Jefferson County Jail Overview
Jefferson County's Jail Division page identifies Jefferson County Jail as the county jail operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The jail is part of the sheriff and county government campus in Jefferson. Sheriff Travis Maze is the sheriff, and Captain Chad Roberts is listed as the detention or corrections lead on the jail division page. The facility type is county jail, with a secure POD side and a Huber work-release side.
The jail holds more than one legal category of person. It houses Jefferson County pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, and Huber or work-release inmates. Official jail statistics also state that the jail can house people from the Wisconsin State Prison System, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the East and West Districts of the United States Marshals, surrounding counties, and local Jefferson County custody. That mix matters because someone can be physically held at Jefferson County Jail while the legal case belongs to another county, federal court, DOC, or a marshal hold.
Jefferson County Jail Population
The official Jefferson County jail statistics page publishes a capacity split that is unusually useful for a county jail page. It lists 229 total beds, with 116 secure beds and 103 Huber work-release beds. The same official source gives an average total inmate population range of 145 to 160 and states that about 60 inmates use Huber privileges. Those numbers were recorded in the research file as accessed July 3, 2026.
The secure POD side is described by the county as maximum security and houses county inmates as well as contracted inmates. Dormitory housing is used for minimum-security inmates on work release, educational, and home-care privileges. Because secure and Huber beds serve different custody groups, the total bed count should not be read as if every bed can serve every inmate classification.
The county jail statistics page screenshot in the research set shows the source page for the Jefferson County Jail capacity and population figures.
The published split between secure and Huber beds is the key local fact for understanding how the jail population is managed.
Jefferson County Jail Inmate Lookup
Jefferson County did not publish a plain static roster table in the official pages reviewed. The sheriff and jail pages link to Wisconsin VINE for custody and criminal-case lookup, while the county's JESO app release says the app provides detailed jail and inmate lists. A practical Jefferson County Jail roster search therefore uses multiple official channels rather than one county-hosted roster page.
- Start with Wisconsin VINE from the county jail or sheriff page and choose Wisconsin if the portal asks for a state.
- Search by the person's name, and use Jefferson County or Jefferson County Sheriff's Office filters if the portal exposes agency choices.
- Use the JESO sheriff app when mobile access is acceptable because the county press release says it includes jail and inmate lists.
- Call the Jail Division at 920-674-8620 if the arrest is recent, the name may be misspelled, or the person may be in court, hospital, or transfer status.
- Use the Sheriff's open-records process for booking records, incident reports, or booking photos not visible in a public tool.
The county path is different from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections locator. DOC's locator covers sentenced state prison and supervision records. A fresh Jefferson County arrest should be checked through jail, VINE, JESO, or sheriff records channels first. If a sentence has moved the person into state custody, then the DOC locator becomes the better source.
Jefferson County Jail Contact
The official jail contact block separates the main Sheriff's Office number from jail division, Huber, nurse, and bookkeeper lines. Use the main jail line for custody questions that cannot be resolved online. Use the bookkeeper line for money or account questions because the static county pages did not publish a full commissary or deposit vendor.
Jefferson County Jail
411 S. Center Avenue
Jefferson, WI 53549
920-674-7310 main
920-674-8620 Jail Division
920-674-7333 Huber Division
Jail Nurse: 920-674-7357
Jail Bookkeeper: 920-674-7366
Visiting Jefferson County Jail
Jefferson County links jail visitation to the CIDNET public portal. The inspected static jail page did not publish a local day-by-day visiting schedule, so visitors should not rely on a guessed lobby schedule. Use the portal or call the Jail Division before travel, especially if the person is in Huber status, secure POD housing, court movement, medical status, or an outside-agency hold.
| Visit Type | Scheduling / Access | Published Local Schedule | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jail visits | CIDNET public portal | Not located in official static page | County links Jail Visitation directly to CIDNET. |
| Attorney visits | Call Jail Division | Not located in official static page | Confirm current entry, ID, and scheduling rules. |
| State DOC visits | DOC facility-specific process | Varies by prison | No Wisconsin DOC prison is located in Jefferson County. |
Bring government photo identification for in-person jail business unless the jail gives different instructions. The official county page does not publish parking, public transit, or ADA entrance details, so accessible routing and visitor entry questions should be confirmed with the facility before arrival.
Jefferson County Huber Fees
The Huber program is a defining feature of Jefferson County Jail because 103 of the 229 beds are Huber work-release beds. Huber inmates with approved privileges may leave for work, education, or home-care duties while still serving a jail sentence. The official Huber page says three deputies are assigned to the division, track work schedules, and help unemployed inmates with work-release privileges find employment.
| Item | Amount / Rule |
|---|---|
| Jefferson County sentenced Huber daily fee | $19.00 per day |
| Huber transfer daily fee | $20.00 per day |
| Huber booking fee | $26.38, listed as $25.00 plus tax |
| Drug-testing fee | $8.00 at the start of a Huber sentence |
| Startup payment over 30 days | $300.38, covering two weeks of Huber charges plus booking and drug-test fees |
| Child-care payment | $64.58 per week plus $10 per day when out on child care, due up front when applicable |
Huber paperwork is also specific. Work release requires an employer letter on company letterhead with work hours, rate of pay, days off, and payday. Child-care release requires birth certificates and a work letter from the other caregiver. Driver information must include a driver's license, vehicle registration, and proof of current insurance. Huber inmates may bring a few changes of clothes, and the county describes lockers as one foot wide, three feet high, and two feet deep, with random searches allowed.
Mail Money and Accounts
Jefferson County publishes strong Huber fee detail, but the official static pages reviewed did not identify a general commissary vendor, deposit kiosk, phone provider, mail-scanning vendor, or complete personal-mail format. That gap should be treated as a real limit rather than filled with a generic jail vendor name. Call the Jail Division or Jail Bookkeeper before sending funds, property, or mail.
| Service | Published Detail | Best Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not located in official static sources | Jail Division, 920-674-8620 |
| Commissary or deposit vendor | Not located in official static sources | Jail Bookkeeper, 920-674-7366 |
| Huber payments | Cash or money order rules are published for Huber startup payments | Huber Division, 920-674-7333 |
| Phone or tablet provider | Not located in official static sources | Jail Division |
Booking at Jefferson County Jail
Jefferson County's static jail pages do not publish a minute-by-minute booking checklist. The local and state sources still define the main process. After an arrest, law enforcement may transport the person to the county jail, where staff confirm identity, check warrants and holds, inventory property, create or update booking records, perform screening, and classify housing. Wisconsin jail law requires objective classification for housing assignments, and the county's public terms identify maximum-security POD housing and dormitory Huber housing.
Medical and mental-health screening are part of Wisconsin jail standards. Jefferson County publishes a separate jail nurse phone line, which is useful when a family member needs to communicate urgent health-related information through proper channels. Booking photos and fingerprints may be part of intake, but the public release of booking photos was not confirmed on the official static jail pages. If the photo or booking record is not visible in VINE or the app, the open-records process is the official fallback.
Jefferson County Jail Records
The Sheriff's Office open-records page names Sheriff Travis Maze as the legal custodian of Jefferson County Sheriff's Office records. Requests may be made through the online form, by detailed email to openrecords@jeffersoncountywi.gov, by mail, or by drop-off at the Sheriff's Office. The county asks requesters to include names, locations, dates, times, incident type, and officer names when known. Records cannot be requested by phone, although records questions may go to 920-674-7329.
The county also states that requested items cannot be paid for by credit or debit card, so cash or check is needed when payment is required. If the office notifies a requester that a request is complete and the requester does not respond within 30 days, the request is marked no response and archived. Video can extend wait times. Those details matter for jail records because booking records, incident reports, and video are not always available through a public lookup tool.
Outside Holds at Jefferson County Jail
Official jail statistics state that Jefferson County Jail may house Wisconsin State Prison System inmates, Federal Bureau of Prisons inmates, U.S. Marshals East and West District inmates, surrounding-county inmates, and local Jefferson County inmates. For lookup purposes, this means physical location and legal custody are not always the same thing. A person can be in Jefferson County Jail because of a federal hold or transfer even if the main case is not a Jefferson County circuit court case.
Use the Wisconsin DOC offender locator when the person has been sentenced to state prison or is on DOC supervision. Use the BOP locator for sentenced federal custody from 1982 forward. Use ICE ODLS only when immigration detention is involved, and treat ICE as a possible detainer or locator issue because no separate ICE detention center in Jefferson County was identified in official sources. For filed local charges after an arrest, use WCCA and Jefferson County court records rather than assuming the jail status explains the case.