What This Site Does
Minnesota makes many adult arrest, detention, and court records available to the public, but those records are split across custody and court systems. In Murray County, local jail custody appears through the Lyon County Jail roster because Murray County does not publish a separate Murray-only jail list. State prison supervision and federal or immigration custody are separate from that roster. This site organizes those public resources, facility details, visitation basics, and request steps in one private reference.
What Is Included
The pages focus on Murray County custody questions, the Lyon County Jail housing arrangement, and the public-record routes that apply in Minnesota.
- Lookup help for jail inmate records, jail roster mugshots, and court records after a jail arrest.
- A facility page for Lyon County Jail with address, phone, and visitation context for Murray County inmates housed there.
- Plain-language steps for checking the current custody list and knowing when the Minnesota DOC locator is the better source.
- Guidance on booking records, booking photos, data-practices requests, and the limits of what is posted online.
What This Site Cannot Do
Murray County Inmate Population is privately run. It is not part of Murray County, Lyon County, the Murray County Sheriff's Office, Lyon County Jail, the Minnesota Department of Corrections, any court, or any federal agency.
- We cannot release, hold, transfer, or locate a person through jail staff systems.
- We cannot post bond, schedule a visit, send money, or change a jail account.
- We cannot provide legal advice or tell anyone how to handle a pending case.
Official custody actions, case decisions, release timing, and record copies are handled outside this private site.
Search Partners
Some pages may include search boxes or links supplied by third-party providers. Those providers control their own prices, signup terms, data handling, and search results. If a visitor chooses a paid partner tool after following a link or search box from this site, Murray County Inmate Population may receive a referral fee. That support helps keep the public reference pages available without making this site a government office or an official records host.