Wisconsin Inmate Search

Wisconsin holds state prisoners under the Wisconsin Department of Corrections at Waupun, Green Bay, Columbia in Portage, Dodge in Waupun, where new commitments are processed, Fox Lake, Jackson, Kettle Moraine, Oshkosh, Racine, Redgranite, Stanley, Taycheedah for women in Fond du Lac and the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, which holds people on supervision violations. County jails run by the 72 sheriffs hold pretrial detainees and sentences of up to a year, and Milwaukee County runs both a jail and a House of Correction in Franklin.

The Wisconsin Offender Locator is the state lookup. It covers people in prison and people on probation, parole and extended supervision.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

The Wisconsin Offender Locator runs on the DOC number or the name and returns the DOC number, name, date of birth, race and sex, the status, the facility or the supervising region, each offense with the county, case number, sentence and sentence date, the mandatory release or extended supervision date and the maximum discharge date. Supervision cases appear with the community corrections region, which confirms a release and names the supervising office.

• Wisconsin Offender LocatorSearch Wisconsin prisoners, probationers, parolees and extended supervision cases, checked September 25, 2026
• Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsInstitutions, visiting, mail, phone and money deposits, checked September 25, 2026
• Wisconsin Parole CommissionParole for sentences before 2000 and decisions, checked September 25, 2026
• VINELink WisconsinCustody alerts for Wisconsin county jails and state prisons, checked September 25, 2026

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's inmate search covers the Milwaukee County Jail downtown, and the House of Correction in Franklin lists its own population. The Dane County Jail in Madison, the Waukesha County Jail, the Brown County Jail in Green Bay, the Racine County Jail, the Kenosha County Detention Center, the Outagamie County Jail in Appleton and the Winnebago County Jail in Oshkosh post rosters with booking dates, charges and bail. Milwaukee Police and Madison Police book into the county jails, and the Wisconsin State Patrol books into the county jail of the arrest.

• Wisconsin County Sheriff DirectorySheriff offices and jail rosters for all 72 counties
• Wisconsin Police DepartmentsCity police and State Patrol records
• Wisconsin Criminal RecordsCriminal history through the Wisconsin Department of Justice
• Wisconsin Most WantedFugitives and outstanding warrants

The Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. section 19.31 and following, makes the custody record public, and the Offender Locator posts offenses, sentences and release dates, though not photographs. Sheriffs release booking photos. Medical and mental health records, the pre-sentence investigation, classification and disciplinary files and Parole Commission case files are exempt. The Wisconsin Department of Justice sells a name based criminal history search to anyone online for a fee, and the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access site shows criminal cases statewide for free.

Wisconsin's truth in sentencing law of 2000 replaced parole with bifurcated sentences: a fixed term of confinement followed by a fixed term of extended supervision, both set by the judge. The Parole Commission hears only people sentenced before 2000. The Division of Community Corrections supervises probationers, parolees and extended supervision cases from regional offices, which is why all of them appear in the locator, and it uses the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility for supervision holds. The judgment sits with the clerk of circuit court of the convicting county.

• Wisconsin Court RecordsWisconsin Circuit Court Access case searches statewide
• Wisconsin ExpungementsExpungement under Wis. Stat. 973.015

If the Wisconsin locator returns nothing, check the Milwaukee County Sheriff's inmate search or the House of Correction list for a Milwaukee arrest, the Dane County Jail for Madison or the roster for the county of arrest, since pending cases and sentences of up to a year stay in the jail. Check Wisconsin Circuit Court Access for the case, the federal Bureau of Prisons locator for a federal case, including the federal prison in Oxford, and VINELink for a recent release.

These federal and national sources complement Wisconsin's state-level records. They are the authoritative sources you should cross-check when Wisconsin state records are incomplete or out-of-state activity matters.

Federal BOP, Inmate Locator The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator returns federal inmates held since 1982 in any BOP facility, contract facility, or community corrections center.

VINELink, Victim Notification Operated by Appriss for the U.S. Department of Justice's victim-notification program. Free, anonymous registration for custody-change alerts across participating states.

U.S. Marshals, Prisoner Tracking The USMS Prisoner Tracking System is the authoritative source for federal detainees in pre-trial custody (before BOP designation).