Renville County MN Jail

Renville County MN 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: 320-523-3600, 320-523-1161

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Renville County MN Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 105 S. 5th St., Suite 210 Olivia, MN which is operated locally by the Renville 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. Renville County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Olivia Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

All mail coming into or going out of the Renville County Jail is subject to search and inspection.

To send mail to an inmate, it should be addressed as follows:

(Inmate's Full Name)
C/O Renville County Jail
104 4th Street S.
Olivia, MN 56277

Privileged mail is incoming inmate mail from attorneys or other officers of the court, the MN Department of Corrections, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons or elected officials. While still subject to search, this type of mail will be opened in the presence of the inmate to whom it is addressed.

General Mail Restrictions

All mail, incoming or outgoing, not classified as "privileged", will be searched for materials disallowed by jail policy and inspected for content prior to delivery. Examples of mail that will not be delivered include, but are not limited to:

-Mail intended for a person with an Order for Protection, Harassment Restraining Order or other no contact order against the inmate
-Sexually explicit materials, photographs, writings or drawings
-Gang-related materials or reference
-Suggestions or plans to commit criminal activity
-Letters containing foreign materials such as stickers (including stamps), perfume, etc.
-Mail containing or written in code
-Mail encouraging or suggesting violence

PLEASE DO NOT MAIL CASH TO AN INMATE.

visitation Info

Renville County Jail – Visitation

On-Site Visitation Hours:

Sunday – Saturday:   1:00 PM to 4:30 PM  &   6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Fridays:  NO EVENING VISITS

Visitation with inmates in the Renville County Jail can occur using two methods:

Off-Site Visitation (visiting an inmate from your home)
From your home computer (must have camera and microphone) or tablet.  Off-site visitations are 20-minutes in length.  Off-site visitations carry a fee of $.39/minute.  

On-Site Visitation 
By coming to the Renville County Sheriff's Office.  Visitation will still occur via video visitation, but with equipment at the Sheriff's Office.

Visitation Rules:
Visits will be granted on a first come, first served basis.
Visitation for pre-arraigned inmates may be restricted.
All on-site visitors must present a photo ID and are subject to a background/warrants checks.
Full name and date of birth must be provided for all juvenile visitors.
No visitation allowed for anyone with an active arrest warrant, regardless of extradition limits.
One adult visitor per visitation station.
Juvenile visitors must be accompanied by an adult.
One juvenile visitor, accompanied by one adult, per visitation station.
On-site visits are limited to 20 minutes in duration.  
Additional visits are allowed, but you must check in again to assure that nobody else is waiting for a visitation station.    
No person under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance will be allowed to visit. 
No person who is disruptive or considered dangerous is allowed to visit.
Visitors may not wear sexually inappropriate or revealing clothing. 
No nudity, vulgarity, lewdness or other inappropriate conduct is allowed. 
No yelling or offensive language is allowed.  Visitors/Inmates must speak in a moderate tone of voice.
All visits are recorded and may be monitored live.

(Other than for clergy and attorneys of record, no in-person visitation is allowed.)