Brown County Jail & Inmate Roster

Brown County jail and sheriff

Where a field is blank, the county does not publish that detail on an official source we can cite.

How to find someone in the county jail

• Have their date of birth ready — it is the detail that separates people with common names.
• If the charge is federal, search the Bureau of Prisons system, which is separate from both.
• Call the jail directly if the name does not appear; online rosters lag behind actual bookings.
• Search the county's official roster for the person's full legal name.
• If the person has already been sentenced, search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections offender locator instead.

Cities in Brown County

1 city in Brown County is covered, each with its own inmate search and bail information.

The Wisconsin state prison system

Sentenced prisoners in Wisconsin are held by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, not by Brown County. A person stops appearing on the county roster once transferred.

Official Wisconsin offender search

How the Brown County jail system works

Brown County is the facility that takes bookings for arrests in Wisconsin. County jails are short-stay by design: people move through them to court, to release, or on to a state prison. That turnover is why a roster can look empty one day and full the next.

From booking, a case moves to a first appearance and then to whatever the court decides about release. Everything that follows — plea, trial, sentencing — depends on that first decision.

What to ask when you call

A single call to the jail or the sheriff's office can answer most of what a family needs to know in the first days. Having the questions ready makes the call much shorter.

• Whether the person is currently in custody, and under what booking number.
• When the first appearance is scheduled and which court will hear it.
• What the exact charges are as recorded at booking.
• What the current bail amount is, if one has been set.
• What the facility's visiting rules are and whether visits must be booked ahead.
• Whether the person has any medical or mental-health needs the facility should know about.

Bail in Wisconsin

Bail for arrests in Brown County is set under Wisconsin law. The governing provisions are listed below.

• Wis. Code § 895.346 Bail, deposit in lieu of bond.

  When any bond or undertaking is authorized in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, the would-be obligor may, in lieu thereof and with like legal effect, deposit with the proper court or officer cash or certified bank checks or U.S. bonds or bank certificates of deposit in an amount at least…

  Wisconsin Statutes (official, Wisconsin Legislative Documents) (opens in a new tab)
• Wis. Code § 940.49 Pretrial release.

  Any pretrial release of any defendant whether on bail or under any other form of recognizance shall be deemed to include a condition that the defendant neither do, nor cause to be done, nor permit to be done on his or her behalf, any act proscribed by ss. <a rel="statutes/940.42"

  Wisconsin Statutes (official, Wisconsin Legislative Documents) (opens in a new tab)

Bail in Wisconsin

• Wis. Code § 895.346 Bail, deposit in lieu of bond.

  When any bond or undertaking is authorized in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, the would-be obligor may, in lieu thereof and with like legal effect, deposit with the proper court or officer cash or certified bank checks or U.S. bonds or bank certificates of deposit in an amount at least…

  Wisconsin Statutes (official, Wisconsin Legislative Documents) (opens in a new tab)
• Wis. Code § 940.49 Pretrial release.

  Any pretrial release of any defendant whether on bail or under any other form of recognizance shall be deemed to include a condition that the defendant neither do, nor cause to be done, nor permit to be done on his or her behalf, any act proscribed by ss. <a rel="statutes/940.42"

  Wisconsin Statutes (official, Wisconsin Legislative Documents) (opens in a new tab)

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