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.
Red Wing, Minnesota, in Goodhue County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Red Wing is held at the county jail, run by the Goodhue 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 Red Wing
The county jail, run by the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Red Wing, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office at goodhuecountymn.gov/sheriff/adult_detention_center/jail_roster (page title: Jail Roster | Goodhue County, Minnesota), 509 W. 5th St. Red Wing, MN 55066, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Goodhue County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 49 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 170 beds, and it ran at 62 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Goodhue County has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Goodhue County Jail
The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Red Wing (filed by the FBI as Red Wing Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Red Wing.
The Lake City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Goodhue County, so its arrests are not broken out for Goodhue County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Red Wing's 735 for 2025, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office's 349 for 2025 and Cannon Falls's 111 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Goodhue County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,210 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 Red Wing arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Red Wing?
Look on the custody page of the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office at goodhuecountymn.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Goodhue County jail?
About 49 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 170 beds.
Is this the official Red Wing 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.