Kewaunee County Inmate Lookup Status
No official Kewaunee County online jail roster, inmate search portal, booking report, recent-bookings page, or mugshot gallery was located on the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department site or the county sheriff pages. The sheriff site does publish jail information, bond, deposits, Huber, mail, and contact pages. It does not publish a confirmed public list that lets a user type a name and open a current Kewaunee County inmate profile.
That missing roster changes the search order. Current custody questions should start with the Kewaunee County Jail and then branch to the sheriff records unit, WI VINE County Jails, VINELink Wisconsin, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator, the Federal BOP inmate locator, or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. A city police arrest by Kewaunee, Algoma, Luxemburg, state patrol, or another agency is not the same as a separate jail. The local detention contact is still the county jail unless the person was released, transferred, or moved to DOC, federal, or ICE custody.
Use Kewaunee County Jail Records
The practical Kewaunee County inmate records workflow is a fallback chain. Use a full name, date of birth if known, arrest date or date range, and the arresting agency if known. Keep each request narrow. Asking for "all records" can slow the search, while asking whether a named person is in current custody, whether bond exists, or whether a booking record can be released gives the jail or records staff a clearer task.
- Call the Kewaunee County Jail at 920-388-7108 for current custody, visit eligibility, bond direction, and whether the person is still housed locally.
- Use the sheriff non-emergency line, 920-388-3100, when the jail line needs to route the call to records, civil process, or another staff member.
- Email a focused public-records request to recordsrequest@kewauneeco.org for booking records, jail register details, release records, or other sheriff-held records not posted online.
- Check WI VINE or VINELink for custody status and notifications tied to Wisconsin county jails.
- Search WCCA for filed court cases after a Kewaunee County arrest. Court filings can confirm charges even when jail records are not online.
- Use the Wisconsin DOC locator only when the person may be sentenced to DOC incarceration or supervision.
- Use BOP for sentenced federal inmates and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. These systems do not list ordinary Kewaunee County Jail detainees.
The official Kewaunee County jail information page is useful even though it is not a roster. It gives jail contact information, classification-based visitation rules, and visitor limits that matter after custody is confirmed.
Wisconsin DOC's WI VINE County Jails page shows how custody status and notification fit into the search path.
WI VINE is a status and notification tool, not a Kewaunee County roster profile with a full booking record.
Kewaunee County Roster Fields
The roster search-field table is short because the official Kewaunee County roster search form was not found. That absence should be stated clearly. A user should not expect a public sheriff-hosted form to show Kewaunee County inmate names, booking photos, bond, charges, or housing units unless a later official source adds one.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [not available] | [not available] | [not available] | No official Kewaunee County online jail roster or search form was located on the sheriff or county sites. |
| Person name for phone or records request | Verbal or written detail | Helpful | Use full name, birth date if known, arrest date range, and arresting agency when contacting the jail or records staff. |
| WI VINE name search | Online or phone lookup | Depends on the search | Used for custody status and notifications, not a complete public booking profile. |
| WCCA party or case search | Court case search | Name or case number | Used for filed Kewaunee County court cases after arrest. |
Kewaunee County Inmate Profile Fields
No official Kewaunee County public roster profile was available for sample review. The fields below are record categories that may exist in jail, booking, court, VINE, or DOC systems. They are not confirmed as fields displayed on a Kewaunee County public roster page.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The identifying name used in the jail register, booking record, court case, or locator record. |
| Booking date and time | When the person was received and processed by the jail. This was not found in an official online Kewaunee County roster. |
| Arresting agency | The sheriff, municipal police, state patrol, DNR, warrant authority, or another agency tied to the arrest. |
| Charge or hold | The arrest reason, warrant, probation or parole hold, sentenced commitment, Huber status, or other custody basis. |
| Bond or bail | Release terms that should be checked with the jail, Clerk of Circuit Court, or WCCA because holds can block release. |
| Custody status | In jail, released, transferred, out-of-county, DOC, federal, or ICE custody depending on the case path. |
| Housing or classification | Minimum, medium, maximum, special needs, intake, Huber, or out-of-county housing. These are operational categories, not public online fields confirmed for Kewaunee County. |
| Booking photo | Not found in an official county online gallery. Request through the sheriff records process when legally releasable. |
Wisconsin jail standards matter here. Wis. Admin. Code DOC 350.10 requires each jail to keep a register of inmates with identifying and custody information. That rule supports the existence of jail records. It does not require Kewaunee County to publish a live internet roster.
Kewaunee County Jail Contact
Kewaunee County Jail is the only detention facility identified in the facility map for local adult inmate population purposes. The jail is operated by the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department. County pages name Sheriff Matt Joski as sheriff as of July 3, 2026, Chief Deputy Jason Veeser as second in command, and Lt. Chris VanErem as Jail/Dispatch Lieutenant and jail administrator.
Kewaunee County Jail
620 Juneau Street
Kewaunee, WI 54216
Jail: 920-388-7108
Sheriff non-emergency: 920-388-3100
Records: recordsrequest@kewauneeco.org
Jail fax: 920-388-7159
The county sheriff page and sheriff contact page both point readers back to the same local agency. When a person may have been arrested by a city police department, the county jail remains the custody contact unless the person has already been released or moved elsewhere.
Kewaunee County Custody Compared
Many failed inmate searches come from using the right name in the wrong system. Kewaunee County Jail is for local adult detainees, pretrial defendants, county sentences, Huber/work-release inmates, and holds. Wisconsin DOC covers sentenced state prison custody and state supervision. Federal and immigration custody have separate systems.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Does Not Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Kewaunee County Jail | Call 920-388-7108, use WI VINE, or request records from the sheriff | State prison inmates, BOP inmates, ICE detainees, and complete court case history |
| Wisconsin DOC | Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator | County-jail-only inmates, adjudicated juveniles, and people only of interest to DOJ |
| Wisconsin court case | WCCA and Wisconsin Court System case search | Custody location, jail housing, jail phone access, or a complete booking packet |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator or BOP name search | Local Kewaunee County arrests and Wisconsin state court custody |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Ordinary county jail inmates with no ICE custody transfer |
Use DOC after sentencing or DOC supervision is likely. Use WCCA when the key question is the filed court charge after arrest. Use the jail when the question is whether the person is currently housed, can receive a visit, or has local bond or hold limits.
Kewaunee County Booking Records
Kewaunee-specific booking detail comes from county jail assessment materials. New arrests enter through a secure vehicle sallyport or garage, then move through a controlled corridor to the booking area. Staff handle identity, property, paperwork, charge or hold entry, reporting, and initial screening. The assessment says the booking area is close to the communications center, but space is limited.
Classification is part of the jail record. The booking officer completes a short-form classification to assess immediate risks, including suicide risk and threats to inmates or staff. A sergeant later completes a more formal classification before general housing. Intake holding cells may also be used for special-needs, suicide watch, administrative segregation, and medical cases because the older building has limited dedicated space.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, including identity, custody, charge, property, and jail-register processing.
- Classification
- Jail review of security, medical, housing, and management needs.
- Huber
- Wisconsin work-release privilege for eligible sentenced inmates who may leave for approved work, school, or programs.
- Detainer or hold
- A notice or order that another agency has a custody interest or that release is restricted.
No official Kewaunee County roster refresh time was found, so there is no verified time when a new booking appears online.
Kewaunee County Jail Visitation
After custody is confirmed, use the sheriff's jail information page for visit rules. Visits are tied to classification and last name groups. The official rules say inmates receive 30 minutes total visitation, with one person at a time in the visitation room. Visitors under 18 must be immediate family, must be with an adult, and must have the jail visitation permission authorization form completed by a parent or legal guardian.
| Group | Schedule | Rules and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum to medium, last names A-M | Saturdays, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. | 30 minutes total; one person at a time in the visitation room. |
| Minimum to medium, last names N-Z | Sundays, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. | 30 minutes total; one person at a time in the visitation room. |
| Female inmates | Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Call first because county studies note female inmates have at times been housed out of county. |
| Maximum classification | Call a supervisor to schedule | The sheriff page directs callers to speak with a supervisor. |
| Visitors under 18 | During eligible visit only | Immediate family only, with adult accompaniment and the official permission form. |
The 2016 assessment described the visiting space as small and noted ADA limits. A visitor who needs accommodation should call the jail before arriving.
Kewaunee County Inmate Mail
Mail and money rules should be checked only after the person is confirmed in local custody. Official sheriff pages list the inmate mail format and state that legal mail must be sent directly from an attorney or firm. No scanned-mail vendor, postcard-only rule, or book-vendor rule was located in the sheriff mail page, so packages, books, photos, and money in the mail should be confirmed with the jail first.
Use this format for regular inmate mail: inmate name, Kewaunee County Jail, 620 Juneau St, Kewaunee, WI 54216. Money and commissary are handled through official deposit channels described on the sheriff deposit page, including phone deposit through Government Payment Services, online SmartDeposit or Access Corrections, the Cobra Cashier at the jail, and Access SecurePak commissary packages.
Huber and electronic monitoring are separate from ordinary roster lookup. The sheriff Huber page says packets must be turned in two weeks before the report date, may be dropped off at the jail or emailed to Huber officers, and require drug testing before eligibility. Fees and transfer rules should be confirmed directly because Huber status can change release, work, and housing details.