Traverse County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record.
Choose the Record Holder
Start with the custodian connected to the event. The county jail answers local custody and booking questions. The district court holds the Traverse criminal case. Western Probation handles specified local supervision, while Minnesota DOC records cover state prison and supervised release. VINE and Minnesota Haven provide different notification services.
Traverse County Sheriff’s Office and Jail
203 Seventh Street North
PO Box 826
Wheaton, MN 56296
Phone and jail nonemergency: 320-422-7800
Fax: 320-563-8700
The jail and communications operation is staffed around the clock. Public-record office hours and release-processing times are not published, so call before an in-person request.
Traverse County District Court
702 Second Avenue North
PO Box 867
Wheaton, MN 56296
Phone: 320-422-6010
Fax: 320-563-4311
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Western Probation Services
1010 Broadway
PO Box 856
Wheaton, MN 56296
Phone: 320-422-2320
Fax: 320-563-8977
Email: probation@westernprobationmn.gov
Minnesota Department of Corrections Records
Phone: 651-361-7330
Fax: 612-473-5006
Email: CO-Records.DOC@state.mn.us
Use this office for public offender records, release to supervision, expiration, and final-discharge information tied to an MNDOC sentence.
Use the route that matches the request:
- For one released person or a permanent county release record, begin with the home search and records path, then contact the sheriff.
- For court disposition, probation terms, revocation orders, or discharge entries, use Traverse County District Court and the parole and probation contacts.
- For local probation, contact Western Probation. For a state-prison date or supervision term, use the projected release date resource, MNDOC Public Viewer, and DOC Records.
- For recent county-jail status, start with the 24-hour release route. For notifications, use VINELink Check or call Minnesota VINE at 877-664-8463.
- For eligible MNDOC custody and supervision notifications, contact Minnesota Haven at 800-657-3830 or victimassistance.doc@state.mn.us.
- For a federal prison record, use the BOP locator or BOP FOIA. For ICE custody, use the ICE detainee locator and the agency information line.
- For a named facility, use the facility pages in the footer to identify the correct custody system before calling.
Minnesota Haven’s mailing address is Victim Assistance Program, 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55108. Federal and immigration records belong to federal agencies, even when a person was once held in the Traverse County Jail. The ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line is 888-351-4024, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern.