Lookup Menominee Tribal Detention Inmates

Menominee Tribal Detention Overview

Menominee Tribal Detention Facility is operated through the Menominee Tribal Police and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin under a Bureau of Indian Affairs facility contract. It is a tribal detention jail in Keshena, not a Wisconsin DOC prison and not the contracted county jail used for Menominee County prisoners housed at Shawano County Jail. The facility phone is 715-799-3592.

The official detention page says the facility opened in 1984 and has 45 beds. It houses offenders lawfully arrested or committed to tribal custody and works with law-enforcement agencies on the reservation. The facility's stated mission is safe, secure, and humane confinement under tribal ordinances and applicable state and federal law. It also notes education, religious programming, substance-abuse counseling, violent-offender counseling, and efforts to preserve Native culture for incarcerated community members.

The official tribal detention page is the source for the 45-bed facility description, staff count, mission, and program summary.

Use that source for facility context, then use the FAQ and phone line for custody verification, visits, mail, money, and phone rules.

Menominee Tribal Detention Population

Menominee Tribal Detention Facility publishes a bed capacity and staffing figure but does not publish a current daily population, annual booking count, race or age table, sex breakdown, or average length of stay in the sources reviewed. The official page identifies a 45-bed jail and a staff of 16 across administration, shift supervisors, correctional officers, and kitchen staff. It also discusses population growth and overcrowding concerns in general terms.

This tribal facility should not be counted as the Menominee County contracted county jail. Menominee County annual reports point county prisoner housing to Shawano County Jail. Tribal detention is a local custody channel for offenders lawfully arrested or committed into tribal custody. Sentenced state prisoners from Menominee County are searched through the Wisconsin DOC locator, while federal and immigration custody require federal systems.

Menominee Tribal Inmate Lookup

No online roster was located for Menominee Tribal Detention Facility. The official FAQ states that staff can verify whether a particular person is in jail. Beyond that yes-or-no custody check, other information can be released only to people on the inmate's release-of-information list. That limit is more restrictive than a public web roster and should guide every call, records request, and visitor plan.

Call 715-799-3592 when tribal custody is possible. If the arrest was a Menominee County case rather than tribal custody, call the Menominee County Sheriff's Office first or the contracted Shawano County Jail for current jail custody. Use WCCA for filed state court charges, Wisconsin VINE for eligible custody alerts, and Wisconsin DOC, BOP, or ICE locators only when the person is in a state, federal, or immigration system.

1. Call Menominee Tribal Detention Facility at 715-799-3592 and ask whether the person is in jail.
2. Provide full legal name and date of birth if known, plus the date and agency tied to the arrest.
3. Ask whether the person has placed you on the release-of-information list before requesting details beyond custody status.
4. If staff cannot verify tribal custody, check Shawano County Jail, WCCA, Wisconsin VINE, or state and federal locators as appropriate.

Menominee Tribal Contact Card

The detention FAQ and official jail page give a phone number and mailing format. A street address for public jail visits is not published on the official detention page. Because visits must be pre-registered and approved by the on-duty shift supervisor, a caller should confirm both the person's custody and the correct visitor reporting instructions before going to the facility.

Menominee Tribal Visits

Menominee Tribal Detention visits are personal, non-contact visits that must be pre-registered and approved by the on-duty shift supervisor. Visitors must call one day in advance. The FAQ states that inmates may receive three 20-minute non-contact visits per week, with only one visit per visiting day. Visitors must be on the approved list, show picture identification, dress appropriately, and follow facility security rules.

The Menominee Tribal Detention FAQ is the source for the visiting schedule, advance-call rule, approved-visitor rule, mail instructions, and money rules.

Review the FAQ before a visit, then call the facility because a lockdown, emergency, contraband concern, intoxication, disruption, or security issue can cause a visit to be denied.

Menominee Tribal Mail Money

Inmate mail should be addressed with the inmate's name, Menominee Tribal Detention Facility, P.O. Box 550, Keshena, WI 54135-0550. The FAQ says the jail provides materials for two free letters each week. Additional writing supplies must be bought through commissary, and stamps, envelopes, or writing paper cannot be dropped off. Outgoing mail must be unsealed for scanning, while privileged mail may be sealed.

Incoming mail must include a full sender name and address. Mail with perfume, drawings, or stickers is not allowed, and questionable pictures may be returned. Packages containing contraband can be disposed of or placed in the inmate's locker. U.S. currency sent by mail is not accepted or guaranteed. The facility accepts money orders or professional checks by mail and accepts cash, money orders, or professional checks in person.

Menominee Tribal Intake

Tribal detention custody begins when an offender is lawfully arrested or committed into custody under the authority served by the Menominee Tribal Police and related reservation law-enforcement agencies. The official facility page does not publish a detailed fingerprint, photo, screening, or roster-refresh timeline. It does state that the facility works with law-enforcement agencies on the reservation and strives to manage overcrowding while providing humane confinement.

Visitors and callers should not assume that a tribal detention file works like a county public jail roster. Staff may verify custody, but further details depend on the release-of-information list. Court status, fine payment, and bond or release questions may involve tribal court or another court system depending on the case. During regular business hours, the FAQ directs people to Menominee Tribal Courts for certain bond or fine payments; the jail accepts money for inmate cash bonds or court fines only in the evening or on weekends.

Release-of-information list

The list that controls who may receive inmate details beyond a custody confirmation.

Non-contact visit

A visit where the inmate and visitor do not have physical contact and use facility equipment or barriers.

Tribal custody

Detention tied to tribal law-enforcement and court authority, separate from county jail or Wisconsin DOC prison custody.

Menominee Tribal Records

Menominee Tribal Detention records are limited by the facility's own public information rule. The FAQ allows staff to verify whether a person is in jail, but details beyond that are restricted to people listed by the inmate for information release. That rule affects booking details, visitation planning, phone questions, and requests from friends or relatives who are not approved contacts.

For a county criminal case, check Shawano County Jail if the person may be housed under Menominee County's contracted jail arrangement, and check WCCA after charges are filed in Wisconsin circuit court. For tribal detention, keep the custody question narrow unless the inmate has approved release of information. For sentenced state prison, use Wisconsin DOC. For federal or immigration matters, use the federal locator that matches the custody type.