Kandiyohi County Jail

Kandiyohi County Jail is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Willmar, Minnesota. It falls under the St. Paul Field Office ERO field office area of responsibility.

Facility quick reference

How to locate or contact a detainee

ICE’s tool for locating someone in its custody is the ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov. A search needs the person’s A-number (Alien Registration Number) and country of birth, or their full name, country of birth, and date of birth.

To ask whether someone is held here, and to leave an urgent message for a detainee, ICE publishes one number: (320) 214-6700 ext. 3600. ICE’s page for this facility says it “does not accept phone calls for detainees” and that “Only emergency messages will be relayed” (checked October 16, 2026). Detainees cannot receive incoming calls — they place outgoing calls themselves. ICE asks callers to have the person’s biographical information ready (full legal name and any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth). Contact and visitation hours vary by facility; this facility’s hours are on the official ICE page linked above, and its detainee-information line is (320) 214-6700 ext. 3600.

Visiting in person

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 16, 2026), the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office uses video visitation:

• From home: register at InmateCanteen.com to request a visit (an email address and ID number are required). ICE’s page gives the price as “.39 per minute”, for up to 30 minutes, every 8 hours; a computer or phone with a camera is needed, and visitors pay only for the minutes used.
• In the lobby: sign in at one of the stations and visit free for 30 minutes. There are no lobby visits on Friday after 4:30 p.m.
• Hours: daily (Monday–Sunday), including weekends and holidays, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., except 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Each detainee is allowed a total of 30 minutes of video visitation every 8 hours.
• ICE & DOC extended visits: on Saturdays and Sundays. Each visit is at least 1 hour long and behind the glass; ID is required; only one visit per day.
• Who may visit: visitors 18 and older must register with a valid email address; anyone under 18 must be escorted by a parent or legal guardian; a person on probation must have signed permission from their probation officer. Only current valid IDs are allowed, and only registered visitors may use the visitation cameras and booths. Anyone violating jail rules is asked to leave and banned from future visitations.
• Search: everyone entering the facility or visitation area is subject to an inspection of belongings and a metal scan search; anyone refusing a reasonable search is not admitted. No firearms or weapons, and no electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, radios, etc.) in the secure areas.
• Consular officials may meet with their detained nationals at any time; ICE asks that, to the extent possible, they make prior arrangements with the ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer, reachable at (612) 409-7799, and bring appropriate credentials.
• Clergy may visit at any time but must make prior arrangements with the Chaplain’s Office.
• Parking: free public parking is available at the facility.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Letters sent to a detainee at this facility must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus the sender’s name and address (checked October 16, 2026) — and each facility publishes its own exact format. Each facility’s format is on its page at ice.gov. This facility’s own ICE page says incoming mail “is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivering officer” and that detainees may seal their own outgoing letters. ICE’s national standard allows more than that. Under ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E), incoming general mail is opened and inspected for contraband, and outgoing general mail may be inspected and read if it is addressed to another detainee or staff have reason to believe it threatens the facility’s security or order, endangers someone, or could facilitate criminal activity. Only special correspondence — mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, government attorneys, embassies and consulates, the President and Vice President of the United States, members of Congress, the Department of Justice (including the immigration courts), DHS (including ICE/ERO, IHSC, CRCL and the DHS Inspector General), grievance administrators, and the news media — may not be read or copied by staff. Incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence; outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read, and if a need exists, any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. The standard limits any inspection to detecting physical contraband and confirming that enclosures qualify as special correspondence. Mail counts as special correspondence only if the envelope unambiguously identifies the title and office of the sender (incoming mail) or of the addressee (outgoing mail). An ordinary letter is not special correspondence under that standard. Rules for commissary (account) deposits and permitted personal items vary by facility, and so does the number that handles them — ICE names a separate facility mail clerk on some facility pages. This facility’s deposit route, accepted form of payment and contacts are in the Sending Items to Detainees section of its own ICE page (linked above).

What ICE publishes for this facility’s mail, money, and packages

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 16, 2026):

• Letters must include the last four digits of the detainee’s A-number (File Number), plus the sender’s name and address. All incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband, and the jail notes: “All inmate mail is screened daily with the exception of legal mail.” Detainees may seal their outgoing letters; outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff.
• Mailing address the jail gives for writing to a detainee or sending money (money order or cashier’s check only):

[Detainee's name]
2201 23rd Street NE Suite 101
Willmar, MN 56201

• Cash by mail: ICE says detainees “are cautioned not to have cash sent to them in the mail.” Funds that do arrive by mail are placed into the detainee’s account, and the processing officer provides a receipt.
• Money in person: a money kiosk at the jail entrance accepts bills only, no coins; the money is applied to the account immediately.
• Money online: through InmateCanteen.com — ICE’s page says not to use the “Communications Account” if the money is meant to go directly to the detainee — or through SecurusTech.net.
• Phone and text accounts: prepaid calls can be set up with Securus Tech at 1 (800) 844-6591, or prepaid phone cards bought at SecurusTech.net or inmatecanteen.com; detainees may also buy phone cards through the canteen. ICE says detainees may send a limited number of text messages in order to secure funds for additional text messaging (checked October 19, 2026); deposits to a detainee’s text-messaging account go through reliancetelephone.com. The facility has tablets; SecurusTech.net explains how to send a non-confidential message.
• Items: only items determined to be necessary for the sole purpose of travel or release from custody, with the approval of the ICE Deportation Officer.
• Luggage for removal: one small piece is allowed; if the person has none, luggage can be sent or delivered after approval from the Supervisory Deportation Officer. No electronic devices are accepted.
• Stamps: detainees may buy them; indigent detainees (no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) get a postage allowance at government expense.
• Transfers and departures: only legal mail is forwarded; general correspondence is returned to sender.

Legal access, attorneys, and immigration court information

Detainees have the right to speak with an attorney, and attorney–client visits and calls are confidential. For information about a case before the immigration court (EOIR), EOIR’s automated line 1-800-898-7180 (toll-free, 24 hours a day, English and Spanish) gives the next hearing date and case status; callers enter the 9 digits of the A-number, without the letter A (EOIR, checked October 24, 2026). For a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the main line of EOIR (the Justice Department agency the BIA belongs to) is (703) 305-0289. Applications for relief from removal must be filed directly with the immigration court handling the case. If you cannot afford an attorney, the immigration court can provide a list of pro bono legal service providers — see the related resources below.

Booking legal visits, video calls, and legal calls

Per ICE’s page for this facility (checked October 16, 2026):

• G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to ERO eFile at this time, so legal representatives are told to download copies of their submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.
• In-person attorney visits are requested by contacting Program Staff at (320) 214-6700 ext. 3616, 3665 or 3633. All visits are non-contact unless otherwise approved. The jail works with attorneys on a time but asks them to understand that it has necessary lockdowns for formal counts.
• Video teleconference (VTC) meetings and confidential legal phone calls are requested by email to jail-programs@kcmn.us; Program Staff email back with a confirmed date and time, and Zoom meeting information is provided to the attorney. Appointments should be made 24 hours before the desired time, are scheduled daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 30- to 60-minute increments, are not scheduled during routine or emergency lockdowns, and are contingent on availability. ICE says legal representatives are not limited in the number of appointments they can request, but no representative may have more than one 60-minute appointment with a detainee in a single day.
• The email should include the representative’s full name and contact information (phone and email), the detainee’s name and A-number, a few proposed dates and times, a scan of the representative’s government-issued ID, a scan of proof of active legal-representative status (such as a state bar card, attorney license or paralegal license), and a scan of the DHS Form G-28 unless the visit is pre-representational. A legal assistant joining alone also needs a letter of authorization on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s ID.
• Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may take part — no family or friends; outside interpretation services may be contacted during the session. A visitation officer stays outside the confidential room, out of earshot but within eyeshot, and knocks 5 minutes before the cut-off time.
• Case information: requests about people detained here may be sent to StPaul.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov; this mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals.
• Deportation Officer: ICE says a client’s Deportation Officer can be identified through the St. Paul ERO Field Office at (612) 409-7799; a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.
• Pro bono list: ICE says a list of pro bono (free) legal organizations is posted in all detainee housing units and other appropriate areas, updated quarterly, and that contacting a provider for an appointment is the detainee’s responsibility. See the inspection record below for what ODO found about this list in July 2026.

Feedback, complaints, and oversight

To report a concern about conditions at this facility or the conduct of an ICE or contract employee, contact the ERO St. Paul Field Office that oversees this facility, or file a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). On its own Make a Civil Rights Complaint page DHS publishes one channel — the online portal at engage.dhs.gov/crcl-complaint; CBP additionally publishes, for the same office, the e-mail address CRCL@dhs.gov, fax (202) 401-4708, and the postal address DHS/CRCL, Compliance Branch, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Mail Stop #0190, Washington, DC 20528-0190. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline is 1-800-323-8603.

This facility’s own ICE page adds these channels (checked October 16, 2026):

• Comments on service, or a misconduct complaint to the field office: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 1 Federal Drive, Suite 1640, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111, (612) 409-7799.
• ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (by mail): Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW, Suite 1049, Mailstop 5099, Washington, DC 20536-5005.
• ICE OPR Integrity Coordination Center: 1-833-4ICE-OPR or ICEOPRIntake@ice.dhs.gov.
• DHS OIG, as listed on the ICE page (checked October 19, 2026): DHS Office of Inspector General, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Drive, Building 410 Stop: 2600, Washington, DC 20528; fax (202) 245-5217; DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV.

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the St. Paul Field Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations. ICE says a detainee has the right not to be interviewed, photographed or recorded, and the reporter must first obtain the detainee’s written permission. ICE also says “Ordinarily, live television or radio interviews will not be permitted in the facility.” Media inquiries about ICE activities go to ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov.

ICE inspection record

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), part of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, inspected Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar on July 21–23, 2026 (Inspection 2026-001-120; ODO report). The report organizes its findings under the National Detention Standards (NDS) 2019 and lists the facility under ERO Saint Paul. Per ICE’s July 2026 inspection, the deficiencies ODO describes include:

Earlier inspections

• March 14–16, 2023 (compliance inspection): ODO reviewed 19 standards under NDS 2019, found compliance with 15, and identified seven deficiencies in the remaining four standards. Source.
• September 26–28, 2023: ODO made a follow-up compliance inspection. Source.
• March 12–14, 2024: ODO made an unannounced compliance inspection. Source.

ICE’s Office of Detention Oversight index of facility inspections (checked October 19, 2026) also lists these earlier ODO inspections of Kandiyohi County Jail:

• September 20–23, 2021 (follow-up)
• March 8–10, 2021
• August 24–28, 2020
• April 30 – May 2, 2019

287(g) agreements in Kandiyohi County

This facility is in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 1 agreement with agencies in that county:

Source: ICE, 287(g) program (participating-agencies workbook). A 287(g) agreement is between ICE and the law-enforcement agency; on its own it says nothing about this facility. What each model means · all agreements by state.

Related procedural resources

• Know Your Rights — what to do if ICE detains you
• EOIR immigration court schedules and procedures
• BIA-recognized legal-aid organizations in Minnesota
• Other ICE detention facilities in Minnesota
• All facilities under the St. Paul Field Office