FCI Sandstone Overview
FCI Sandstone is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the federal level. It is a low-security federal correctional institution for male offenders. That means it is separate from Pine County Jail, which holds local pretrial and sentenced county inmates, and separate from Minnesota Correctional Facility - Willow River, which is run by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. A federal sentence, federal hold, or BOP location entry should be checked in BOP systems first.
The facility's Pine County location can confuse inmate searches because three custody systems exist in the county: the sheriff's local jail, the state DOC facility at Willow River, and this BOP institution in Sandstone. The Pine County roster can show people held locally on county charges or holds, but it does not list sentenced federal inmates housed at FCI Sandstone. MCRO may show state court cases, but it is not a federal prison roster. Federal court and BOP sources control federal custody details.
The official BOP FCI Sandstone page is the source for the facility address, phone, federal operator, and facility-specific visiting resources.
The source image places FCI Sandstone in the federal BOP system, which is the key distinction for Pine County inmate lookup.
FCI Sandstone Population
Official research confirmed FCI Sandstone as a low-security federal correctional institution for male offenders, but it did not locate a reliable official capacity or current population figure in the available BOP text. For that reason, the page should not state a bed count, average daily population, or live headcount. Population and release details for individual federal inmates should be verified with the BOP Inmate Locator and facility contacts, because BOP release dates may change after sentence review, credits, court action, or transfer.
| Measure | Figure | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| Facility type | Low-security federal correctional institution | BOP facility page |
| Population held | Male federal inmates | Research facility map and BOP source |
| Capacity | Not located in official source | No official BOP text available to tooling |
| Local roster coverage | Not covered by Pine County Jail roster | Federal custody uses BOP locator |
Look Up FCI Sandstone Inmates
Use the BOP Inmate Locator for FCI Sandstone inmate searches. The locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present. It supports number searches by BOP Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, or INS Number, and name searches with first, middle, last, race, age, and sex fields. BOP results can show name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. BOP cautions that release dates may change, including after First Step Act sentence review.
- Open the BOP Inmate Locator and choose a number search if a federal register, DCDC, FBI, or INS number is known.
- Use the name search when no number is known, adding age, race, or sex only when those filters improve accuracy.
- Check the result location for FCI Sandstone or a transfer destination before contacting the facility.
- Read the release-date field as a BOP record that can change, not as a promise of exact release timing.
The BOP locator does not provide public federal mugshots. It is also not the same as ICE ODLS. Immigration detention, if relevant, should be checked through ICE's Online Detainee Locator System and the ICE detention-facilities directory, because no ICE detention facility was located in Pine County official sources.
The BOP Inmate Locator page shows the federal search paths used for FCI Sandstone custody lookups.
The locator screenshot supports the federal register-number and name-search guidance for FCI Sandstone inmate records.
FCI Sandstone Contact
Contact FCI Sandstone for facility-specific questions that the BOP locator does not answer. The Pine County Sheriff's Office cannot confirm federal prison housing, approve BOP visits, post federal bond, or change a BOP release date. A federal inmate may also have federal court records outside Minnesota state court systems, so court records and custody records may require separate federal sources.
FCI Sandstone
2300 County Road 29
Sandstone, MN 55072
320-245-2262
Fax: 320-245-0385; BOP federal institution for male offenders.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Use the BOP Inmate Locator for custody and location records.
Search by register number or name.
BOP Locator: bop.gov/inmateloc
Facility page contains local visiting resources and institution notices.
FCI Sandstone Visiting
BOP visiting is controlled by federal rules and facility-specific regulations. The official FCI Sandstone page includes visiting information and a facility-specific visiting regulations PDF, but the dynamic schedule text was not fully exposed in the research tooling. Because the exact days and times were not captured in the official text available for this build, visitors should use the BOP facility page and call the institution before travel. Do not rely on Pine County Jail visiting hours for FCI Sandstone.
| Visit Topic | Published Detail | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Use the official FCI Sandstone BOP page and visiting regulations PDF | Federal prison visiting |
| Approval | BOP visiting rules and facility procedures apply | Federal approval process |
| Arrival | Confirm with FCI Sandstone before travel | Facility-specific |
| County jail hours | Do not use Pine County Jail visiting hours | Wrong custody system |
| State prison hours | Do not use Willow River DOC visiting hours | Wrong custody system |
FCI Sandstone Mail and Money
Mail, phone, and money for FCI Sandstone follow BOP rules. The research did not capture a facility-specific commissary fee table or deposit-fee schedule from official BOP text, so no dollar amount should be stated. Use the BOP facility page and current BOP inmate communications and deposit instructions before sending funds or mail. Federal prison mail should identify the inmate by name and register number when available, since BOP records use federal register numbers rather than Pine County booking numbers or MNDOC IDs.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | FCI Sandstone, inmate name and register number, 2300 County Road 29, Sandstone, MN 55072 |
| Phone | BOP inmate telephone rules apply; confirm current rules with BOP sources |
| Money Deposit | Use current BOP deposit instructions; specific FCI Sandstone fee amounts were not located in official research |
| Public Mugshots | BOP locator is not a federal mugshot source |
FCI Sandstone Intake
FCI Sandstone does not book Pine County street arrests. Federal inmates arrive through BOP designation, transfer, or federal sentence processes. A person may first appear in local or federal court records, then later in the BOP locator after commitment or designation. The Pine County Jail roster should only be used if the person is actually held in local county custody. Once BOP lists the person at FCI Sandstone, facility questions shift to federal procedures.
A BOP result of Released or Not in BOP Custody does not always end every justice-system question. The person may be under federal supervision, state custody, immigration custody, or another system. For Pine County state charges, MCRO and the county jail roster may still matter. For federal custody and federal release dates, BOP is the central source. For immigration detention, ICE ODLS is the appropriate locator.
About FCI Sandstone
FCI Sandstone is one reason Pine County inmate searches require more than one database. The same county contains a sheriff jail, a Minnesota DOC Challenge Incarceration Program prison, and a federal BOP institution. The official research also located a BOP news item stating that Director Marshall visited FCI Sandstone and FPC Duluth on July 9, 2025. At Sandstone, the visit included a walkthrough of key areas such as housing units and the Residential Drug Abuse Program.
Federal inmate records should be read with care. A release date can change because of sentence computation, credits, court orders, transfer, or review. Federal criminal case information may appear in federal court records rather than Minnesota state court records. State charges filed in Pine County may appear in MCRO, but MCRO does not replace BOP for federal prison location. The best first step for FCI Sandstone remains the BOP Inmate Locator, followed by the official facility page for visiting and contact rules.
Note: Confirm federal custody, visiting rules, mail format, and release information with BOP before travel or payment.