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Waushara County Jail Overview

Waushara County Jail is operated by the Waushara County Sheriff's Department. It is the county facility for local arrests, pretrial detention, sentenced jail terms, and approved jail programs such as Huber and GPS. The jail is not the same system as Redgranite Correctional Institution. The county jail handles short-term and local custody tied to Waushara County law enforcement and court action. Redgranite is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for sentenced adult male state prisoners.

The Sheriff's Office jail page identifies the jail as part of Sheriff Walter J. Zuehlke's operation and links practical custody topics instead of a public roster. The county Waushara County Jail page, Sheriff's Office home page, and public information page are the official local entry points. Those topics include bond posting, canteen, Huber, jail fees, mail, property, telephone access, and visiting. That local structure matters because no official Waushara County online jail roster was located in the reviewed county sources. A current Waushara County Jail inmate search starts with the jail phone line, then moves to records requests, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, VINELink, or the Wisconsin DOC locator as the facts require.

Waushara County Jail Population

The best sourced population and capacity numbers for Waushara County Jail come from the county's 2022 medical and pharmacy services request for proposals. That county RFP states that the jail has 133 beds. It also lists the 2021 average daily population as 81 and says the jail was at 81 at the time of the RFP. The same source says no juveniles were housed in the jail then. Those figures should be treated as dated jail planning data, not a live head count.

Wisconsin DOC Office of Detention Facilities data gives a broader trend for Waushara County adult jail admissions. The research file reports 1,006 adult jail admissions in 2024 and 781 in 2025, a 22.4 percent drop. Admissions are not the same as daily population. One person can be admitted and released quickly, while another may remain for weeks. The jail's actual daily count can change with arrests, bonds, holds, court dates, Huber approvals, and transfers to state prison.

Look Up Waushara County Jail Inmates

No official county-hosted Waushara County Jail roster or live inmate search form was found on the county website. That means the correct lookup path is a fallback chain. Current custody questions should start with the jail's published phone number. If the person is not confirmed there, the next question is whether booking is still in process, the person bonded out, the person was moved, or the person is actually in a different custody system.

1. Call Waushara County Jail at 920-787-6591 and give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and an approximate arrest date.
2. Ask only for public custody details, such as whether the person is in custody, whether bond information is available, and whether visits, mail, or canteen are allowed.
3. If the jail cannot release details by phone, use the Waushara County Sheriff's Open Record Request form for booking records, reports, photos, or audio and video records.
4. For formal charges after arrest, search Wisconsin Circuit Court Access rather than relying on a booking label.
5. For a sentenced prison transfer, use the Wisconsin DOC Person in Our Care or Client Search.

VINELink is also available for custody and release notification. It is useful when the main need is notice of a transfer or release, not a full jail record. Federal and immigration custody use separate BOP and ICE systems, and no BOP or ICE detention facility was located inside Waushara County in the reviewed sources.

Waushara County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff share the East Division Street law-enforcement location in Wautoma. The jail phone is the best starting point for current custody, visit scheduling, and basic inmate information that staff can release. The Sheriff's Office main phone is separate and can route records, administration, or non-jail law-enforcement questions. Court and prosecutor offices are at the County Government Center on South Townline Road, so do not send court document questions to the jail unless staff direct that route.

Waushara County Jail Visits

Waushara County Jail public visits run Friday through Sunday. Each inmate may have three 40-minute visits per week, and the visiting week begins Friday and ends Sunday. Visits must be scheduled the day before by calling 920-787-6591. Only two visitors are allowed per session. Visitors need photo ID with date of birth, and arriving late does not extend the visit. Children ages 16 and 17 may visit with a parent or legal guardian. Children under 16 have limited visit dates, including the first Saturday of each month and certain holidays listed by the jail rules.

Food, drinks, cell phones, cameras, bags, and purses are not allowed in the visitation area and should be locked in a vehicle. Property is not accepted for inmates during visits. A person released from the jail may not visit an inmate for 90 days. The county's Waushara County Jail visiting information page is the source for the public and professional visit rules.

Waushara County Jail Mail and Money

Mail for a Waushara County Jail inmate uses the inmate's name, care of Waushara County Jail, and the East Division Street address. The jail distributes mail once daily except Sundays and national holidays. Incoming mail is opened, searched, and checked for contraband. Attorney-client and doctor-patient privileged mail is treated differently. Stickers on envelopes and heavy perfume or cologne can cause mail to be returned. Paperback books must come directly from a publisher or bookstore, and hardcovers or books sent by family or friends are not accepted.

Canteen orders are placed through the inmate phone system, must be completed by 10:00 p.m. Monday, and normally arrive Wednesday. Money may also be deposited at the Stellar Teller kiosk in the Sheriff's Office lobby 24 hours a day. The county bond page says the kiosk charges a $3.00 cash convenience fee and a 10 percent credit or debit card convenience fee. Deposits can be applied to debts first, including full booking-fee debt and 75 percent for other debt from current or past stays.

Waushara County Jail Booking

A local arrest normally moves from a sheriff's deputy or municipal officer to the Waushara County Jail for booking. Booking can include identification, search, property inventory, medical screening, classification, bond review, and housing placement. The county RFP for medical and pharmacy services confirms that medical services are provided to inmates housed in the facility and references Wisconsin DOC chapter 350, NCCHC, ACA, and HIPAA where applicable. DOC 350.14 also gives state context for jail health screening and medical-care rules.

Property rules are time-sensitive. Within the first 72 hours of confinement, an inmate may ask to release personal property to someone outside the jail by using an inmate communication form. The request must name the recipient and list the items. The recipient must show photo ID and sign a release. After 72 hours, personal property may not be released outside. Property left after release can be treated as abandoned after the county's notice and 30-day period.

Waushara County Jail Huber and GPS

Huber is a Wisconsin jail privilege that can allow approved sentenced inmates to leave custody for work or other authorized purposes. Waushara County requires a person seeking Huber privileges to download the Waushara County Jail Huber Packet, complete it, and bring it to the jail before serving a sentence. Huber transfer requests use a separate transfer request form brought to the jail before sentence service. Approval is not automatic, and jail rules still apply.

These fees come from the Waushara County jail fee information described in the research file. They are not a substitute for a court order or jail approval. Bond, Huber, GPS, and release timing can all be affected by warrants, holds, court dates, and jail classification.

About Waushara County Jail

Waushara County Jail's public information is highly operational. The county does not appear to publish a public booking gallery, but it does publish direct pages for the jail tasks most families need after an arrest. Those pages cover bond, canteen, Huber, fees, mailing, property, telephone services, and visiting. The strongest local details are the separate jail phone line, the Stellar Teller kiosk, CIDNET communications, the 72-hour property release window, Huber packet process, and the Friday-through-Sunday public visiting schedule.