Dakota County Sheriff Office

Please call (402) 987-2176 to schedule visits with a detainee. Unaccompanied visitors must be at least 18 years of age. - Persons under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. - Proof of the parent/guardian relationship will be required (proof may be a birth certificate or court ordered guardianship). - Visitors will have a government issued photo identification with them. - Each detainee will receive two (2) one-hour visitation blocks per week.

Legal representatives are authorized to visit their clients during the following hours: G-28s filed on behalf of detained aliens at this facility can now be accepted through the online platform ERO eFile.

An attorney needs a signed G-28 on file to be recognised. See finding and helping a detained person.

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee's A-number, plus the sender's name and address. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense. Restricted items include packages, obscene or pornographic materials, personal checks, cashier's check, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any type of food, or periodicals not directly sent from the publisher.