Cass County Jail Roster
The Cass County Jail is operated by the Cass County Sheriff's Office in Walker. The official jail page says the jail is a 60-bed facility, is running above maximum capacity, and houses male and female inmates for up to one year. Cass County also contracts with Itasca County for 40 beds, so the public roster can include a housing indicator for Itasca Jail. That local capacity issue explains why a Cass County inmate record may point outside the Walker jail.
The official jail register is a static PDF at Cass County Jail Register Website PDF. It is free and does not require a login. It is not an interactive database with first-name, last-name, booking-number, or date filters. Open the PDF and use the browser or PDF find tool. The research observed the title "Jail Register-Web2 Printed on June 23, 2026," so users should read the printed date before relying on a saved copy.
For court outcomes after booking, search Cass County District Court records through MCRO or use the court-charge page for the arrest-to-charge path. For prison custody after a sentence to the Commissioner of Corrections, use the Minnesota DOC public viewer instead of the Cass County jail roster.
Use the Cass County Inmate Roster
The roster workflow is simple because the local source is a PDF. Search broad first, then narrow. If a name is common, confirm the match with the jail before making plans for visits, money, mail, or court attendance.
- Open the official Cass County jail register PDF from the sheriff's jail page or direct roster link.
- Check the printed date at the top of the PDF to see when the roster was generated.
- Use browser or PDF find to search the inmate name, city, charge text, or booked date.
- Read the full row and charge lines, including any Itasca housing flag.
- Call the Detention Center for current custody, release, housing, or visiting questions before traveling.
The roster may show booking and charge details before the court case has reached a final result. A charge line is not a conviction. Court records, sentencing, warrants, and payment obligations must be checked through District Court channels when those details matter.
Cass County Roster Search Fields
Cass County's roster field set is the field set of the PDF itself. The public user does not fill a form. The PDF search tool can still find text across the roster, including names and charge descriptions.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF browser find | Browser/PDF text search | Optional | Search by inmate name, city, charge text, or date after opening PDF. |
| INMATE | PDF column | n/a | Full name as listed. |
| AGE | PDF column | n/a | Age. |
| CITY / STATE | PDF columns | n/a | Residence or listed city/state. |
| BOOKED ON | PDF column | n/a | MM/DD/YY HH:MM style. |
| CHARGES | PDF section | n/a | Statute number and charge description, often with Adult Arrest. |
| Itasca Jail? Housed at | PDF field | n/a | Indicates contract housing in Itasca when applicable. |
Cass County Inmate Record Fields
The observed roster provides a compact field inventory. It does not display a mugshot, booking number, bond amount, court date, race, sex, height, weight, pod, tank, or arresting agency. Those missing fields are important because many commercial inmate pages show more fields than Cass County's official PDF makes public.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Printed date | Date the jail register PDF was generated. |
| INMATE | Full inmate name on the roster. |
| AGE | Age listed by the jail roster. |
| CITY | Listed city for the person in custody. |
| STATE | Listed state for the person in custody. |
| BOOKED ON | Date and time of booking as shown in the PDF. |
| CHARGES | One or more statute or charge descriptions, sometimes marked Adult Arrest. |
| Itasca Jail / Housed at | Indicator tied to contract housing outside Cass County's 60-bed facility. |
Cass County Jail Contacts
The jail and sheriff contacts serve different needs. Use the Detention Center phone for current jail custody, visiting, messages, and inmate-status questions. Use the sheriff main office for broader law-enforcement and warrant matters. Use the Records Division for sheriff records not shown in the roster.
Cass County Detention Center/Jail
301 Minnesota Avenue W
Walker, MN 56484
218-547-2441
Jail Administrator: Chris Thompson, Lieutenant Jail Administrator #104, 218-547-7361
Cass County Sheriff's Office
301 Minnesota Avenue W
Walker, MN 56484
218-547-1424
Emergency 911; toll free 800-450-COPS (2677)
Sheriff's Records Division
301 Minnesota Avenue W
Walker, MN 56484
218-547-7303 or 218-547-7306
Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Cass County Booking and Court Records
A Cass County inmate record is a custody snapshot, not the whole criminal case. The roster shows booking date and charge lines when those fields are present, but it does not show the full complaint, court hearing schedule, plea, disposition, sentence, or certified judgment. Those details belong to Cass County District Court records and are searched through MCRO or requested from Court Administration when a certified copy is needed.
The difference matters most in the first days after arrest. A person can appear on the jail roster before MCRO displays a searchable public case by name. The research notes that pending criminal, traffic, and petty misdemeanor cases without conviction may not return in MCRO defendant-name searches, though a known case number may work. If the roster shows a charge but the court search is thin, try again later, search by exact case or citation number when available, and call Court Administration for case questions.
| Record Question | Best Cass County Source | What It Does Not Prove |
|---|---|---|
| Is the person currently listed in county custody? | Cass County jail register PDF and Detention Center phone. | It does not prove final guilt or sentence. |
| What court case followed the arrest? | MCRO Case Search and Cass County Court Administration. | It may not show all pending nonconviction name results online. |
| Was there a public criminal-history result? | Minnesota BCA Public Criminal History Search. | It is not a live jail roster. |
| Is the person now in state custody? | Minnesota DOC public viewer. | Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. |
Cass County Inmate Visitation
Cass County publishes separate visiting times by male and female visitor category. Visitors receive a minimum of 15 minutes, and visits can be longer if time permits. The research did not locate an official video-visitation vendor, remote-fee schedule, kiosk provider, attorney-visitation schedule, dress code, child visitor rule, or holiday schedule. Call the jail before visiting because housing, staffing, or lockdown conditions can change.
| Visitor Category | Days and Times |
|---|---|
| Male hours | Wednesday 6:00-9:00 p.m.; Thursday 1:00-4:00 p.m.; Saturday 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Female hours | Wednesday 1:00-4:00 p.m.; Thursday 6:00-9:00 p.m.; Saturday 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Minimum visit time | Minimum of 15 minutes; longer if time permits. |
Note: The official research did not identify a remote video visit provider for Cass County, so published in-person jail rules should control unless jail staff state otherwise.
Cass County Inmate Mail and Money
Mail uses the inmate name and the sheriff's mailing address. The official jail FAQ did not publish a book-in-number requirement in the mailing format, so the inmate name format should be followed unless jail staff provide a current update. Money can be left at Jail Central Control for persons in custody.
Published Mail Format
Cass County Jail
Inmate Name
P.O. Box 1119
Walker, MN 56484
Books, notes, letters, newspapers, magazines, and other personal property cannot be left for inmates without permission of Jail Administration. The research did not locate an official commissary vendor, phone-call vendor, deposit website, tablet provider, or deposit-fee schedule. Use jail staff for current instructions before sending property or funds.
Contact Cass County Inmates
The official jail FAQ states that messages can be left for inmates on the inmate message line at 218-610-0770. It does not publish a direct incoming phone-call process for inmates. A message line is not the same as guaranteed direct contact, and jail staff may screen or limit messages according to facility rules.
The Detention Center directory phone is 218-547-2441. Use that number for current jail operations questions, and use the message line only for inmate messages. For court dates, charge status, or warrants tied to a case, use Cass County District Court or MCRO instead of the jail phone.
Cass County Huber Work Release
Cass County's jail page describes Huber Law work release. Courts and the Sheriff's Office may authorize some incarcerated people to work regular employment while incarcerated. The cost is $140 per week, payable in advance. A Huber participant may work a maximum of 50 hours and a maximum of 6 days in a row.
Huber status should not be assumed from the public roster alone. Work-release permission depends on court and sheriff authorization, custody status, and facility rules. Call the jail before relying on a roster entry to decide whether a person can leave for work.
Cass County Jail Capacity
The official jail page says the Cass County Jail is a 60-bed facility and is running above maximum capacity. It also notes contract housing with Itasca County, adding 40 beds. This is why the roster field inventory includes an Itasca Jail or housed-at indicator. A person connected to a Cass County case may not be physically housed in Walker on the day the roster is checked.
Capacity and contract housing can affect visits, mail, property, and release planning. Use the roster for the published custody clue, then call the Detention Center for the current housing location and rules that apply to that person. Do not assume that all Cass County inmates have the same visiting path when contract housing is involved.
DOC and Cass County Inmates
The Cass County jail roster is not a prison database. Use the Minnesota DOC public viewer for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. Newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. The DOC viewer is useful after a prison sentence or supervised release, while the Cass roster is for county custody and contract-housed jail inmates.
The Minnesota DOC public viewer is the official state source for adults under DOC jurisdiction.
Use DOC records for state custody and the Cass County roster for local jail custody because the two systems cover different stages.
Cass County Predatory Offender Searches
Cass County posts Level 3 predatory offender information under Minnesota law, and the Minnesota DOC public registrant search covers public-notification registrants. This is separate from the jail roster. A person can be in a registrant search without being in the Cass County Jail, and a jail roster entry does not itself mean a person is a public-notification registrant.
The Minnesota DOC public registrant search searches public-notification predatory offenders by city, county, name, or ZIP.
Use the registrant search for public-notification offender status, not for ordinary Cass County jail custody or court-charge status.
Cass County Jail Record Limits
The roster does not replace court records, sheriff incident files, warrants, or BCA criminal history. MCRO handles District Court case lookup. The sheriff's Records Division handles sheriff records questions. The BCA CHS system handles public criminal-history checks. The DOC handles prison and supervised-release status. This split is normal in Minnesota, but it means a full custody and case picture may require more than one official source.
No official Cass County, Minnesota sheriff app was found in the research. Search results for Cass County sheriff apps pointed to other states. Cass County inmate lookup should use the web roster PDF, jail phone, sheriff records, MCRO, DOC, and BCA sources that are documented by official Minnesota or Cass County pages.