Carver County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Carver County inmate population is centered on the Carver County Jail Services Division in Chaska. The jail is the county's local adult detention facility. It holds adults arrested by the sheriff, Chaska Police, contract-city deputies, and other law-enforcement agencies. It also holds people booked on warrants, people waiting for a first appearance, people serving short local sentences, and people whose recent release still appears on the public roster. Sheriff Jason Kamerud's office operates the jail and the roster, while filed criminal cases move to Carver County District Court.
The public roster is broader than the current jail count. Carver County says its roster covers current inmates and people released within the past 90 days. That means the displayed roster can look much larger than the real in-custody population. The clearest local example came from the official roster CSV inspected on June 18, 2026: it showed 332 unique booking records, but only 39 unique bookings marked IN CUSTODY. Those figures are a point-in-time snapshot, not an average daily population.
Carver County Inmate Population Statistics
The most reliable Carver County inmate population figures in the research are the Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection data and the official roster snapshot. The 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection report lists the jail as a secure coed facility with 115 approved beds and 103.50 operational capacity at 90 percent operation. The same report lists authority to operate from February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2027. No official annual bookings count or average daily population was located in the county pages inspected, so those values are not estimated here.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Approved capacity | 115 secure coed beds | Minnesota DOC Carver County Jail inspection, inspected December 18, 2024 |
| Operational capacity | 103.50 beds at 90 percent operation | Minnesota DOC 2024 inspection |
| Current public-roster in-custody bookings | 39 unique bookings | Official roster CSV inspected June 18, 2026 |
| Current plus 90-day released booking records | 332 unique records | Official roster CSV inspected June 18, 2026 |
| Roster charge rows | 766 rows | Official roster CSV inspected June 18, 2026 |
| Average daily population | Not located in inspected official sources | No county annual report figure found |
Carver County Jail Capacity Trends
The Carver County inmate population should be read against stable jail capacity. Minnesota DOC inspection records from 2019, 2023, and 2024 all list 115 approved secure coed beds and 103.50 operational capacity. The roster snapshot from June 18, 2026 was far below that approved bed count, but it is only a single public-data check. It does not prove a long-term trend. The documented trend is that capacity remained steady while inspection findings changed from report to report.
| Year / Report | Approved Capacity | Operational Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 DOC inspection | 115 | 103.50 | Secure coed facility on biennial inspection status; no juvenile holding approval. |
| 2023 DOC inspection | 115 | 103.50 | Substantial compliance with one mandatory noncompliance item tied to well-being checks. |
| 2024 DOC inspection | 115 | 103.50 | Substantial compliance with corrective-action items and operating authority through January 31, 2027. |
| June 18, 2026 roster snapshot | 115 for comparison | 39 current bookings | Public roster snapshot only, not an average daily population. |
The 2023 DOC inspection added local context. Inspectors described the facility as clean, well maintained, and programming-oriented. They also noted age-related constraints, including an ambulance fit issue in the vehicle sally port. The 2024 inspection kept the jail on biennial status but listed more corrective-action items, including training-plan updates, well-being checks, lock and key testing, segregation review timing, discipline review timing, and security-device inventory.
Who Is in Carver County Custody
Carver County's public roster gives useful custody details, but it is not a full demographic report. The roster exposes name, age, address, booking time, release time if any, custody status, bail, arresting agency, charges, charge status, and next court date if supplied. It does not expose sex, race, height, weight, housing unit, or a structured pretrial-versus-sentenced breakdown. The Minnesota DOC inspection reports describe the jail bed category as secure coed, but they do not publish a male and female population split for the public roster.
- Current local custody includes adults booked into Carver County Jail and still marked IN CUSTODY.
- Recent release records remain on the public roster for 90 days after release.
- State-sentenced custody moves to the Minnesota Department of Corrections after prison admission.
- Federal custody belongs in BOP or U.S. Marshals channels after federal handling.
- Immigration custody belongs in ICE's Online Detainee Locator System after transfer.
Chanhassen does not operate a separate jail. Its law-enforcement page says the city contracts with the Carver County Sheriff's Office. Chaska has its own police department, but people arrested locally and accepted for jail custody still route through Carver County Jail. Those local differences matter because the arresting agency can differ from the jail operator shown on the roster.
Carver County Inmate Record Laws
Minnesota law explains why part of the Carver County inmate population is public while other details stay private. Minn. Stat. Section 641.05 requires every sheriff to maintain a permanent jail register for people committed under the sheriff's charge. Minn. Stat. Section 13.82 governs law-enforcement data, including arrest data and booking photographs. Minn. Stat. Section 13.85 covers corrections and detention data, including limits for medical, security, psychological, and safety-sensitive information.
Key statutes:
Minn. Stat. Section 641.05 requires a sheriff jail register with core commitment and release information.
Minn. Stat. Section 13.82 makes specified law-enforcement data public and treats booking photographs as public data unless a temporary investigative limit applies.
Minnesota Rules Chapter 2911 sets local adult detention facility standards, including staffing, well-being checks, discipline, classification, and jail operations.
These rules do not make every jail detail public. The public roster does not show housing unit, medical data, classification notes, or physical descriptors. A public-data request can seek records not shown online, but the sheriff may still withhold or redact protected detention data.
Search Carver County Inmates
The official Daily Inmate Roster page points users to the Carver County Jail Roster interface. The sheriff states that the roster covers people currently in custody and people released within the past 90 days. Updates run every two hours around the clock. A new arrestee may not appear until intake is done and a booking number has been assigned.
The screenshot below comes from the official Carver County Jail Roster interface and shows the filter boxes, sortable columns, pagination, and profile modal design.
Because the roster filters as text is typed, a partial name or custody-status term can narrow the Carver County inmate population without a login.
- Open the county Daily Inmate Roster page or the direct roster interface.
- Type part of the person's last name in the Search Name box.
- Add age, address, or custody status if the table returns too many records.
- Click the linked name to open the Arrest Details modal.
- Review bail, next court date, arresting agency, charges, and charge status.
- If the person is not listed, check the update timing and then use the records, DOC, BOP, or ICE fallback path.
Carver County Roster Search Fields
The Carver County inmate search is a filterable table, not a closed vendor database. It has four visible text filters and sortable table headers. The public table displays 10 records per page, shows total records, and groups multiple charge rows under one booking when the same name, booking date, booking time, and roster record number match.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search Name | Text input | No | Filters rows where the Name field contains the typed text. |
| Search Age | Text input | No | Filters the Age field; no visible numeric validation was observed. |
| Search Address | Text input | No | Filters the address field from the roster CSV. |
| Search Custody Status | Text input | No | Useful for separating IN CUSTODY and RELEASED entries. |
| Name and date columns | Sortable headers | No | Name, age, booking, release, custody, bail, and next court date can be sorted. |
Carver County Inmate Record Fields
A Carver County inmate record combines custody information and charge rows. The modal summary repeats name, age, address, booking date and time, release date and time if any, custody status, bail, and next court date. The Case Details table lists arresting agency, charges, and status. Booking photos, housing unit, date of birth, sex, race, height, and weight were not shown in the inspected HTML roster or CSV.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full name displayed by the jail roster. |
| Booking and release date | Booking time and release time if the person has left custody. |
| Custody status | Values such as IN CUSTODY or RELEASED. |
| Bail | Roster bail field, often zero or an amount, but not a full release instruction. |
| Arresting agency | Agency tied to the charge row, such as Carver County, Chaska Police, or another local department. |
| Charges and status | Narrative charge text and status such as Court/Pending, Bail Set, Sentenced, or PSI in samples. |
County Jail vs State Prison
Carver County Jail is the right starting point for pretrial detention, warrant bookings, short local sentences, and recent county releases. The MNDOC Locator is different. It covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under MNDOC jurisdiction, whether in prison or released from prison under supervision. New state-prison admissions can take several business days to appear.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Carver County Jail Roster | Current inmates and people released in the past 90 days. |
| State prison | Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator | Sentenced adults under MNDOC jurisdiction. |
| Federal prison | Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present, subject to BOP limitations. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE detainees searched by A-number and country or by biographical data. |
| County-jail notification | Minnesota VINELink | County-jail custody notification; MNDOC prison notification uses Minnesota Haven. |
Carver County Detention Facility
The official facility map found one detention facility inside Carver County for this build. There is no Minnesota DOC state prison, BOP institution, separate ICE facility, municipal jail, work-release annex, or regional jail in the county from the official sources reviewed. MCF-Shakopee is nearby in Scott County, but it is not a Carver County facility.
- Carver County Jail holds adult local custody, including pretrial detainees, warrant arrests, short local sentences, and recent releases during the 90-day roster window.
Carver County Court and Warrants
Jail records and court records answer different questions. The jail roster shows custody and booking details. Carver County District Court shows filed criminal cases after the prosecutor acts. The Minnesota Court Records Online portal can be used to search public district court case information, but the Minnesota Judicial Branch states MCRO is not the official certified court record. Certified copies come from court administration.
Warrants are another route into the jail population. The sheriff's Warrants Division processes warrant data, but the court issues warrants. The county lists categories such as Bail/Bond/Fine, Sign and Release, and Body Only. A person with an active arrest warrant can turn themselves in at Carver County Jail at any time, but a body-only warrant requires a court appearance rather than payment alone.
Carver County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Carver County inmate population? The official roster CSV inspected June 18, 2026 showed 39 unique in-custody bookings. The jail's approved capacity is 115 secure coed beds under the 2024 Minnesota DOC inspection.
Why does the roster show more records than current inmates? Carver County publishes current inmates and people released within the past 90 days. Released records remain visible for a time, so total public records are not the same as the current jail population.
Where are sentenced state prisoners from Carver County listed? Sentenced adults admitted to state prison should be searched in the MNDOC Locator, not the local jail roster. The county roster may briefly show release or transfer history during the 90-day window.
Does the Carver County roster show mugshots? The inspected roster and CSV did not show booking photos. Minnesota law treats booking photographs as public data unless an active-investigation limit applies, so a records request may still be an option.