Scott County Jail Overview
Scott County Jail is operated by the Scott County Sheriff's Office inside the Law Enforcement Center in downtown Shakopee. The facility serves the local criminal justice system for adult men and women who are awaiting court, serving local sentences, held on warrants, or waiting for transfer to another approved placement. The official jail page also states that certain juvenile offenders may be held only for a limited time until appropriate housing is found, so juvenile custody is not treated as a normal adult roster matter.
The jail opened in 2005 and was built with direct-supervision and remote-supervision housing. Direct supervision places staff in closer contact with a housing unit, while remote supervision uses controlled movement and monitoring from a secure post. The building includes a full-service kitchen, laundry, a medical unit for clinic visits, and an internal courtroom. The public entrance is the north entrance of the Law Enforcement Center, nearest 3rd Avenue West and Fuller Street.
The county's Jail / Warrants page shows the facility description, address, capacity, and warrant contact information.
That official facility page is the source for the 264-bed description and the downtown entrance context used for Scott County Jail visitors.
Scott County Jail Capacity
Scott County Jail has several sourced capacity and population points, and each one means a different thing. The official county jail page describes a 264-bed facility. A 2025 correctional food-service RFP referenced 264 total beds with 204 approved to operate. A 2022 PREA audit snippet reported an average daily population of 107, a first audit-day count of 99 people in custody, and a staffing plan based on 189 inmates. Those figures do not prove the current daily count, but they do show the scale of the jail and how capacity has been reported.
| Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Design capacity | 264 beds | Official Scott County Jail / Warrants page |
| Approved operating beds | 204 of 264 | 2025 correctional food-service RFP snippet |
| Licensed staffing plan point | 189 inmates | 2022 PREA audit snippet |
| Average daily population | 107 inmates | 2022 PREA audit snippet |
| First audit-day count | 99 in custody | 2022 PREA audit snippet |
Scott County Jail Roster Lookup
Current adult custody starts with the Scott County jail roster. The roster is the county channel for people in Scott County Jail, not for sentenced state-prison custody. If a person has been sentenced and transferred to Minnesota Department of Corrections custody, use the DOC locator instead. If the roster is down, if a record is unclear, or if a release happened recently, call the jail information line or use the sheriff's records request process.
- Open the Scott County jail roster from the sheriff's official roster page.
- Search with the person's full name when available, using spelling from court or booking paperwork.
- Check whether the record shows current custody at Scott County Jail rather than a transfer or release.
- Use the jail phone line for bail, warrant, hold, and recent booking questions that the roster does not answer.
- Use the sheriff's jail data request process for booking records, public custody information, or booking-photo requests.
The official roster landing page includes access-trouble information and a local scam alert, so people should verify payment demands through the jail before sending money for bail, bond, or release.
The Scott County Jail Roster page is the public starting point for current jail lookup.
The roster page should be paired with phone or records follow-up when custody status, bail, or a hold must be confirmed before action.
Scott County Jail Contact
Jail contact information matters because roster data can lag behind booking, court, release, or transfer events. For general jail questions, call the jail number. For records not shown online, the sheriff's records unit and jail data request channel handle booking records, sheriff reports, booking photographs, and public information about a person in custody. Nonpublic data may require identification or proof of authorization.
The Sheriff's Office Records unit is on the second floor of the same Fuller Street address and keeps criminal history, investigative reports, and criminal files for the sheriff. The research file documents Monday-Friday public hours, online data requests for crash reports, incident reports, jail booking records, and other sheriff records, and a separate public-custody media line for jail booking photos or public information about a person in custody. That matters when a roster result is missing a past booking, when a released person no longer appears online, or when a requester needs a booking record rather than a current custody check.
Scott County Jail
301 Fuller Street South
Shakopee, MN 55379
952-496-8314
Public entrance: north entrance near 3rd Avenue West and Fuller Street
Jail Administration
Captain/Jail Administrator Scott Rettke
Assistant Jail Administrator Caleb Madden
Jail main: 952-496-8314
Records office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Scott County Jail Visitation
Scott County Jail uses ICSolutions for jail phone service and video visitation. On-site visits require scheduling through an online account, the jail kiosk, or by calling during business hours if online access is not available. Remote visits are separate from on-site visits and carry a documented fee. Visits can be monitored or recorded, and visits are not extended when a visitor is late.
| Visit type | Scheduling | Rules and timing |
|---|---|---|
| On-site video visit | ICSolutions, on-site kiosk, or 952-496-8314 during 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Schedule 24 hours in advance; one adult visitor; valid ID required; up to two visits per inmate per day. |
| On-site child or family visit | Adult visitor schedules and identifies approved child | Children must be the child or sibling of the inmate; Wednesdays only; inmate must request child approval. |
| Remote video visit | ICSolutions | Schedule at least 16 hours in advance; $7.50; up to 30 minutes; monitored and recorded. |
| Visiting hours | ICSolutions schedule | County page directs users to consult ICSolutions for current on-site and remote times. |
Visitors must be adults for standard visits, must have valid identification, and must follow jail conduct rules. People incarcerated in Scott County Jail within the last six months may not visit. Firearms, explosives, escape tools, alcohol, narcotics, and controlled substances can lead to arrest or loss of visiting privileges.
Scott County Jail Services
Mail, phone, commissary, money, health care, and property rules are separate from the roster. The county documents each service on its jail pages, and those rules should be checked before mailing items, adding funds, scheduling a visit, or trying to pick up property. Money deposited for a person in custody becomes that person's property, and the depositor is not entitled to a refund.
Several services also have timing and identity rules. Medication drop-off must involve valid, non-expired prescriptions in original containers. Property release requires the incarcerated person to sign the jail's release form, and at least one set of clothing must remain at the jail. Court clothing can be accepted after a trial date is set, while medical devices and community-release items need jail nurse, shift supervisor, or supervisor approval. These details are operational rules, not roster fields, so they should be confirmed before a family member comes to the lobby.
| Service | Scott County Jail rule or provider |
|---|---|
| Use the incarcerated person's full name, Scott County Jail, 301 Fuller Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379. Mail is inspected except legal mail opened in the person's presence. | |
| Electronic messages | GTL/GettingOut messages are documented at $0.25 per message and are inspected by jail staff. |
| Phone and video | ICSolutions is the phone and video provider; support number is 888-506-8407; non-privileged calls and visits are recorded. |
| Commissary | Keefe Commissary Network is the current commissary provider. |
| Money deposits | Access Corrections online, telephone deposits at 866-345-1884, lobby kiosk, or U.S. Mail money order payable to Scott County Jail. |
| Health care | On-site registered nurses coordinate medical, dental, and mental-health services from licensed professionals. |
| Property | Property release requires a signed form; lobby pickup is Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with government ID. |
Scott County Jail Programs
Scott County Jail is built to support in-house detention operations rather than only short-term holding. The kitchen, laundry, medical unit, and courtroom reduce some outside transport needs. Health-care information in the research shows on-site nurses, medical services, dental services, mental-health services, and rules for dropping off valid, non-expired prescriptions in original containers. A HIPAA release is needed before the jail can answer medical questions in writing.
Local jail population can also change for reasons that do not show clearly in a single roster view. A new arrest may still be in booking, a court appearance may change bail, a hold from another agency can delay release, and a sentenced person may move from Scott County Jail to DOC custody. The jail's 2025 food-service RFP also described multiple housing units and ten booking cells, which supports the research finding that the jail handles intake, housing, service delivery, and court-connected movement inside one law-enforcement center.
PREA materials are part of the county jail navigation, including an annual report, audit, and policy links. The jail also has property rules that support court appearances, including one set of jury-trial clothing after a trial date is set and certain medical or community-release items with approval. For a broader explanation of roster fields and jail records, the local custody workflow is covered on the Scott County jail inmate records page.
Note: Confirm custody, bail, visit status, and entry rules with Scott County Jail before travel or payment.