The Wisconsin Department of Corrections runs the search for people in Wisconsin state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Official search
- Offender Locator
How to search the Wisconsin DOC inmate list
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections runs a public search called Offender Locator.
- The department warns that the locator may not show the true current location, status or release date.
Wisconsin state prisons we list
We do not copy the Wisconsin prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Wisconsin directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Black River Correctional Center State prison in Black River Falls
- Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility State prison in Chippewa Falls
- Columbia Correctional Institution State prison in Portage
- Copper Lake School State prison in Irma
- Dodge Correctional Institution State prison in Waupun
- Drug Abuse Correctional Center State prison in Winnebago
- Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center State prison in Milwaukee
- Flambeau Correctional Center State prison in Hawkins
- Fox Lake Correctional Institution State prison in Fox Lake
- Gordon Correctional Center State prison in Gordon
- Green Bay Correctional Institution State prison in Green Bay
- Jackson Correctional Institution State prison in Black River Falls
- John C Burke Correctional Center State prison in Waupun
- Kenosha Correctional Center State prison in Kenosha
- Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution State prison in Plymouth
- Lincoln Hills School State prison in Irma
- Marshall E. Sherrer Correctional Center State prison in Milwaukee
- McNaughton Correctional Center State prison in Lake Tomahawk
- Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility State prison in Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center State prison in Milwaukee
- New Lisbon Correctional Institution State prison in New Lisbon
- Oakhill Correctional Institution State prison in Oregon
- Oregon Correctional Center State prison in Oregon
- Oshkosh Correctional Institution State prison in Oshkosh
- Prairie Du Chien Correctional Institution State prison in Prairie Du Chien
- Racine Correctional Institution State prison in Sturtevant
- Redgranite Correctional Institution State prison in Redgranite
- Robert E Ellsworth Correctional Center State prison in Union Grove
- Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center State prison in Mauston
- Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center State prison in Oneida
- St. Croix Correctional Center State prison in New Richmond
- Stanley Correctional Institution State prison in Stanley
- Sturtevant Transitional Facility State prison in Sturtevant
- Taycheedah Correctional Institution State prison in Fond Du Lac
- The Grow Academy State prison in Oregon
- Thompson Correctional Center State prison in Deerfield
- Waupun Correctional Institution State prison in Waupun
- Winnebago Correctional Center State prison in Winnebago
- Wisconsin Resource Center State prison in Winnebago
- Wisconsin Secure Program Facility State prison in Boscobel
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our Wisconsin page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in Wisconsin. Will they be in the Wisconsin DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Welcome to Locator, Wisconsin Department of Corrections. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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