This Sheriff's list covers every person held at the moment. To use it:

1. Pull up the jail roster.
2. Press Ctrl+F, or use your phone's page search, and type the last name.
3. Compare birth year and age to rule out someone else with the same name.
4. Tap the name. The detail page gives the booking date, height, weight and every charge with its Wisconsin statute and offense date.
5. Look at the release date box. It stays blank for most people still inside.

Bail amounts and court dates come from the jail and the court. Call the jail at 715-537-5559, or search the name on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the free state case site.

Most misses come down to one of these:

• Just brought in. The roster has no posted update times, so a fresh booking may not show yet.
• Already out. Only people held now are listed. The last-seven-days bookings list can show a release date for someone who left.
• Different spelling. Retry with a nickname or a maiden name. With a double surname, test each half alone.
• Held by someone else. An arrest in another county, by federal agents or on a state hold can put the person in a different place.
• Younger than 17. Kids that age are handled by juvenile intake and stay off this list.

Still lost? Call the jail at 715-537-5559. Sheriff's non-emergency dispatch also takes calls at 715-537-3106.

Just one adult lockup belongs to the county: the Barron County Jail, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-5559. It was built in 2003 and 2004 and has 194 beds. Its roster includes both men and women.

• Home on a monitor. Some people serving a sentence do their time at home through the jail's electronic monitor program. They can still appear on the roster, marked "Electronic Monitoring."
• Burnett County overflow. When Burnett's own jail fills up, it sends people to other jails, and this one is on its list. That county's jail is at 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872, 715-349-2128.
• Huber release. State law lets a sentencing judge let someone serving county time keep a job or attend school or counseling by day, returning to the jail afterward (Wis. Stat. 303.08). Ask the jail how it handles Huber.
• A neighbor's jail. An arrest in another county is booked into that county's jail. For instance, the Chippewa County Jail sits at 50 E Spruce Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729. Its jail administrator line is 715-726-7704.

If you can't tell who has the person, the Sheriff's Office can check at 715-537-3106.

Yes. Tap a name on the Sheriff's inmate roster and the detail page carries the booking photos. Those mugshots appear beside the height, weight, hair and eye color.

Once a person is no longer on the roster, do not count on the photo being there. Ask the Sheriff's Office for it as a public record. Under Wis. Stat. 19.31 to 19.39, records held by the government start out open to the public. You may ask without saying who you are or why. The custodian looks at every request on its own facts. Police records about juveniles stay closed. Reporters ask the same way, at 715-537-3106.

• Immigration booking photos are requested through the ICE FOIA page.
• Mugshots from other federal agencies generally are not released, though the U.S. Marshals Service is free to release a photo of a fugitive it is chasing.

The state's WI VINE County Jails service costs nothing, keeps your identity private and offers English, Spanish and Hmong. It shows whether someone is in a Wisconsin county jail and which one. You can also sign up to hear when that person is released or moved. Anyone may use it, not only crime victims.

• Search or register on VINELink.
• Or phone 888-944-8463 (1-888-WI-4-VINE).

The state runs VINE together with local police and sheriffs. We could not confirm that the Barron jail takes part in VINE, so check VINE, look at the roster daily, and call 715-537-5559 to be sure.

Release is the judge's call at the first hearing, which often happens over video from the jail. State law favors sending people home. Many walk out on a signature bond, owing nothing unless they skip court. Cash is set only to make a return to court likely (Wis. Stat. 969.02 and 969.03). When the charge is a violent crime, public safety may count too.

• No bondsmen. State law bans paid bail bonding (Wis. Stat. 969.12). The family pays the whole cash amount.
• Where to pay. Bail goes to the Clerk of Circuit Court, Room 2201, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-6265, or to the jail in that building. Ask which payment types they take, and keep the numbered receipt.
• Money can be kept. After a guilty verdict or plea, the court can apply posted bail to restitution, fines and costs, no matter who paid it.
• Stuck after three days. If bail terms keep someone locked up for 72 hours past the first appearance, a judge must revisit them (Wis. Stat. 969.08).
• Domestic abuse arrests. Police keep a person arrested this way in custody until the bail amount is paid or a judge takes up the case. For 72 hours from the arrest, all contact with the alleged victim is off limits (Wis. Stat. 968.075).

Our bail page lays out every step. For the statutes in brief, see our Wisconsin bail law summary.

Tap the person's name on the roster. The detail page lists each charge, its Wisconsin statute number and the date of the offense.

The charges can change once the District Attorney files a criminal complaint. To see what was filed, search the name on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access. It also shows the case number and status. The Clerk of Circuit Court can help too, at Room 2201, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-6265.

State law sorts misdemeanors into three levels:

• Class A: as much as $10,000 and 9 months behind bars
• Class B: $1,000 and 90 days at most
• Class C: $500 and 30 days at most

Those limits are set by Wis. Stat. 939.51.

A judge tells each defendant about their lawyer rights during the first hearing. Anyone who says they can't afford one is referred to the State Public Defender (Wis. Stat. 970.02). This county is served from Chippewa Falls.

• State Public Defender, 10 N Bridge St, Suite 200, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, 715-908-8473. The office covers Barron, Chippewa and Rusk counties.
• Adults facing a misdemeanor or felony qualify if they meet the state's money rules.
• Applying takes about 15 minutes. The SPD application steps are online.
• Denied? Ask the court whether a county-paid lawyer is possible.

A family can also pay a private defense attorney. Wisconsin jail rules (DOC 350) let lawyers visit at reasonable hours.

In-person visits happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call the jail at 715-537-5559 to book a time. Ask what ID to bring, what to wear and how many people may come.

Video visits run through Securus Technologies, the company the jail names for families. For help with a video account, Securus support answers at 877-578-3658. Our visiting guide walks you through your first trip to a jail.

The jail takes deposits in two ways:

• In the lobby. Use the jail teller machine with cash or a credit card.
• By mail. Send a money order, best made out to the person, to the jail at 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812-3007. The lobby window won't take money orders.

The account pays for commissary: snacks, hygiene items, writing paper, clothing and phone time. A $20 booking fee is due at booking, so money brought that day helps. Never put cash in an envelope. Questions go to the jail at 715-537-5559. Our commissary guide lists typical items, and the money guide compares deposit options.

Phone calls and video visits run through Securus Technologies, the company the jail's family page names. Set up a Securus account to take calls or pay for them.

• Securus customer support: 800-844-6591
• TTY for hearing-impaired callers: 877-710-1118
• Video visit help: 877-578-3658

It is safest to think staff could hear any call. Keep case details for the lawyer. Whether messages or tablets are offered is a question for the jail at 715-537-5559. Our jail phone guide and messaging guide go deeper.

Address personal letters like this:

Inmate's Full Name
C/O Barron County Jail
1420 State Hwy 25 North
Barron, WI 54812-3007

Write the full legal name as it shows on the roster. Then follow these rules:

• Photos are fine, but not Polaroids, nudity or gang content.
• Hand-drawn pictures from kids are welcome.
• Leave off glitter, glue, tape and other decorations. Musical cards are refused.
• Mail soaked in perfume or any liquid gets sent back.
• Staff pass along spoken messages only in emergencies, for example a family death, serious injury or illness, after they check it. Call 715-537-5559 and ask for the jail sergeant or officer in charge.

The lobby takes legal mail from lawyers or government offices only. Personal letters must come by U.S. mail. Our guide to inmate mail has more pointers.

To get back items the person had at arrest, call the jail at 715-537-5559. Ask about the release steps for property, any form the person signs, and the ID you should carry. The jail is at 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812.

You can also bring things in. The lobby accepts the person's driver's license, Social Security card or state ID, plus prescriptions in their original containers. Extra property, bills, junk mail and over-the-counter medicine without the nurse's okay are turned away.

Medical staff work at the jail full time, and they set up any outside appointments. Wisconsin's jail rules (DOC 350) require medical, mental health and emergency dental care. Lack of money can't block care. A health screening takes place within 14 days of arrival.

• Bring prescriptions to the lobby in the original containers. Jail medical staff must approve them.
• Worried about a health problem? Call 715-537-5559 and ask for medical staff.
• A written grievance, with a right to appeal, is how complaints are raised.

Every county jail gets a yearly visit from the DOC Office of Detention Facilities, 3099 East Washington Ave., Madison, WI 53704, 608-240-5000, which checks it against state standards.

The Sheriff's active warrant list shows names, ages and charges, and clicking a name opens photos. Never try to catch anyone on it. Ask about a warrant at 715-537-3106, or leave an anonymous tip at 800-532-9008. A name search on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access may show a skipped hearing; the clerk or the Sheriff can say whether a warrant followed. A lawyer's guidance comes first. With that help, walk into the jail in the Justice Center with the lawyer, or have the clerk set a new court date. Clerk of Circuit Court: Room 2201, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-6265.

Every criminal case here goes to circuit court at the Justice Center, the same building as the jail. Here are three ways to get a date:

• Search the name on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access. It shows charges, hearing dates and case status for free.
• Call the Clerk of Circuit Court, Room 2201, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-6265, weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Ask the person's lawyer.

Some hearings happen remotely, and the county explains how on its remote court hearings page. City ordinance tickets in Barron go to the Barron Municipal Court, P.O. Box 156, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-5631. Our court guide breaks down each hearing in plain words.

Cases brought by federal agents here land in Wisconsin's Western District. Filings go to the clerk in Madison, inside the Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, 120 N. Henry St., Room 320, Madison, WI 53703, 608-264-5156.

1. One early step is a detention hearing. It decides between jail and release under conditions until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Before trial, the U.S. Marshals Service keeps federal prisoners. Its Western District office is at 120 N. Henry St., Suite 440, Madison, WI 53703, 608-661-8300. Call to ask where the person is.
3. Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin represents people who can't pay. Its Madison office is at 22 East Mifflin Street, Suite 1000, Madison, WI 53703, 608-260-9900.
4. Following sentencing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator tracks where the person serves time.

The steps of an immigration hold:

1. The process opens with Form I-247A, which ICE delivers to the jail.
2. This request, known as a detainer, seeks to keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents collect the person. Wisconsin cases fall under the Chicago Field Office, 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr., Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60605, 872-351-3990.
4. Detainees in Wisconsin have been housed at Juneau's Dodge County Jail, with brief stays at the Sauk County Jail.
5. Look the person up on the ICE Online Detainee Locator by A-number. Without the number, a full name plus birth nation works too.

ICE's Milwaukee check-in office is at 310 E. Knapp St., Milwaukee, WI 53202, 414-792-7198. The Sheriff's Office at 715-537-3106 can explain its own detainer practice.

A state prison term opens with a stretch at a Department of Corrections intake site. Staff test and classify the person there over roughly 8 to 12 weeks, then send them on to a prison matched to their needs. Men entering intake can't have visitors for their first 3 days there.

• Wisconsin's prison lookup is the DOC Inmate and Offender Search; enter a name.
• JE's Wisconsin prison guide explains visits, mail and deposits at state facilities.
• For felonies since Dec. 31, 1999, parole is gone. A sentence is split: confinement first, then extended supervision served outside prison walls.

Once a teen turns 17, criminal charges send them to adult court and the adult jail (Wis. Stat. 938.02). For anyone younger, the case starts with juvenile intake at the county's Health & Human Services, Government Center, 335 E Monroe Ave, Room 338, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-5691. Ask for youth justice intake. The office is open weekdays from 8:00 to 4:30.

• A youth goes to secure detention only after an in-person intake interview, with few exceptions (Wis. Stat. 938.067).
• Youths kept in custody see a judge fast. The 24-hour window opens when the day of the hold ends, and the count passes over weekends and legal holidays (Wis. Stat. 938.21).
• A detained youth may be held at the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 721 Oxford Ave., Suite 1001, Eau Claire, WI 54703. Eau Claire County Human Services answers at 715-839-2300. Ask intake where your child is.

The Wisconsin DOA put the county's population at 47,047 on Jan. 1, 2025. Not sure which agency arrested the person? The jail can tell you at 715-537-5559.

• Sheriff's Office, Room 1200, 1420 State Hwy 25 North, Barron, WI 54812, dispatch 715-537-3106. It also runs 911 and dispatch for the whole county.
• Rice Lake Police Department, 34 S Wilson Avenue, Rice Lake, WI 54868, 715-234-2116 in business hours. After hours, use county dispatch.
• Barron Police Department, 1456 E LaSalle Avenue, Barron, WI 54812, 715-537-3101
• Chetek Police Department, 101 Moore Street, Chetek, WI 54728, 715-924-4711
• Cumberland Police Department, 950 1st Avenue, Cumberland, WI 54829, 715-822-2754
• Cameron Police Department, 300 N First Street, Cameron, WI 54822, 715-458-2117
• Turtle Lake: for an arrest in the village, call county dispatch to reach the officers who cover it.
• Wisconsin State Patrol, 715-635-2141, based at W7102 Green Valley Road, Spooner, WI 54801. Troopers from that post cover ten counties, this one included.