescribed medication to the inmates in a safe and secure fashion. 

• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• 5  – 7 p.m.
• 9 p.m. – 8 a.m.