Oconto County Jail Inmate Lookup

Oconto County Jail Overview

Oconto County Jail is a county-jail facility run by the Oconto County Sheriff's Office. The jail facility address is 301 Washington Street, Oconto, WI 54153, while the sheriff's public office is listed separately at 220 Arbutus Avenue, Oconto, WI 54153. That distinction matters for in-person business because jail, courthouse, and sheriff-office functions are not always handled at the same public counter. The jail phone is 920-834-6918. General sheriff routing is through 920-834-6900, option 1, and jail-administration questions are routed through 920-834-6917.

The facility holds adults in local custody. That includes people arrested in Oconto County and waiting for court, people serving county jail sentences, Huber or GPS-monitoring participants, inmate workers, people held for another agency when accepted, and people awaiting transfer or further court action. Sheriff Todd Skarban heads the Sheriff's Office, and Jail Administrator Carol Kopp is identified in county jail materials for jail operations. The staff directory lists sheriff office hours as Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm.

The official Oconto County Jail Division page is the best local source for the facility description. It says the current jail opened on August 7, 2017, and that the jail is managed under the sheriff's authority, Wisconsin statutes, and Wisconsin Department of Corrections administrative code. It also describes the jail mission as humane treatment, constitutional-rights protection, and community safety.

The county Jail Division screenshot below comes from the official source that lists the administrator, staffing, facility opening, housing design, and capacity details for Oconto County Jail.

Those local building facts are useful when reading a custody result because Oconto County Jail is a classification-based county facility, not a temporary holding room or a state prison.

Oconto County Jail Capacity and Population

Oconto County's current jail page lists a main center pod capacity of 145 prisoners. The same source says the facility has 17 housing units, with some single-cell assignments and some dormitory or open-concept units. The research did not locate a current official daily-population figure, annual booking total, or demographic breakdown for the jail, so those numbers should not be inferred from capacity. Capacity describes what the pod can house; it is not the same as the current number of people in custody.

The Jail Division page also lists 27 staff members for jail operations: one Jail Administrator, one Jail Lieutenant, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Jail Receptionist, and 17 Correctional Officers. Older source snippets describe the prior jail as much smaller, but the current county page for the 2017 facility should control the facility page because it is the active Oconto County Jail description.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Oconto County Jail

Oconto County does not publish a county-hosted roster table in the reviewed official sources. The county's public custody-search path is its Oconto County VINELink page and the direct Wisconsin VINELink person search. VINELink is best used for current county jail custody status and notification registration. It should not be treated as a complete booking archive, a mugshot gallery, or a full court file.

1. Open Oconto County's VINELink page or the Wisconsin VINELink person search.
2. Select Wisconsin and search by name or ID number if that route applies.
3. Review the result carefully for custody status, location, and notification options.
4. If the person is not found, call the appropriate jail or sheriff line, then check Wisconsin DOC, WCCA, BOP, or ICE depending on the custody type.

For a person sentenced to state prison, use the Wisconsin Department of Corrections offender locator, not the county jail lookup. DOC says people not found in its system may still be in a city or county jail, which is why VINELink and the jail phone remain important for pretrial Oconto County custody. For filed criminal charges after arrest, use Wisconsin Circuit Court Access. For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

Wisconsin VINE can also be reached by phone at 888-868-4631. That phone route is useful for people who need custody-status notification but cannot complete the online search. Jail policy questions should be directed to the jail-administration question line rather than presented as a guaranteed live inmate-confirmation service.

Oconto County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail address for jail-specific business, inmate mail guidance, and custody questions that the county routes to the facility. Use the sheriff's Arbutus Avenue address for general Sheriff's Office business when the county office directs you there. Before traveling, confirm whether your issue is handled at the jail, the courthouse, or the sheriff public-safety office.

Visiting Someone at Oconto County Jail

Oconto County's Inmate Information page links CIDNET for visitor accounts and inmate phone money. The jail handbook describes visitation by housing assignment and says inmates generally receive two visits per week, 30 minutes each unless otherwise approved. Adult visitors must be 18 and may need photo identification. Minors must be with a parent or legal guardian. Contact visits are not allowed unless approved by the Jail Administrator.

The visible county page does not clearly separate remote and on-site video rules, so visitors should use CIDNET for account setup and confirm current jail instructions before planning a visit. Attorney visits are handled separately: the handbook says inmates may consult attorneys in a visiting booth or conference room, attorney communications are private and confidential, and attorneys may exchange legal papers but not other articles without jail permission.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Oconto County Jail

The official inmate-information source links CIDNET for inmate phone money and visitor account creation, and it links JailATM for canteen deposits. The screenshot below is from that county page, which is the local source for the phone, video-visitation, canteen, and handbook links.

Money handling also appears in the jail handbook. Cash deposits may be made through the lobby Stellar kiosk. Checks and money orders may be mailed, but cash is not accepted by mail. Personal checks are accepted only up to $40. Money taken at booking is placed into an inmate money account, and remaining funds are returned at release by debit or credit card or by check.

Personal property is inventoried and stored at intake. An inmate may sign a release form so another person can pick up approved property. Property not taken at release must be recovered within 30 days or it may be disposed of or donated under handbook rules. Food may only be purchased through commissary and stored in inmate bins; food brought or mailed into the jail is not allowed.

Booking and Intake at Oconto County Jail

The jail handbook describes Oconto County Jail as an adult facility where people may be charged, sentenced, or held for another agency. At admission, personal property is inventoried and stored, money is placed in an inmate account, and jail staff supervise the person until the case, sentence, hold, or transfer issue is resolved. The handbook also describes basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health, and safety, along with rules for conduct, requests, discipline, court appearances, and release.

Oconto County Jail should not be confused with WCCA or the Wisconsin DOC locator. Booking and intake happen at the jail, but filed criminal charges are court records and should be checked through WCCA. Sentenced state-prison custody moves into Wisconsin DOC systems after the person leaves county-jail jurisdiction. If overcrowding or safety requires an out-of-county safekeeping transfer, the handbook says jail administrators or supervisors may select inmates for transfer and a contact person may be notified of the destination.

About Oconto County Jail

The current Oconto County Jail opened on August 7, 2017, replacing an older facility and giving the county a main center pod designed for classification. The housing layout includes single-cell and dormitory or open-concept units, which supports separation by custody, safety, medical, behavior, and program factors. The jail handbook makes clear that people in custody are responsible for following jail rules and using the correct forms for requests, medical or dental care, grievances, and program questions.

Huber work release and GPS monitoring are court-controlled privileges, not automatic jail services. Huber work schedules, proof of vehicle insurance, and related documents are submitted to ocontocounty.jail@co.oconto.wi.us. The county publishes Huber rules, GPS monitoring information, GPS applications, transfer-request materials, and child-care application materials. Inmate worker status is also a privilege. Eligible workers must be reviewed, medically cleared, and in good behavior status. The handbook says approved inmate workers may earn time credit at one hour off sentence for one hour worked.

Jail grievance rules are time-sensitive. The handbook says grievances must use the Grievance Form, address one issue, be signed, and be filed within five days. Administration replies within ten working days. A denial may be appealed to the Jail Administrator within seven days. Oconto County's PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy toward employee sexual misconduct and inmate sexual misconduct, and the policy applies broadly to employees, contractors, vendors, volunteers, and people with facility access.