The Marinette County Inmate Population
The Marinette County inmate population is centered on Marinette County Jail, the county jail operated by the Marinette County Sheriff's Office. The county research found one page-worthy detention facility for the build: Marinette County Jail, which handles adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, Huber work-release participants, and other adults committed to the sheriff's custody. City arrests in Marinette, Peshtigo, and other local communities should be treated as county jail matters once the person is booked into sheriff custody.
The Marinette County inmate population does not include every person with a Marinette County case. A person sentenced to state prison moves into Wisconsin Department of Corrections custody and should be searched in the DOC locator. A federal sentence moves to the Bureau of Prisons locator, while immigration detention uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. That split matters because a missing county custody result is not proof that no record exists.
Marinette County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest Marinette County inmate population figures come from the Sheriff's Office 2024 annual report and the 2024 jail inspection. The annual inspection letter was dated July 11, 2024, and recorded a June 26, 2024 inspection under Wisconsin jail-inspection authority. The report gives a rated capacity, an inspection-day count, annual average daily population, high and low months, and the number of people processed through the jail during 2024.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 127.48 | Marinette County Sheriff's Office 2024 annual report |
| Maximum rated capacity | 165 | 2024 annual jail inspection |
| Population on inspection date | 130 adult inmates | June 26, 2024 inspection |
| Individuals processed | 2,089 | 2024 annual report |
| Male individuals processed | 1,415 | 2024 annual report |
| Female individuals processed | 673 | 2024 annual report |
The male and female processed counts in the annual report total one fewer than the overall processed count. They should be read as reported by the sheriff rather than adjusted. No official race, age-band, pretrial, sentenced, or hold-for-other-agency breakdown was harvested in the research file.
The Census QuickFacts page for Marinette County gives population context for the county outside the jail system. That source is useful for local background, but the jail population figures above come from the sheriff's annual report and inspection materials.
Census context helps separate the county's general population from the much narrower jail population measured in the annual report.
Marinette County Inmate Population Trends
The 2024 annual report says the jail population has increased 60.6 percent since the current facility opened in 2004. The report also shows a smaller year-to-year rise from 2023 to 2024. Average daily population moved from 124.31 in 2023 to 127.48 in 2024, an increase of 3.17 inmates per day. January 2024 was the high month, and December 2024 was the low month.
| Year or Period | ADP or Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 opening baseline | Not directly stated | 2024 population was reported as 60.6 percent above the opening level. |
| 2023 | 124.31 ADP | Prior-year average in the 2024 annual report. |
| 2024 | 127.48 ADP | Annual average daily population. |
| January 2024 | 155.61 monthly average | High month in 2024. |
| June 26, 2024 | 130 adult inmates | Inspection date population. |
| December 2024 | 111.26 monthly average | Low month in 2024. |
Capacity pressure is easiest to see by comparing jail counts to the rated capacity. The inspection-day population of 130 was about 78.8 percent of the 165-rated capacity. The 2024 annual average of 127.48 was about 77.3 percent of rated capacity. The January 2024 high monthly average of 155.61 was about 94.3 percent of rated capacity, which shows how close the jail can get to full even when the annual average is lower.
Who Counts in Marinette County Jail
The Marinette County inmate population is an adult county jail count. The facility map identifies adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, Huber or work-release inmates, and adults otherwise committed to sheriff custody. The 2024 inspection states that the facility was not approved to hold juveniles. It also states no inmates were assigned to electronic monitoring on the inspection date.
- Pretrial detainees: people held after arrest while charges, bond, or court dates are pending.
- Sentenced jail inmates: people serving county jail time rather than a state prison sentence.
- Huber participants: eligible sentenced inmates approved for work-release under jail and court rules.
- Transferred state prisoners: people sentenced to state prison leave the county jail search and move to WI DOC systems.
Local drivers noted by the sheriff include illegal drug and alcohol use among incarcerated people, more mental and physical health needs, drug-induced psychosis, off-site medical care, and staffing strain. Those are operational factors, not separate record categories, but they help explain why the jail population takes more staff time than a raw headcount can show.
Marinette County Jail Records Laws
Wisconsin law supplies the public-record framework for the Marinette County inmate population. A current VINE result may answer the immediate custody question, but the legal basis for jail records is broader. Booking records, jail registers, inspection records, and court records may each follow a different public-access path.
Key Wisconsin rules:
Wisconsin Stat. § 19.31 states the public-records policy favoring access to government records, subject to legal limits.
Wisconsin Stat. § 19.35 gives requesters the right to inspect or copy public records and sets the request framework.
Wisconsin Stat. § 59.27(14) requires the sheriff to keep a jail register or prisoner record.
Wisconsin Stat. § 301.37 supports state inspection of jails and related detention facilities.
Wisconsin Admin. Code DOC ch. 350 sets county jail standards for operation, health care, security, and supervision.
Public access is not the same as automatic online posting. Law-enforcement records can be withheld or redacted for active investigations, juvenile confidentiality, medical privacy, safety, victim privacy, sealed records, expunged records, or other legal exceptions.
Search the Marinette County Inmate Population
The official county jail page does not publish a county-hosted roster table in its page text. It directs users to click the VINE image to search for an inmate currently in custody. For current Marinette County Jail custody, start at the official jail page or open VINELink and choose the Wisconsin custody path when available.
- Open the official Marinette County jail page or VINELink.
- Select Wisconsin if the portal starts at the national search screen.
- Search by the person's name, and use spelling variants if no result appears.
- Compare identity cues such as age, date-of-birth information, agency, or facility before relying on a match.
- If no current custody result appears, call Marinette County Jail or check WCCA and WI DOC depending on the case status.
The VINELink search home page is the public custody and notification interface named in the research. It is the right tool for current custody checks and release notifications, but it should not be treated as a full booking-report database.
Use the jail office phone when a recent arrest, transport, hospital stay, court movement, or intake delay may explain a missing VINE record.
Marinette County Custody Search Fields
VINE is a custody-status and victim-notification platform, so the exact public form can vary by interface path. The research captured the main fields and filters a reader should expect when searching current custody records.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State or site | Dropdown or state selector | Required from national portal | Select Wisconsin or the Wisconsin VINE site. |
| Name | Text | Usually required for name search | Use first and last name; try alternate spellings. |
| Offender or inmate ID | Text | Optional where exposed | Use a VINE ID, booking number, or other custody identifier if known. |
| Facility or agency | Dropdown/filter | Optional where exposed | Availability depends on the Wisconsin VINE path. |
Note: A VINE result may confirm custody status without showing the same charge, bond, housing, or booking-photo fields seen on some county-hosted rosters.
What Marinette County Records Show
Because Marinette County routes current inmate search through VINE, the online county custody record is thinner than a sheriff-hosted roster profile. A current record is expected to focus on identity, custody status, facility or agency, and notification options. Booking number, mugshot, charges, bond, and housing unit were not confirmed from the county page.
| Record Item | How to Treat It |
|---|---|
| Name | Use as the search identity, then confirm against available cues. |
| Custody status | VINE's core value is custody or release status. |
| Facility or agency | May identify Marinette County Jail or another participating custody source. |
| Notification option | Use for release, transfer, or status alerts where offered. |
| Charges and bond | Use Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and court contacts for formal entries. |
County Jail vs State Prison
A Marinette County inmate search often fails when the searcher uses the wrong system. The sheriff's jail and VINE cover current county custody. WI DOC covers sentenced state prisoners and people under DOC supervision. BOP and ICE cover separate federal and immigration systems.
| Question | County Jail / VINE | Wisconsin DOC | Federal or ICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is covered? | Current local jail custody and victim notification records. | Sentenced state prisoners and DOC supervision records. | Sentenced federal prisoners or immigration detainees. |
| Who runs it? | Marinette County Sheriff's Office and VINE participation. | Wisconsin Department of Corrections. | BOP, ICE, or federal custody agencies. |
| Best use | Recent booking or county jail custody check. | Post-sentence prison or supervision search. | Federal sentence or immigration custody search. |
The WI DOC public offender locator is separate from VINE. The research found no adult DOC prison physically located in Marinette County, so no state prison facility page belongs in this local site.
DOC photos, DOC numbers, sentence dates, and supervision status are state correctional records, not county booking records.
Marinette County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolves to one detention facility for the Marinette County inmate population site. Huber and work-release are programs inside the jail, not a separate building. No separate city jail, county annex, regional jail, ICE contract facility, BOP prison, or Wisconsin DOC adult institution was identified in Marinette County during the research pass.
- Marinette County Jail holds adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, Huber/work-release participants, and other adults committed to sheriff custody.
Once a person leaves the county jail after a state-prison sentence, the Marinette County inmate population count no longer answers the custody-location question. Use WI DOC after state transfer, BOP after federal designation, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Marinette County Inmate Terms
Short definitions help keep jail, court, and prison records separate. These terms appear often in Marinette County inmate population and custody search work.
- Booking
- The jail's administrative intake after arrest, including identity checks, property handling, and record creation.
- Huber
- A Wisconsin jail work-release privilege that lets eligible sentenced inmates leave for approved work or programs.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that can keep a person in custody.
- Signature bond
- A Wisconsin release condition where the defendant promises to appear and obey court rules.
- DOC
- The Wisconsin Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state prisoners and supervision.
Marinette County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Marinette County inmate population?
The 2024 annual report gives a 2024 average daily population of 127.48 at Marinette County Jail. The annual inspection recorded 130 adult inmates on June 26, 2024, against a maximum rated capacity of 165.
Where is the Marinette County inmate search?
The official jail page directs current custody searches to VINE. Start with the county jail page or VINELink, then call the jail office if the arrest is very recent or the result is unclear.
Does the county jail search show court charges?
Not reliably. Use WCCA for the court record after charges are filed. A booking or custody record and a formal court charge record are related, but they are not the same record.
What if the person was sentenced?
Search the WI DOC locator for sentenced state prisoners. Use BOP for sentenced federal prisoners and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.