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Facilities · Minnesota · St Paul field office · code CROWGMN

Crow Wing County Jail

Brainerd, MN · Crow Wing County · Local jail used through a U.S. Marshals agreement · men and women

On ICE's published facility list Operator: not yet confirmed

If someone you know is held here

Find themUse ICE's Online Detainee Locator. You need their A-number (9 digits) or their exact name, plus their country of birth. Results can be several hours old. We don't search for anyone. More on finding someone
Call the facility(218) 822-7050 · 1-800-943-2189
People held here can't receive incoming calls. Have their full name, any other names, date of birth and country of birth ready.
Visit
• Crow Wing County offers on-site and remote video visitation to allow family and friends to stay in contact with incarcerated persons. All visitors must review the Visitation Requirements Visitation | Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website and adhere to them during all visits. • You can now video visit your loved one from the comfort of your home. You can …
ICE's full visiting rules
## Off-Site Video Visitation
• Crow Wing County offers on-site and remote video visitation to allow family and friends to stay in contact with incarcerated persons. All visitors must review the Visitation Requirements Visitation | Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website and adhere to them during all visits.
• You can now video visit your loved one from the comfort of your home. You can fund your Video Visits with your current Inmate Telephone account or if you don’t have an account you can go to NCIC.com and set one up or by calling 1-800-943-2189.
• All remote video visits are by appointment only at NCIC.com.
• Off-site (Remote) visitation is available for a fee from any device with internet access and/or a webcam, including a home, library, office computer, or a smartphone (Android or iPhone).
• Inmates are allowed unlimited remote visits; and these visits can be scheduled every day of the week from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m., 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
• Off-site (Remote) visit cost is $0.30 per minute.
• All participants in off-site (remote) visits should dress in an appropriate manner and behave in an acceptable manner during the visit. Visitation | Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website.
• Remote video visits (except for attorneys and clergy visits) are recorded and subject to electronic monitoring by the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office.
• Violation of the visitation guidelines can result in suspension of your visiting privileges.
Rules change. Call before you go, and bring a government photo ID.
Messages, mail, moneyMessages and tablets: NCIC.
ICE's rules for mail, packages and money
Before sending packages to detainees:
Letters mailed to inmates must contain the detainee’s full name as part of the address. The jail will not accept certain items through the mail. Restricted items include packages, obscene or pornographic materials, personal checks, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any type of food, or periodicals not directly sent from the publisher.
Mail should be addressed in the following manner:
Detainee Name - Last four digits of A-number
313 Laurel Street
Brainerd MN 56401
Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus the sender’s name and address. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband. The mail is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer. Detainees may send mail from the facility. Detainees may seal their outgoing letters and place them in the provided receptacle. All incoming mail will be delivered to the detainee, and outgoing mail will be routed to the proper postal office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units.
Detainees are allowed to purchase paper, envelopes, stamps for use. Generally, there is no limit to the amount of correspondence detainees may send at their own expense. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense.
When detainees depart the facility or are transferred to another facility, only their legal mail will be forwarded to them. General correspondence will be endorsed "Return to Sender" and returned to the post office.
If detainees receive funds in the mail, they will be taken to the processing area for the money to be placed into their account. The processing officer will provide a receipt for all funds received. Detainees are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.
A detainee may receive items that are determined to be of necessity for the sole purpose of travel or release from agency custody with approval of the ICE Deportation Officer. Before sending packages to detainees, contact the St. Paul ICE/ERO Office at (612) 843-8600.
Free legal helpThe government's list of free legal service providers is organized by immigration court: EOIR pro bono list. Search nonprofit legal services near you: National Immigration Legal Services Directory.
From inside, people held can call the Freedom for Immigrants hotline for free by dialing 9233#.
Court caseCheck a case by A-number with EOIR's Automated Case Information or by phone at 1-800-898-7180.
Avoid scams. ICE never takes bond payments by gift card, Zelle or cash app. A "notario" or "immigration consultant" is not a lawyer; only lawyers and accredited representatives can give legal advice.

Source: ICE's page for this facility (ICE updated 08/06/2026). Last checked Nov 6, 2026.

The record

Held per day
19
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
vs year before
—
Aug 2024 – Jul 2025: 0
Typical stay
7 days
median, stays ended FY2026
No criminal conviction
77%
of people booked in, FY2026
Deaths, FY2026
0
reported by ICE

People held per day, by month

02040602023202420252026
Average people held per day at Crow Wing County Jail, Oct 2022 – Jul 2026. Source: ICE records obtained by the Deportation Data Project.
People booked in, Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026court-obtained ICE records
370
Held on Aug 5, 2026court-obtained ICE records
12
Average stay herecourt records · ICE's own figure: 16.2 days
17.6 d
No conviction and no pending chargeof people booked in, FY2026
58%
ICE's average daily population, FY2026ICE statistics, pulled Jul 9, 2026
25
Not convicted of a crime, by ICE's countshare of daily population, ICE statistics FY2026
63%

How long people stay

Under 1 week51%
1–4 weeks30%
1–3 months16%
3–6 months<10
6 months or more<10

Based on 358 stays that ended in FY2026. Groups under 10 are not shown.

What happened when they left

Transferred to another facility92%
Released in the U.S.5%
Still held on Aug 5, 20263%
Removed from the U.S.<10

Based on 370 people booked in during FY2026. Groups under 10 are not shown.

Where people came from

Transfers into this facility, FY2026. Pairs with fewer than 10 moves are not shown.

Where people went next

Transfers out of this facility, FY2026.

Deaths in ICE custody

ICE has reported no deaths at this facility since October 1, 2025.

ICE must publish a report within 90 days of each death. Causes are ICE's own statements; see all deaths.

Inspections

No inspection is listed for this facility in ICE's statistics.

Inspections are mostly done by ICE's own Office of Detention Oversight. The DHS detention ombudsman and civil rights offices, which also inspected facilities, were cut in March 2025.

Immigration court

We haven't confirmed which immigration court hears cases from this facility yet.

Draft link from EOIR hearing-location records matched by ZIP code; not yet hand-checked.

About these numbers

"Held per day" is the average number of people in custody here each day, computed from ICE's own individual records (names removed) that the Deportation Data Project obtained through FOIA litigation. They run through Aug 5, 2026. A stay counts the time at this facility only; people are often transferred. Shares and averages based on fewer than 10 people are not shown. How we count