The Jail Services Division is comprised of a Detention Lieutenant, Detention Sergeants, Detention Corporals, Detention Deputies, Jail Program Deputies and Jail Nurses operating under the leadership of the Commander of Jail Services. 

To have charge and custody of the county jail. To receive and safely keep all persons lawfully committed and not release any person unless discharged in accordance with the law.

To provide, in a cost-effective manner, the highest degree of security for the citizens.

To create a positive atmosphere for the inmates and staff. To offer positive incentives for inmates with a classification system based on their behavior. To provide inmates programs to offer opportunity to become a productive component of our community upon release.

Our commitment is to serve everyone in Carver County with respect and dignity.  Our mandate is to do so with honor, integrity, and pride.

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed in 2003 with unanimous support from both parties in Congress. The purpose of the act was to "provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations and funding to protect individuals from prison rape." (Prison Rape Elimination Act, 2003). In addition to creating a mandate for significant research from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and through the National Institute of Justice, funding through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Corrections supported major efforts in many state correctional, juvenile detention, community corrections, and jail systems.

The act also created the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission and charged it with developing draft standards for the elimination of prison rape. Those standards were published in June 2009, and were turned over to the Department of Justice for review and passage as a final rule. That final rule became effective August 20, 2012.

In 2010, the Bureau of Justice Assistance funded the National PREA Resource Center to continue to provide federally-funded training and technical assistance to states and localities, as well as to serve as a single-stop resource for leading research and tools for all those in the field working to come into compliance with the federal standards.

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office has zero tolerance with regard to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in this facility and will take appropriate affirmative measures to protect all inmates from sexual abuse and harassment and to promptly and thoroughly investigate all allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. The Carver County Sheriff’s Office will investigate any criminal allegation (28 CFR 115.11, 115.22).  If someone from the public wishes to file a report, they are encouraged to call the Carver County Sheriff’s Office at (952) 361-1212.