Milwaukee County jail inmate search

The Milwaukee County Sheriff In Custody Locator lets you look up someone in custody. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office operates this online tool. If a recent arrest doesn't show yet, call (414) 226-7070 to ask the records desk.

Per Milwaukee County Detention Services, a commissary account gets opened by staff at booking. The online roster may not list a recent arrest immediately. Call (414) 226-7070 to check on a fresh booking.

Call the line matching your question; check the Milwaukee County Sheriff Telephone Directory plus the page for the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center:

• Jail Records and Information Line: (414) 226-7070 for custody questions.
• Inmate property: (414) 226-7171 for property questions.
• Jail cashier: (414) 226-7172 for money inquiries.
• Commissary deposits: (866) 345-1884, toll free for commissary only.
• CRC visits: (414) 427-4782 for Franklin visits.

According to Milwaukee County Detention Services, county custody holds adults at 1 of 2 locations. Known as the Criminal Justice Facility, the main Milwaukee County Jail sits at 949 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, where kiosks sit in the lobby and on G level. Formerly the House of Correction, the Community Reintegration Center sits at 8885 S. 68th Street, Franklin. Adult men and women are held at this secure facility.

The jail and the online locator are run by sheriff's staff. For custody records, use the Milwaukee County Sheriff In Custody Locator; for rules, see Milwaukee County Detention Services. Both come from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

Per Milwaukee County Detention Services and the In Person Visits page, visiting rules depend on the building. You must set up an online account first:

• For the downtown jail: visits are offsite video only, through GettingOut at gettingout.com.
• For the CRC: in person visits run 30 minutes, on Saturday or Sunday.
• CRC booking: Book through ICSolutions at icsolutions.com, 24 hours ahead.
• Monitoring: Staff monitor and record all visits.

At booking, staff open an account for store items or bail, and commissary is the jail store. Deposits of up to $300 a day are allowed through Access Corrections or CashPayToday. Pay online, at stores, at (866) 345-1884, or at lobby, G level, and CRC kiosks. It can take up to 24 hours for funds to appear.

On the envelope, write the Full name of the occupant, then the booking number, housing unit, cell number, and 949 N. 9th Street. Since all mail is scanned, Milwaukee County Detention Services says to include your return address. You may send letters, 4x6 photos, money orders, cashier's checks, and books from a publisher.

Inmates can only place outgoing calls, and no incoming calls are allowed. Prepaid calls can be bought with money from their commissary account, per Milwaukee County Detention Services. Every other call is collect.

Names, photos, or arrest records never appear on County Jail Lookup. The custody information the county publishes online is on the Milwaukee County Sheriff In Custody Locator.

You can't hire a bondsman because Wisconsin has no commercial bail agents. Courts set release on conditions, surety bonds, 10 percent deposits, or cash bail. Personal recognizance bonds, a promise to appear without paying money, can also be granted by judges.

Bail is paid in person on the G level, 24 hours a day, according to the County of Milwaukee Pay Bail web page. Since online payment isn't possible, have a valid photo ID with you. Use a kiosk for payments under $10,000; Visa, MasterCard, cash, cashier's checks, and money orders all work. State bail rules are covered at Wisconsin inmate search.

For someone's release, you can drop off weather appropriate clothes. According to Milwaukee County Detention Services, property can be picked up by an adult who's 18 or older and named on the Property Release form. Call (414) 226-7070 about release or (414) 226-7171 about property.