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Cottonwood County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. For those actions, use the official Cottonwood County, Minnesota court, state corrections, federal, or immigration contact that matches the record.


Official Contacts for Jail and Court Records

For local custody, start with the Cottonwood County Sheriff's Office and Cottonwood County Jail. The official county pages list the jail and sheriff at the same law-enforcement address in Windom, with administrative office hours on weekdays and dispatch available at all times.

Cottonwood County Sheriff's Office / Jail

902 5th Avenue

Windom, MN 56101

507-831-1375

Fax: 507-831-1957

Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday

Dispatch: 24/7

Police-report and records requests: Pamela.Hogan@co.cottonwood.mn.us

Cottonwood County Court Administration

900 3rd Avenue

Windom, MN

Contact: Sheila Pierson

507-831-7003

sheila.pierson@courts.state.mn.us

Cottonwood County Attorney

Nicholas Anderson

220 10th Street

Windom, MN 56101

507-831-5040

Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday

Use the path below to narrow the request before calling or emailing an office.

  • For someone who may be in the Cottonwood County Jail, begin with jail inmate records and then call the jail if a recent arrest has not reached the roster.
  • For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and confirm any public-data request with the sheriff's office.
  • For filed charges, hearings, and case status after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Cottonwood County Court Administration.
  • For facility information, use the Cottonwood County Jail page linked in the footer.
  • For a person sentenced to Minnesota state prison or state supervision, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections Public Viewer.
  • For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System instead of the county jail.