How to Look Up Ramsey County Jail Population Data
Ramsey County publishes population data through several official channels. The Adult Detention Center roster page lists the 500-bed capacity and the 30-minute update cycle. The Community Corrections department publishes annual fact sheets and a comprehensive plan that include average daily population at RCCF, programming, and reform-effort outcomes. Statewide context comes from the Minnesota DOC and the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. The dashboards live at official .gov pages, not third-party databases.
The county's Community Corrections page and the detention facilities landing page are the two starting points.
The Community Corrections department page is shown below.
The page covers adult and juvenile probation, RCCF, JDC, deaf and hard-of-hearing services, and the PREA framework that drives the Ramsey County inmate population reports.
Ramsey County Jail Capacity Overview
The capacity table is the foundation of any Ramsey County jail population review. The three facilities together hold the entire county pretrial and short-sentence custody load. State prison sentences move to the Minnesota DOC outside the county. Federal sentences move to the BOP system. The table below sums up the bed counts and population type for each facility based on the county's own pages.
| Facility | Address | Beds | Population Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Detention Center | 425 Grove St., Saint Paul, MN 55101 | 500 | Pretrial / post-arrest custody |
| Ramsey County Correctional Facility | 297 South Century Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55119 | 556 | Sentenced adults, up to one year |
| Juvenile Detention Center | 25 W. 7th St., Saint Paul, MN 55102 | Capacity not published in current pass | Juveniles up to 18 awaiting hearing or placement |
The RCCF page at ramseycountymn.gov/ramsey-county-correctional-facility covers leadership, address, phone, and resident-roster links.
The RCCF page is the official source for the sentenced side of the Ramsey County inmate population.
Average Daily Population at RCCF
The 2024 Community Corrections Comprehensive Plan reports that RCCF average daily population dropped to less than 100 after reform efforts. The 556-bed facility houses men and women sentenced to serve up to one year. The 2024 fact sheets identify Deputy Director of Facilities Elizabeth Reetz, Superintendent Timothy Vasquez, and Assistant Superintendent Steve Horgan. RCCF residents either turn themselves in at a court-agreed date or are transported from the Law Enforcement Center after court.
The drop in ADP traces to COVID-era policy and practice changes that let people serve sentences under community supervision. Programming includes Decision Points, a Doula Project parenting group, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, employment readiness, chemical dependency treatment, and domestic abuse intervention. The Community Alternatives Program lets eligible clients serve sentences under electronic monitoring instead of in custody. The county says CAP participation continues to grow.
ADC Pretrial Population
The Adult Detention Center handles short-stay custody between arrest and court disposition. The county page describes ADC as a 500-bed pretrial facility. Records remain available while a person is in custody and for five days after release, with a 90-day window on the open data story page. The page does not publish a current daily count in the captured source. The Sheriff's annual report and the county budget are the best places to get a current ADC average daily population number.
The county detention landing page at ramseycountymn.gov detention-correctional-facilities links to ADC, RCCF, and JDC, plus community corrections initiatives.
RCCF Deposit and Visitation Tied to Population
RCCF's deposit and visit pages give a window into resident-volume management. Video visiting runs through NCIC. Visitors register and sign up for sessions online. In-person visits at RCCF are limited to professional visitors. Deposits at the front lobby kiosk are free for cash and run during lobby hours from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Inmate Canteen vendor charges its own online fees.
The deposit money page sits at ramseycountymn.gov deposit-money.
The deposit money page is the operational complement to the Ramsey County inmate population view of RCCF.
The RCCF visiting page at ramseycountymn.gov visiting-communications describes video visit options, professional in-person visits, and the communication FAQ that residents use.
The visiting page rounds out the operational context behind the Ramsey County inmate population trend at RCCF.
Juvenile Detention Center Population
The Juvenile Detention Center is a secure 24-hour facility for juvenile clients up to age 18 who have been arrested and are awaiting initial hearing, trial, disposition, or placement. The current Ramsey County source pages list the address as 25 West 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102, and the phone as 651-266-5255. Juvenile records are restricted under Minnesota Statutes § 260B.171, so the JDC does not publish a public roster like the ADC. The Community Corrections page covers PREA protections and deaf-and-hard-of-hearing services for residents at JDC and RCCF.
Population Trends and Reform Efforts
The 2024 Comprehensive Plan reports that RCCF population dropped between 2020 and 2022 because of COVID-19 policy changes and reform efforts that moved sentences into community supervision. The Community Alternatives Program is a central piece of that shift. RCCF case workers use LSCMI scores and probation officer input to tailor services. Programming touches cognitive change, parenting, education, employment readiness, domestic abuse intervention, and pregnancy and parenting supports. The plan ties these to lower jail census numbers.
The County Attorney's office reports a separate reform effort that affects the early stages of jail intake. Non-public-safety and minor-equipment traffic stops dropped sharply. Moving violations grew as a share of all stops. Racial disparities for these stops and searches were cut by more than half. The office replaced minor-equipment stops with letters and repair-or-registration assistance.
Pretrial vs Sentenced Ramsey County Inmate Population
The county's split between pretrial and sentenced custody is built into its facility design. The ADC holds pretrial defendants. RCCF holds sentenced residents. A defendant moves from ADC to RCCF after a sentence under one year. Longer felony sentences move to the Minnesota DOC, not RCCF.
| Topic | Pretrial (ADC) | Sentenced (RCCF) |
|---|---|---|
| Facility | Adult Detention Center | Ramsey County Correctional Facility |
| Beds | 500 | 556 |
| Custody Type | Post-arrest, pretrial, court disposition | Sentenced up to one year |
| Roster | Public open data story | Resident roster on county page |
| Programming | Limited; short stays | Decision Points, ABE, ESL, treatment, CAP |
Searching for a Ramsey County Inmate by Name
Ramsey County inmate population data are different from a single-name lookup. Population pages give the county-level view: capacity, average daily population, demographic breakdowns when published, and programming. For an individual person, see the inmate records page for the Adult Detention Center roster. For a release lookup, see the released inmates page for the state DOC and federal BOP locators. The split exists by design so that aggregated data and personal-name data each live in the right place.
Where Ramsey County Population Data Come From
Three sources feed the county-level population numbers. The Sheriff's open data feed reports ADC bookings, releases, and charges in near real time. Community Corrections publishes the annual Comprehensive Plan and Fact Sheets for RCCF and JDC. Statewide and national context comes from the Minnesota DOC, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Vera Institute. None of those sources sit on a third-party aggregator; each lives on a .gov or institutional research site.
For people interested in a specific Ramsey County inmate population number, the 2024 Community Corrections fact sheets and the budget book are the most current public references. The Comprehensive Plan covers programming, philosophy, and outcomes; the Fact Sheets cover counts.
Minnesota and National Context
The Bureau of Justice Statistics tracks jail population trends across the country. Ramsey County's drop in RCCF average daily population follows a wider Minnesota and national pattern that traces to COVID-era policy changes, bail reform discussions, and growing use of community alternatives. The Vera Institute publishes county-level jail incarceration trends that researchers use for comparison. Minnesota DOC counts state prison population separately from county jails. Pulling all three layers together gives the full picture of who is in custody under what authority.
A simple rule helps: ADC handles short pretrial stays, RCCF handles short sentenced stays, Minnesota DOC handles longer state sentences, and the BOP handles federal sentences. A name that does not appear in one place may show in another. The released inmates page walks through the locator side of each system.
Programming and the Drop in Jail Population
RCCF programming is one driver of the population drop. Decision Points teaches cognitive change skills. The Doula Project supports parenting and pregnancy. Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language teach core academic skills. Employment readiness covers resume writing, interview prep, and reentry job search. Chemical dependency programming, often paired with court-ordered conditions, addresses substance use. Domestic abuse intervention groups work on relationship behavior.
Outside the walls, the Community Alternatives Program puts eligible clients on electronic monitoring instead of in a bed. Sentence-to-Service and other work-crew options route some sentences into community labor. Adult and juvenile probation supervise people in the community under court orders. Together, these tools cut the daily census even as the underlying caseloads stay similar.