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Information about the Jail
- Correctional Deputies have control of inmates 24 hours per day.
- Upon arrival inmates are searched, booked, fingerprinted, photographed, showered, and are issued jail uniforms, bedding and hygiene products.
- Dakota County Jail is a New Generation (Direct Supervision) Jail.
- Housing units are staffed 24 hours a day by Correctional Deputies who coordinate all of the activities in a particular unit.
- Dakota County booked 3, 218 inmates in custody in 1983. The average inmate population was 55.96 inmates per day.
- Dakota County booked 6,689 inmates in custody in 1995. The average inmate population was 130.34 inmates per day.
- Dakota County booked 13,699 inmates in custody in 2005. The average inmate population was 301.18 inmates per day.
- 2007 was a record year, where we held 305 inmates in custody per day.
This page was last updated on: 11/02/2011
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