Forest County Potawatomi Community Jail

Forest County Potawatomi Community Jail Information

The middle brother, Ottawa (Odawa), was the Keeper of the Trade, while the youngest brother, Potawatomi (Bode Wad Mi), was in charge of maintaining the Sacred Fire, therefore the designation "Keeper of the Fire." The Forest County Potawatomi Reservation is about 12,000 acres in size.

Tribe: Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin

Phone: 715-478-7200

Physical Address:
Forest County Potawatomi Community Jail
443 Everybody's Rd
Crandon, WI 54520

Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's First and Last Name
Forest County Potawatomi Community Jail
P.O. Box 340
Crandon, WI 54520

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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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