About the Adult Detention Center

The Olmsted County Sheriff is responsible for the detention of adult prisoners including pre-sentenced, sentenced, federal boarders, and work release. Staff is also responsible for court security.   

The Adult Detention Center is located in the Olmsted County Government Center located at 101 4th Street SE, Rochester Minnesota 55904-3719. The telephone number is 507-328-6790.

The ADC is a Direct Supervision facility with a rated capacity of 202 beds of which 16 are dedicated to female detainees.  The Work Release Facility Annex capacity is 60 males and 30 females. The ADC also houses detainees for the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, other county and state organizations.

The ADC offers educational, recreational and religious programming for detainees.    

The maximum security facility opened in 1993 with 100 beds, expanded to 112 beds in 1994, 126 beds in 1996, 138 beds in 1999, 148 beds in 2001 and 202 beds in 2005.     

The Minimum Security Annex opened in 2003 and houses detainees that have work release privileges, Sentenced to Service, and minimum security detainees.  The Electronic Home Monitoring office is also in this building directly across the street from the Government Center at 104 4th Street SE. 

The facilities are operated by a Director, three Captains and 80 detention staff.  In addition, there are 55 community volunteers that provide education, counseling, library and religious services. Food service, vending, detainee phones, and health care are contract services.  A mental health team manages detainees that present challenges due to illness.  Rochester public schools provides teachers for Adult Basic Education and GED classes.  There is a citizen based program advisory committee that meets to determine current population needs and gives citizen perspective on operations.