Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Medina, Minnesota, in Hennepin County, has about 7,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Medina is held at the county jail, run by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Medina
The county jail, run by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Medina, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office at minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/public-safety/police-public-saf... (page title: Jail Roster | City of Minneapolis), phone 612-348-5112, 350 Fifth St. S., Room 130 Minneapolis, MN 55415, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Hennepin County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 720 people, down from about 1,060 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,300 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hennepin County has about 1.3 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 6 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hennepin County Jail
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Medina (filed by the FBI as Medina Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Medina.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, three other agencies and one state police unit in Hennepin County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The St. Anthony Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Hennepin County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hennepin County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Minneapolis's 8,596 for 2025, Bloomington's 3,519 for 2025 and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office's 1,396 for 2025.
Together, the 29 agencies in Hennepin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,183 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Medina arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Medina?
Look on the custody page of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office at minneapolismn.gov, or call 612-348-5112. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hennepin County jail?
About 720 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,300 beds.
What is the phone number for the Hennepin County jail?
612-348-5112, the number on the page of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Is this the official Medina website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.