Murray County Jail Roster Overview
Murray County's own sheriff page is the starting point because it explains the local setup: Murray County partners with Lyon County to house inmates. That means the primary custody list for Murray County arrestees is the Lyon County Jail In Custody List, not a separate roster hosted under a Murray County jail name. People arrested by the Murray County Sheriff's Office or by Slayton Police Department may appear on that Lyon County report while held at Lyon County Jail in Marshall.
The roster is a public report, not a profile-driven search database. The inspected report showed a date and time at the top, then custody entries with name, booking date and time, arresting agency, charge text, status, sentence date when applicable, and actual completion date when applicable. No public search box, login screen, fee gate, booking-number field, mugshot gallery, demographic panel, housing unit, or clickable inmate profile page was observed in the public text view.
For Murray County records beyond current custody, use the originating agency. The Murray County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Heath Landsman and is located at the Murray County Courts Building, PO Box 57, 2558 29th Street, Slayton, MN 56172. The office phone is 507-836-6168, and regular business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sheriff data-practices request materials are the fallback for releasable arrest, incident, booking-photo, or older sheriff-maintained records that are not answered by the current Lyon roster.
How to Use the Murray County Inmate Roster
To find someone in the Murray County jail system, start with the Lyon County Jail In Custody List. The report mixes Lyon County Jail entries from multiple arresting agencies, so the Murray-specific work is done with browser find and careful reading of the arresting-agency lines. The report is free and does not require an account.
- Open the Lyon County Jail In Custody List and check the report date and time at the top before relying on the entry.
- Use browser find, usually Ctrl+F on Windows or Command+F on Mac, to search the person's last name. Try alternate spellings if the first search fails.
- Search for "Murray County" and "Slayton Police Dept" when the goal is to isolate Murray County arrests from the broader Lyon County Jail population.
- Read every charge block under the person's name because one entry can contain multiple arresting agencies, charge descriptions, status values, sentence dates, or completion dates.
- Treat roster charges as custody and booking information. Use Minnesota Court Records Online for filed charges, court case numbers, hearings, and dispositions.
- If the person is not listed and the matter is urgent, call Lyon County Jail at 507-929-6623 for current custody or Murray County Sheriff's Office at 507-836-6168 for Murray sheriff records and routing.
Murray County Roster Search Fields
The roster does not accept typed search fields in the way many county jail portals do. It is a static custody-list report. Browser find substitutes for a search form, so the useful "fields" are the labels and text patterns visible in the report itself.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date / Time | Report text | n/a | Shown at the top of the report so users can judge how current the list is. |
| Inmate Name | Report text | n/a | Displayed in last-name, first-name, middle-name or initial format; use browser find. |
| Sequence Number | Report text | n/a | A numeric order appears beside entries; it was not confirmed as a booking number. |
| Date and Time of Booking | Report text | n/a | Shows the booking date and time for the custody entry. |
| Arresting Agency | Report text | n/a | Examples include Murray County, Slayton Police Dept, Lyon County Sheriff, Marshall Police Dept, Tracy Police Dept, and Minnesota State Patrol. |
| Charges | Report text | n/a | Charge descriptions may include Minnesota statute-style wording or embedded statute references. |
| Status | Report text | n/a | Observed values include Bail Set, Hold Placed, Hold For Court, Released Own PR, Sentenced, Book/Release, and Chg Dismissed. |
| Search Button | None | n/a | No public search button, reset button, dropdown, or roster form was observed. |
What a Murray County Inmate Profile Shows
There are no public inmate profile pages in the inspected Lyon County report. A typical Murray County inmate record is the block of roster text tied to a person's name. That distinction matters because the report provides useful custody facts but withholds many details that people may expect from a larger jail search portal.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Publicly listed detainee name, usually in last-first-middle order. |
| Date and Time of Booking | When the person was booked into Lyon County Jail. |
| Arresting Agency | The agency tied to each charge block; this is essential for spotting Murray County or Slayton Police entries. |
| Charges | Booking or arrest charge descriptions, not final court outcomes. |
| Status | Custody or case status such as Bail Set, Hold For Court, Sentenced, or Released Own PR. |
| Sentence Date | Date of sentence when the report lists one. |
| Actual Completion Date | Expected or actual local sentence completion date when shown. |
| Not Observed Online | No mugshot, public booking number, housing unit, pod, height, weight, race, sex, date of birth, or profile page was observed in the public text view. |
Under Minnesota Statutes section 13.82, core adult arrest data are public at the originating law-enforcement agency, and booking photographs are public unless release would harm an active investigation. Online access is narrower than legal access, though. If a public roster field is missing, the next step is an agency records request, not an assumption that the record does not exist.
Finding County, State, and Federal Inmates
The Lyon County Jail report covers current local jail custody and some recently processed entries. It is the right first stop for a fresh Murray County arrest, a Slayton Police arrest, a local hold, or a short local sentence being served at the jail. It is not the right tool for every custody stage. Sentenced Minnesota prisoners move into the Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator after commitment to the Commissioner of Corrections, although newly sentenced people may take several business days to appear. Federal custody uses the BOP Inmate Locator after federal placement, and immigration custody uses ICE Online Detainee Locator System when applicable.
| Custody | Where to Look |
|---|---|
| Pretrial or short local sentence | Lyon County Jail In Custody List, then Lyon County Jail at 507-929-6623 for urgent confirmation. |
| Murray sheriff arrest or incident record | Murray County Sheriff's Office at 507-836-6168 or the sheriff data-practices request forms. |
| Sentenced Minnesota prisoner | Minnesota Department of Corrections Locator by name or six-digit MNDOC Offender ID. |
| Federal defendant or prisoner | BOP locator for federal inmates from 1982 to present; U.S. Marshals Service District of Minnesota for pre-BOP federal custody routing. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS by A-number or biographical information; JavaScript is required. |
| Custody notification | Minnesota VINELink for notification, not a complete replacement for the jail roster. |
Murray County Jail Facilities
Murray County does not publish a separate Murray County jail capacity or average daily population because current local custody is handled through the Lyon County housing partnership. The only facility in the project facility map is Lyon County Jail. No state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was located inside Murray County from the official sources reviewed.
Lyon County Jail
611 West Main Street
Marshall, MN 56258
507-929-6623
87-bed regional jail serving Murray County inmates through the housing partnership.
Murray County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 57, 2558 29th Street
Slayton, MN 56172
507-836-6168
Open Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., for sheriff records and local law-enforcement routing.
Booking Process in Murray County
A Murray County custody case may begin with the Murray County Sheriff's Office, Slayton Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, or another agency. After arrest or warrant pickup, the person is transported to the detention facility serving Murray County, which is Lyon County Jail under the housing partnership. Jail intake creates the booking date and time, records the arresting agency, enters charge descriptions, handles property and search procedures, and assigns a custody status.
The public roster is the first visible sign that the person has been accepted and entered into the jail system. No official Murray or Lyon source reviewed gives a guaranteed number of minutes or hours before a new booking appears online. For urgent confirmation, call Lyon County Jail. For a formal Murray sheriff record, use the sheriff's data-practices channel. For the court case that follows arrest, use Minnesota Court Records Online and Murray County District Court at 2500 28th Street, Slayton, MN 56172.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Lyon County Jail policies publish separate schedules for professional visits, lockdown periods, and personal visits. Visitors should confirm rules before traveling from Murray County to Marshall because staff can deny or end visits for missing ID, refusal of search procedures, intoxication, disruptive conduct, inappropriate attire, cell phone use in the facility during visiting, food or drink in visiting rooms, or attempts to pass materials except approved legal materials.
| Visit Type | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Professional visitation | Every day | 8:00-11:30 a.m.; 1:00-4:30 p.m.; 6:00-9:00 p.m. |
| Administrative lockdown | Every day | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 4:30-6:00 p.m.; no visiting. |
| Personal visitation | Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 8:00-11:00 a.m.; 1:00-4:00 p.m.; no Monday personal visits. |
| Last personal visit start | Personal visiting days | By 10:30 a.m. for the morning period and 3:30 p.m. for the afternoon period. |
Personal visits are generally limited to two visits per day per inmate, two people per visit, and about 30 minutes per visit. Visitors must be at least 18 unless a child is visiting a parent or legal guardian with the required adult and proof of guardianship. A valid picture ID with current address is required, and people incarcerated within the last 60 days need jail administrator permission before visiting.
How to Contact a Murray County Inmate
Mail for a Murray County detainee housed at Lyon County Jail should be addressed to Lyon County Jail, C/O "Inmate Name," 611 West Main Street, Marshall, MN 56258. Lyon County states that outgoing envelopes cannot have writing or drawings except the required address information, and the inmate's name must be clearly printed. Legal materials passed during visits require inspection and approval by a correctional officer.
Family and friends can leave non-confidential messages through the inmate message system at 507-401-4560. Jail staff will not pass messages, and the message system should not be used for private legal, medical, or safety-sensitive information. Lyon County also identifies Reliance phone cards in $10 and $20 amounts and collect-call or texting setup through 800-896-3201 or reliancetelephone.com.
Program and health-related questions should be routed through the jail contacts listed by Lyon County. Work release, education release, and STS-style release program questions are tied to Administrative Sergeant Gabriel Figueroa at 507-929-6645. Medical, dental, and mental-health questions related to the jail are routed to Program Sergeant Michael Sumerfelt at 507-929-6640. Those contacts do not replace emergency services or legal counsel, but they are useful when a Murray County detainee is housed in Marshall rather than in Slayton.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
Lyon County Jail accepts deposits at the kiosk in the jail lobby, and the policy says money may be dropped off any time. After hours, visitors use the beige phone in the first lobby to access the secured area. Online deposits are available through the Inmate Canteen website linked by Lyon County. The kiosk may display a transaction number, but the jail policy says users will not receive a receipt.
Other published Lyon County fees include fingerprinting at $20 per card, cash only, Monday through Friday except holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The jail also references pay-for-stay charges for convicted inmates at $20 per day, including credited days, under Minnesota Statutes section 641.12. A pay-for-stay waiver request must be made in writing to the sheriff or jail administrator within five days of release after receiving an invoice.
Note: Confirm the person is still in custody before sending money, scheduling travel, or relying on a roster status that may change after court or release processing.
Mobile App and Records Request Fallbacks
No official Murray County Sheriff's Office app, Slayton Police app, app-only roster, app-only warrant search, or app-only tip feature was found in the App Store or Google Play searches summarized in the research. The mobile fallback is the same as desktop: open the public web roster, use browser find, call Lyon County Jail or the Murray sheriff, and use state or federal locators when the person is no longer in local jail custody.
When the public roster is too limited, Minnesota public-records law supplies the formal path. Minnesota Statutes section 13.03 requires government data to be accessible for public use unless classified otherwise. Section 13.85 covers corrections and detention data created because of lawful confinement. For a Murray-originated arrest, use the Murray sheriff's public data request materials; for jail operational records, contact Lyon County Jail records during business hours.