Pope County Jail Roster Path
The research did not locate a Pope County Minnesota roster page on the county site. It did locate the official Douglas County inmate roster, and that roster includes current entries with POPE COUNTY listed as the arresting agency. This should not be described as an exclusive jail contract without a separate official agreement. It is best stated as an official observed roster channel that may show some people arrested by Pope County.
The Douglas County roster is the first practical online custody check when a Pope County arresting-agency entry is suspected.

If a person appears there, follow Douglas County Jail’s current facility rules for visitation, mail, money, and phone services.
- Open the Douglas County inmate roster.
- Search by A-Z name link or keyword.
- Review booking date, booking time, charge description, arresting agency, and status.
- Confirm whether the arresting agency shows POPE COUNTY.
- Call Pope County Sheriff if the person was arrested by Pope County but does not appear online.
Pope County Inmate Search Fields
The roster fields captured in the research are limited. Do not claim mugshots, bond amounts, court dates, physical description, pod, release date, or warrant number are available when the captured roster did not show them. The roster is useful because it shows current custody entries and arresting agency, but the court case and bond order may need MCRO or Court Administration.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search by Name | Alphabetical links | Optional | A-Z links and Back navigation. |
| Search by Keyword | Text | Optional | Keyword search across roster entries. |
| Booking Date | Display | No | Shown as month/day/year. |
| Booking Time | Display | No | Time includes seconds and AM/PM. |
| Charges | Display | No | Plain-language offense description. |
| Arresting Agency | Display | No | Examples include POPE COUNTY. |
| Status | Display | No | Bail Set, Sentenced, Remand-Custody, Court Pending, Suspense, and similar terms. |
Pope County Roster Details
Observed Douglas roster entries included names, booking dates, booking times, charge descriptions, arresting agency, and custody status. Examples of charge descriptions included drug offenses, receiving stolen property, DWI, probation violation, and obstructing legal process. The roster did not show every field that users often expect from larger jail databases.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full roster name in last, first, middle order. |
| Booking date and time | When the person was booked into custody. |
| Charges | Plain-language listed charge description. |
| Arresting agency | Agency tied to arrest, including POPE COUNTY on observed entries. |
| Status | Bail Set, Sentenced, Remand-Custody, Court Pending, Suspense, or similar status. |
| Not shown in capture | Mugshot, bond amount, court date, pod, physical description, release date, and warrant number. |
Pope County Sheriff Contact
The Pope County Sheriff’s Office is the local law-enforcement contact for arrest, custody routing, warrant service, prisoner transport, court security, and sheriff records. The Sheriff’s Office page lists enhanced 911, full law-enforcement services, traffic enforcement, investigations, civil process, all court arrest warrants, dispatch, and prisoner transport among its services.
Pope County Sheriff
130 E. Minnesota Avenue
Glenwood, MN 56334
(320) 634-5411
Fax: (320) 634-5457
Office Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; dispatch always open
Douglas County Jail
509 3rd Ave W
Alexandria, MN 56308
Phone not captured in research
Use current Douglas County Jail rules if the person is listed there.
Minnesota DOC Inmate Lookup
The Minnesota DOC public viewer covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who are still under DOC jurisdiction. It can include people in prison or released from prison but still under supervision. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. DOC lookup is not the same as county jail custody and should not be used to decide whether a person is in local jail today.
The Minnesota DOC public viewer is the state custody search page.

Use name or MNDOC Offender ID if known.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search method | Radio | Yes | Name or MNDOC Offender ID. |
| Name | Text | Depends | Used for name search. |
| MNDOC Offender ID | Text | Depends | Best if known. |
The Minnesota DOC search individuals and fugitives page explains offender and fugitive search paths.

DOC also separates custody and supervision data from county booking information.
Other Pope County Custody Checks
The Minnesota public registrant search is not a county jail roster, but it can be relevant for public predatory registrant searches by city, county, name, or ZIP.

Use it only for registrant research, not for ordinary current jail custody status.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the correct path for federal custody.

Federal inmates are not found through the Pope Sheriff or Douglas roster unless there is a local hold or transfer context.
Pope County Visits and Mail
The research did not locate a Pope County jail visitation, mail, commissary, or money-deposit page. Douglas County jail navigation includes visiting information, inmate property and money, telephone calls, mail, medical services, bond, PREA, programs, work release, and related jail topics, but the details were not harvested into the research. Do not use uncaptured rules as if they were confirmed.
| Topic | Located Detail | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Pope County-owned visitation schedule | Not located | Call Pope County Sheriff for routing. |
| Douglas County visitation rules | Navigation link located | Use current Douglas rules only if housed there. |
| Mail and money | Navigation categories located | Confirm with Douglas County before sending anything. |
| State prison visits | DOC system | Use DOC rules for sentenced state custody. |
Note: First confirm where the person is housed before sending mail, money, or visitors.
Pope County Custody Records
Custody records should be matched to the stage of the case. A person newly arrested by Pope County may appear on a current roster before the court file is easy to find by name. A person sentenced to state prison may disappear from local roster context and move into DOC lookup. A person in federal custody belongs in the BOP locator. Each system answers a different custody question.
Booking data is also not the same as court outcome. The roster may show a plain-language charge and status such as Bail Set, Court Pending, Remand-Custody, Sentenced, Suspense, or Courtesy Hold. It did not show a mugshot, bond amount, physical description, court date, pod, release date, or warrant number in the captured text. When those details matter, call the holding facility or use the court case number in MCRO.
For Pope County law-enforcement records not shown online, use the Sheriff contact and county data-practices route where the record is public. For court dates, bond orders, and filed charges, use Court Administration or MCRO. For conviction-history background information, use BCA public criminal history, which is separate from custody status and excludes several data categories.
Pope County Booking Follow-Up
After a Pope County arrest, the most useful follow-up facts are the arresting agency, booking date, listed charge, custody status, and case number if one has been assigned. The case number connects the custody record to MCRO and Court Administration. Without it, a name search may miss a pending criminal or traffic matter because of MCRO name limits.
If bond or release is the issue, use the holding jail and the court case together. The roster may show Bail Set or Court Pending, but the court file may hold the actual order or next appearance. For sentenced state custody, DOC central records may be the better source.