Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Inmate Search

A Milwaukee County inmate search refers to a person looking up information about inmates and offenders currently detained by law enforcement operating in Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office serves as the main arresting agency for the county and provides the general public with options for searching for inmates held at the Milwaukee County Jail online. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office maintains the online Milwaukee County In-Custody Locator and updates it regularly to keep it accurate. Interested parties may also find information about inmates arrested by municipal police departments, such as the Milwaukee Police Department and the West Allis Police Department. These agencies do not run their jails or jail rosters, but house their inmates with the county sheriff.

Search results provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office online jail roster typically provide inmate information such as their names, physical descriptions, and basic booking information.

Interested parties may also look up inmate records in person at the sheriff's office located at:

How to Find an Inmate in the Milwaukee County Jail

To find inmates housed in the Milwaukee County Jail operated by the Sheriff's Office, interested parties may contact the sheriff's office in person, by phone, or by mail. Record seekers may also contact the Jail Records office or search online using the In Custody Locator.

To make inquiries in person, record seekers may visit the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office or the Jail Records located at:

Inquiries can be made in person at the office counter or by using the provided numbers. To ensure a swift and accurate search, record seekers should provide enough details for staff to locate the inmate's information. Such details include the inmates' full names, date of birth, and booking numbers.

How to Use the Milwaukee County Jail Roster

Record seekers have the option to search for inmate information using the online In-Custody Locator provided on the Sheriff's Office website. This inmate search tool allows users to search for and view inmate information from the current roster of inmates housed in the county jail. Interested parties may search for inmates using the locator via these simple steps.

• Open the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office website.
• Navigate to and click on "Find an Occupant" from either the "How Do I" tab in the menu button in the top right, or the Quick Links options in the lower section of the Sheriff's Office homepage.
• The "Find an Occupant" option will open the Inmate Custody Locator page.
• The search tool offers inmate searches in English, Spanish, French, and German.
• The user may enter at least one of the available search tools/criteria, including last name, first name, gender, and date of birth. The more search criteria entered in the search tools, the more streamlined and accurate the search will be.

What Information is Included in the Milwaukee County Inmate Roster

Search results provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office online jail roster typically include the following information.

• Inmate's full name: The inmate's first and last names
• Physical description: The inmate's physical traits, such as race, height, weight, hair colour, eye color, etc.
• Mugshot: The search results provide an online photograph taken at booking
• Booking number and custody date: The number assigned to the inmate at their booking and the date they were taken into custody
• Bail/fine amount and bail type: The amount required for fines or bail, and whether it was paid in cash or another legal tender
• Charges filed, statute involved, and case numbers: A short description of the charges that were filed, their corresponding statutes, and the case numbers in court. The case numbers may be linked to the actual court records and case information.
• Court dates and court branch: The inmates' court dates and the branch of the court where the case was heard.
• Holding agency and reason: The record will show the agency that asked for the inmate to be detained, and the reason for the detention.

Under Wisconsin's Open Records Laws, there are no citizenship or residency restrictions when requesting inmate information. However, incarcerated persons have restricted access and can only access their personal records, and not the records of other inmates. Personal information, such as social security and medical records of inmates, cannot be obtained via the inmate search.

Contact Details for Milwaukee County Jail or Sheriff's Office

Record seekers looking for Inmate information for Milwaukee County may contact either the County Jail or the Sheriff's Office using the contact information given below.

A full list of useful phone numbers for the sheriff's office can be found in the office Telephone Directory.

Jail Facility Overview in Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County has several detention facilities that house several different categories of inmates. The largest is the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center, located in the City of Franklin. It accommodates male and female adults with a maximum capacity of approximately 1760 inmates. It is a medium security facility and focuses on the housing and rehabilitation of inmates while preparing them for reintegration into general society.

Milwaukee County also operates two other detention facilities. The Milwaukee County jail, which is operated by the local sheriff's office and the Juvenile Justice Center. The County Jail serves as the primary booking and holding facility in the county. It is a medium-security facility that houses detainees awaiting trial or sentencing, those awaiting transfer, and offenders serving their sentences. It typically houses approximately 970 male and female adult inmates. The juvenile detention center houses male and female juvenile offenders and has approximately 30+ beds.

How to Send Money to an Inmate in the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center or County Jail?

When an inmate is booked into any of the Detention Centers, such as the county jail or the reintegration center, a commissary account is created for them. These accounts can be used to purchase commissary items, pay for various expenses, and even self-bail. Interested parties can make deposits to an inmate's commissary account using different methods.

Deposits can be made online by creating an account and using the facilities on the Access Corrections website. Money can also be sent to an inmate's account 24/7 by calling (866) 345-1884. Payments can be made over the phone using Visa or MasterCard credit cards. Deposits can also be made 24/7 using kiosks located at the lobbies in both the county jail and the reintegration center. The daily deposit limit for a commissary account is $300. It should be noted that it may take up to 24 hours for a deposit to reflect in the inmate's account.

Commissary deposits can also be made at several walk-in retail stores such as CVS, 7-11, Dollar General, and Family Dollar.

Inmate Search by Jail Facility

Record seekers may look up inmates in person or by phone by contacting the Jail Records and Identification Office located at:

The County Jail and Community Reintegration Center do not have separate jail rosters, and inmate details for both facilities can be found online using the In-Custody Locator maintained by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. Telephone inquiries can be made by calling the Jail Records and Information Office at (414) 226-7070 or the county jail general information line at (414) 278-4700.

Record seekers may inquire about occupants in the Milwaukee County Juvenile Detention Center by calling the center at (414) 257-7700.

Milwaukee County Visitation Rules and Schedules

Inmates at the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center(CRC) are allowed to receive guests at the facility. Visits must be scheduled via the www.icsolutions.com website at least 24 hours and at most one week before the actual visit. After scheduling the visit on the website, visitors will receive a confirmation code.

Visitation hours at the reintegration center are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, but visitors are limited to one visit per week. In-person visitation lasts 30 minutes, and inmates are allowed a maximum of 4 guests, 2 adults and 2 children. Visitors will be expected to provide a government-issued photo ID and fill out the visitor identification form before their visit. The CRC is considered a family-friendly professional space; hence, visitors are expected to dress decently and behave respectfully to other visitors and staff at the CRC.

Milwaukee County detention facilities also offer off-site video visitation via the GettingOut website and its corresponding apps. Users are expected to create an account and deposit funds that will be used to make video calls to call inmates. For any questions, record interested parties may look up the Help Center on the getting out website.

Mailing and Commissary Information

Occupants detained in Milwaukee County detention facilities are permitted to receive letters and other items such as money orders, cashier's cheques, and non-polaroid photographs via the United States Postal Service. All mail received at any of the facilities shall be scanned for contraband before being delivered to the inmate.

Incoming mail for occupants in the detention facilities must be addressed as shown below.

It should be noted that any mail deemed to jeopardize or endanger the safety of visitors, staff, and inmates, or otherwise cause an unreasonable disruption to the safety and secure operation of the jail will be rejected. This includes items or books containing weapons-related or pornographic content that will not be accepted at the facilities. A full list of criteria that mail coming to the facility must meet can be found in the Occupant Mail section of the Detention Services webpage of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.