The Murray County Inmate Population
The defining fact for the Murray County inmate population is the housing partnership. The Murray County Sheriff's Office states that Murray County partners with Lyon County to house inmates, then points the public to the Lyon County current inmate roster. That means a person arrested by the Murray County Sheriff's Office or Slayton Police Department may appear in a Lyon County Jail report even though the arrest started in Murray County.
This setup changes how the count should be read. Murray County does not publish a stand-alone jail capacity, average daily population, or booking dashboard in the official sources reviewed. Current local custody is counted operationally inside the Lyon County Jail population. A full Murray County inmate population view separates four groups: county arrestees housed at Lyon County Jail, sentenced people under the Minnesota Department of Corrections, federal defendants in U.S. Marshals or BOP custody, and immigration detainees searched through ICE.
Why Murray County Inmates Appear in Lyon
Lyon County Jail is the primary Murray-serving detention facility for this project. It is operated by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, but the Murray sheriff page routes inmate-listing users there because of the inter-county housing arrangement. The current custody report also confirms the practical link: research found Murray County and Slayton Police Department listed as arresting agencies on the Lyon County Jail In Custody List.
The Lyon County Jail information page describes a local adult detention facility connected to the Lyon County Law Enforcement Center and adjacent to the Lyon County Courthouse. For Murray County readers, the useful point is simple. Do not look for a separate Murray County jail roster in Slayton first. Start with the Lyon report, then use Murray sheriff records or court records when the question is about an arrest report, old booking, warrant, or formal charge.
The Murray County Sheriff's Office page is the county source for this routing. The manifest image below shows that official sheriff page and its data-practices links. Source: Murray County Sheriff's Office.
The screenshot matters because Murray County remains the originating agency for many local records even when the custody list itself is hosted through Lyon County Jail.
Murray County Inmate Population Statistics
The published numbers are strongest at the facility level, not the Murray-only boarder level. Lyon County reports an 87-bed designed maximum capacity for the jail that serves Murray County. Research also counted 30 numbered entries in the live Lyon custody report on June 18, 2026, with Murray County and Slayton Police Department arresting-agency rows observed. That roster count is a point-in-time list, not an annual average daily population.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Murray-serving jail facility | Lyon County Jail | Murray County Sheriff's Office, current page reviewed 2026 |
| Designed maximum capacity | 87 beds | Lyon County Jail official page, reviewed June 18, 2026 |
| Current roster count | 30 numbered entries | Lyon County Jail In Custody List, June 18, 2026 point-in-time inspection |
| Murray-only jail ADP | Not published | No separate Murray County jail-population dashboard located |
| Murray County population | Just under 8,100 | Murray County homepage, 2026 review |
Murray County Inmate Population Trends
Trend language has to be narrow because official sources did not publish Murray-only average daily population by year. The strongest local trend is structural: Murray County's jail population is boarded through Lyon County Jail instead of reported through a Murray County detention building. The Lyon facility itself began full operations in 2010, and the current Murray sheriff page still directs readers to Lyon for inmates in 2026.
| Year / Date | Count or Event | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lyon County Jail began full operations | Facility capacity context, not Murray-only ADP |
| 2024 | 11 state DOC prisons statewide | State prison context for sentenced Murray County cases |
| June 18, 2026 | 30 numbered Lyon roster entries | Point-in-time roster count that can change with new bookings and releases |
| Current official Murray ADP | Not published | Murray boards inmates through Lyon County Jail |
Because no official Murray boarder dashboard was located, claims about Murray County overcrowding, annual bookings, average length of stay, or demographic change would be unsupported. The reliable approach is to cite the live Lyon custody list for current custody and the Murray sheriff data-practices process for historical Murray records.
Murray County Jail Capacity
The local capacity figure belongs to Lyon County Jail because that is the facility serving Murray County inmates. Lyon County reports an 87-bed designed maximum capacity and describes the jail as an indirect podular adult detention facility. The jail operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It holds newly arrested people, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, people awaiting transfer to state prison, probation or parole violators, and detainees held for other jurisdictions.
For Murray County inmate population work, capacity should not be converted into a Murray-only bed allotment unless an official contract or dashboard says so. None was located in the research file. Use the 87-bed figure as the capacity of the primary Murray-serving jail, not as a count of Murray County detainees.
Murray County Inmate Population Laws
Minnesota law explains why some jail and arrest data are public while other details stay off the web roster. Minnesota Statutes section 13.03 requires responsible authorities to keep public government data accessible for convenient use unless another law classifies it as not public. Section 13.82 makes core adult arrest data public at the originating law-enforcement agency and also addresses booking photographs. Section 13.85 covers corrections and detention data created because of lawful confinement.
Key Statutes:
Minn. Stat. 241.021 authorizes Minnesota DOC facility licensing, inspection, and death-in-custody reporting duties.
Minnesota Rules chapter 2911 sets minimum standards for local adult detention facilities.
Minnesota Rule of Public Access 8 limits what court records appear remotely online through MCRO.
These laws do not require every field to appear in the roster. The inspected Lyon report did not show mugshots, full demographic fields, public booking numbers, housing units, or exact bond amounts. Those details may require a records request, a court lookup, or a call to the correct agency.
Search the Murray County Inmate Population
The current custody path starts at the Lyon County Jail In Custody List. The report is free and public, with no login. It is not a normal search form. There is no public last-name input, dropdown, submit button, or reset button in the inspected version. Use the browser find tool to search the page by last name, arresting agency, or charge text.
- Open the Lyon County Jail In Custody List and check the report date and time at the top.
- Use Ctrl+F or Command+F for the person's last name, then try alternate spellings.
- Search for Murray County or Slayton Police Dept when the arrest may have started locally.
- Read every charge block under the name because one person can have more than one agency or status row.
- Move to MCRO for formal court charges, or to the MNDOC Locator after a state-prison sentence.
The manifest image below shows the public Lyon custody list used for Murray County inmates. Source: Lyon County Jail current in-custody roster.
The roster image reinforces the main search rule: scan the live report first, then confirm current custody by phone if the timing is urgent.
Murray County Roster Fields
The Lyon report displays current custody as text blocks. It gives enough detail to identify a person and understand the booking context, but it is not a full public profile system. The absence of a field online does not prove the record does not exist. It means the field was not visible in the public report inspected for this build.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date / Time | Report text | n/a | Shown at top of the report so readers know how current the list is. |
| Inmate Name | Report text | n/a | Usually last name, first name, middle name or initial. |
| Booking Date and Time | Report text | n/a | Date and time tied to the jail intake entry. |
| Arresting Agency | Report text | n/a | Murray County and Slayton Police Department entries were observed. |
| Charges | Report text | n/a | Charge descriptions may include Minnesota statute-style wording. |
| Status | Report text | n/a | Observed values include Bail Set, Hold For Court, Hold Placed, Released Own PR, Sentenced, Book/Release, and Chg Dismissed. |
What Murray County Inmate Records Show
A Murray County inmate record in the public Lyon roster is best understood as a custody-list block, not a clickable biography. It may show name, booking date and time, charge descriptions, arresting agency, status, sentence date, and actual completion date. The inspected public list did not show booking photos, housing unit, exact bond amount, date of birth, height, weight, race, sex, or a public booking number.
| Record Item | How to Use It |
|---|---|
| Arresting agency | Use it to separate Murray County or Slayton arrests from other Lyon Jail entries. |
| Status | Read it as custody context, not a final court judgment. |
| Sentence date | Check whether the person may be serving a local sentence or awaiting transfer. |
| Missing photo field | Use a records request if a booking photo is needed and legally public. |
| Missing court date | Use MCRO or Murray County District Court for hearings and case events. |
Past Murray County Inmate Records
The live custody list is not a complete archive of every person ever booked for a Murray County case. If the person has been released, transferred, or sentenced, use a fallback chain. For Murray sheriff arrest or incident data, start with the data-practices materials linked from the sheriff page. For jail booking records created at Lyon County Jail, call the jail records or reception channel during business hours. For court charges, search Minnesota Court Records Online. For state-prison custody, search the Minnesota DOC Locator.
Be precise when making a records request. Include the full name, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and case number if MCRO shows one. Minnesota public-record law can make core arrest data public, but juvenile records, sealed records, active investigation limits, and nonpublic detention data can narrow what is released.
Murray County Jail vs State Prison
The Lyon County custody list covers local jail custody. The Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. A newly sentenced person may leave Lyon County Jail before appearing in the DOC public search, because the DOC notes that new commitments can take several business days to display.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh arrest or pretrial hold | Lyon County Jail In Custody List | Current jail status and booking charge blocks |
| Formal Murray County charges | MCRO and Murray County District Court | Case number, complaint, hearings, dispositions |
| State prison sentence | MNDOC Locator | DOC identity, custody, facility, and supervision status |
| Federal custody | BOP Locator or U.S. Marshals | Federal inmate placement or pretrial federal custody routing |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE custody lookup by A-number or biographical data |
Contacting Murray County Custody Offices
Use the office that owns the question. Current custody and jail operations go to Lyon County Jail at 507-929-6623. Murray arrest reports, incident reports, public data forms, and sheriff records go to the Murray County Sheriff's Office at 507-836-6168. Filed charges and certified court records go through Murray County District Court and MCRO, while the County Attorney files many formal charges after arrest.
Lyon County Jail
611 West Main Street
Marshall, MN 56258
507-929-6623
Operates 24 hours a day for custody operations.
Murray County Sheriff's Office
2558 29th Street, PO Box 57
Slayton, MN 56172
507-836-6168
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Murray County Detention Facilities
Only one primary facility was resolved from the Murray County facility map. No state prison, federal Bureau of Prisons institution, or ICE detention facility was located in Murray County itself from official sources reviewed.
- Lyon County Jail - regional local adult detention facility in Marshall that houses Murray County arrestees and detainees through the county partnership.
Murray County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a Murray County jail roster?
Murray County's sheriff page directs users to the Lyon County Jail current roster because Murray partners with Lyon County to house inmates. The practical search starts with the Lyon custody report, then uses Murray sheriff records for local arrest or incident data.
How current is the Murray County inmate population count?
The roster count is a point-in-time custody report. Research inspected 30 numbered entries on June 18, 2026. That number changes when people are booked, released, sentenced, transferred, or held for another agency.
Where are sentenced Murray County prisoners searched?
Search the MNDOC Locator after a person is committed to state prison or remains under DOC supervision. The county jail roster is not the right long-term system for sentenced state-prison custody.
Does the roster show mugshots?
The inspected Lyon custody report did not show a public mugshot field or clickable profile pages. Minnesota law treats booking photos as public data unless release would harm an active investigation, but a records request may be needed.