Traverse County Jail Overview
Traverse County Sheriff's Office operates Traverse County Jail, also described in official material as the Traverse County Law Enforcement Center/Jail. For Grant County, Minnesota, the key point is jurisdictional. The research did not locate a Grant County-owned adult jail in the Minnesota Department of Corrections adult inspection archive, and the current Traverse roster showed a person held for the Grant County Sheriff Office with Grant County District Court bail language. That makes Traverse County Jail the documented serving jail for at least some Grant County arrestees, even though it is not a Grant County facility.
The jail is a local adult detention facility, not a state prison. It holds local jail inmates, including people pending trial or court disposition, people serving sentences of one year or less, and people in work release or Huber-style custody. The Traverse communications and corrections page refers to sentence-to-serve custody. Grant County arrest records, incident records, warrants, and local sheriff questions still begin with the Grant County Sheriff's Office, while current jail custody for a boarded person may appear under the Traverse County Jail roster system.
The official Traverse sheriff page lists Trevor J. Wright as sheriff and describes 24/7 jail and dispatch staffing by a Jail Administrator plus full-time and part-time Communications/Corrections Officers.
Traverse County Jail Capacity
The strongest official capacity source is the 2025 Minnesota DOC inspection report for Traverse County Jail. The report was based on a September 25, 2025 inspection and was completed October 3, 2025. It identifies Traverse County Jail as a secure coed jail with approved capacity of 11 beds and operational capacity of 7.70 at 70 percent operating capacity. Authority to operate runs from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2027.
The same report placed the jail in substantial compliance, with 95.08 percent mandatory rule compliance and 98.95 percent essential rule compliance. The June 18, 2026 roster snapshot showed five total records and one visible Grant County Sheriff Office hold. Current custody changes with arrests, releases, transfers, court orders, and sentence-end dates.
Traverse County Jail Roster Search
Current Traverse County Jail custody is published through the official Traverse County inmate roster landing page, which links to the Inmate_Roster.pdf. There is no interactive search form in the reviewed official source. Open the PDF and use the browser or PDF viewer find function to search by name, agency, charge text, or other visible roster terms. The public roster directory also shows the current roster file and timestamps.
The roster is best for current local jail custody. It is not a complete Grant County arrest archive, and it is not the place to search people who have moved into Minnesota state prison custody. The Grant County jail inmate records page separates the Traverse roster from sheriff records, court records, Minnesota DOC, and federal systems.
- Open the official Traverse County inmate roster landing page and follow its roster PDF link.
- Use PDF find for the person's last name, first name, or a known holding agency such as Grant County Sheriff Office.
- Read the held-for, charge, bail, sentence-end, and court language before assuming the person can be released by posting money.
- Call Traverse County Jail for urgent custody confirmation, especially if the PDF print date is not current.
- For a sentenced person no longer on the local roster, search the Minnesota DOC locator instead of the jail PDF.
Important: The Traverse roster landing page says documents and images from the site may not be used without express written permission of the Traverse County Sheriff.
Traverse County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone line for custody, roster, visit, mail, and release questions. Use Grant County contacts for Grant County arrest records, incident records, data requests, and sheriff records. When a roster entry says the person is held for Grant County, ask which agency controls release.
Traverse County Jail
203 7th Street North, P.O. Box 826
Wheaton, MN 56296
320-422-7800
Fax: 320-563-8700
Jail and dispatch staff are listed as staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Grant County Sheriff's Office
10 2nd St. NE
Elbow Lake, MN 56531
218-685-8280
Fax: 218-685-5319
Use for Grant County sheriff records, warrants, arrest reports, and public-data routing.
Traverse County Jail Visits
The reviewed Grant County and Traverse County official pages did not publish a complete day-by-day visiting schedule, video visitation vendor, visitor dress code, or public visitor handbook. Call Traverse County Jail before travel and ask whether the person is eligible for an in-person, non-contact, attorney, or video visit. Bringing government photo ID is a cautious practical step, but the reviewed sources did not publish it as a formal local rule.
| Visit Topic | Published Official Detail | Action Before Arrival |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published in reviewed official pages. | Call 320-422-7800 before visiting. |
| Video visitation | Not located in reviewed official pages. | Ask jail staff whether video visits are available. |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not published in reviewed official pages. | Bring photo ID and request the current visitor rules. |
| Attorney visits | Not published in reviewed official pages. | Attorneys should call the jail directly to schedule or confirm access. |
Local jail schedules can change for staffing, classification, court transport, medical issues, or safety restrictions. A hold for another agency can also affect release timing.
Traverse County Jail Mail
No official mail format, phone vendor, video vendor, commissary vendor, tablet program, or deposit fee table was located in the reviewed Grant County and Traverse County pages. Verify by phone before sending letters or money. Avoid private deposit sites unless jail staff confirms the vendor, fees, and booking status.
| Service | Reviewed Official Status | Verify By Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Facility address located, inmate mail format not located. | Confirm inmate name format and allowed mail before sending. |
| Phone calls | Vendor and rates not located. | Ask which phone provider and restrictions apply. |
| Video visits | Vendor not located. | Ask whether video visits exist and how to schedule. |
| Money deposits | Vendor and fees not located. | Call before using any third-party deposit site. |
| Commissary | Vendor and order schedule not located. | Ask staff what options are available for the person in custody. |
Traverse County Jail Intake
For a Grant County arrest, intake may involve more than one agency. Grant County may arrest, investigate, transport, and maintain local law-enforcement records. If the person is placed at Traverse County Jail, Traverse corrections staff handle receiving, booking, processing, property, screening, and jail housing steps. The Traverse corrections page states that corrections provides intake and processing for arrested and detained persons and houses people pending trial, people sentenced to one year or less, work release or Huber inmates, and sentence-to-serve custody.
Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 requires policy coverage for admissions, orientation, classification, property, release, health care, inmate records, mail, visiting, safety, and security. The 2025 inspection noted findings in several of those areas, including orientation documentation, classification separation review, formal count intervals, mental-health referral retraining, emergency procedure review documentation, and custody-staff training records. Treat those as 2025 inspection findings, not verified current conditions.
Grant County Jail Records
Grant County readers should keep the jail roster and county records path separate. The Traverse County Jail roster can show current custody for a boarded Grant County hold. It does not replace Grant County's public-data process for sheriff reports, arrest records, warrant records, or other law-enforcement data maintained by Grant County. The Grant County Data Practices Policy says public data can be inspected free of charge, and written requests may be submitted by mail, fax, or email to the responsible authority or designee.
State prison and federal custody are separate again. No Minnesota DOC state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or dedicated U.S. Marshals detention facility was found inside Grant County. Sentenced state prisoners should be searched in the Minnesota DOC locator after processing. Immigration custody belongs in ICE's locator, not the Traverse County Jail roster. The Grant County inmate population overview explains the split between local, state, and federal custody.
About Traverse County Jail
The Traverse sheriff page says the new County Law Enforcement Center/Jail opened in July 2007. Its role is small-county local custody, dispatch support, and court-related confinement rather than long-term state prison incarceration. The corrections page names pretrial or disposition holds, sentences of one year or less, work release or Huber, and sentence-to-serve.
The DOC inspection record adds a conditions snapshot: substantial compliance, biennial inspection status, authority to operate through October 31, 2027, and zero juveniles processed in the JJDP audit period. Day-to-day custody status still must be checked with jail staff.
The Traverse Communications/Corrections page is the official source for intake and jail population categories. The page confirms that Traverse corrections handles intake and processing and describes the local custody groups the jail houses.
The screenshot matches the facility role described in the research: a small local jail and corrections operation that may hold documented Grant County inmates through a regional custody arrangement.
Note: Confirm custody, release authority, and visiting status with Traverse County Jail before traveling to Wheaton.