Barnes County Jail Inmate Search

Sometime in between 1914 and 1915, Barnes County Jail was built. But what people may not know is that before it was named Barnes County, it was named after Governor John A. Burbank who stayed in office from 1869 to 1873. It wasn't until Judge Alanson H. Barnes, a judge, found out about Burbank's railroad scandal that was lining his pocketbook by misusing and abusing government funds. But Barnes had outed Burbank's business a little after he was reinstated for Governor after the death of Edwin S. McCook, who by the way was killed after he took over for Burbank being stepped down from his position. So Burbank was forced to resign and after that whole ordeal the county was grateful and named it after Barnes in which the Jail was named after him as well.

Between 2017-2018, Barnes County Jail was hit for regulatory issues based off the building inspections on the 110-year-old building and the staff not keeping track of documentation of cell searches and booking of inmates.

With Barnes county serving 6 counties, the old building can only hold a certain amount of people and the sheriff over the facility is asking for the building to be updated or the other option is to tear it down and start fresh with building a new facility in a new location that will provide more space for the jail to hold more inmates, maybe hire more staff, and also the new building will be able to meet the State regulations on the building codes.