Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yellow Medicine County is held at the county jail, run by the Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine County
The county jail, run by the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Yellow Medicine County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office at co.ym.mn.gov/ (page title: YMC Jail Information | Yellow Medicine County, MN), phone 320-564-2130, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 320-564-2130.
The Yellow Medicine County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 12 people, down from about 17 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 40 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yellow Medicine County has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yellow Medicine County Jail
The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Granite Falls and Canby make the arrests that end in a booking in Yellow Medicine County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Granite Falls's 40 for 2025, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office's 22 for 2025 and Canby's 2 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Yellow Medicine County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 64 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 Yellow Medicine County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Yellow Medicine County?
Ask the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office at 320-564-2130; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.ym.mn.gov/.
How many people are in the Yellow Medicine County jail?
About 12 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 40 beds.
What is the phone number for the Yellow Medicine County jail?
320-564-2130, the number on the page of the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Is this the official Yellow Medicine County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.