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Shawano County Jail Overview

Shawano County Jail / WRC is operated by the Shawano County Sheriff's Office Jail Division at 405 N. Main St. in Shawano. Menominee County annual reports state that Menominee County prisoners are housed at Shawano County Jail, so the facility is the documented county-jail housing point for many Menominee County arrests even though it is not inside Menominee County. The official jail page names Jail Administrator Troy Beyer and gives the jail phone as 715-526-7950.

The facility handles a mix of pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, court-ordered holds, work-release eligible inmates, and prisoners housed by contract or regional arrangement. The official Shawano jail page describes a mission of safe and secure confinement in the least restrictive setting allowed by behavior, special needs, and charge severity. That matters for Menominee County custody searches because an arrest may begin with the Menominee County Sheriff's Office in Keshena, then custody details may shift to Shawano once the person is booked into the jail.

The official Shawano jail page shows the jail address and contact information for the Jail / WRC. The screenshot below reflects the official jail information source used for the facility address and administrator listing.

Use the jail page for facility contact details, then use the phone and notification channels below to check a specific person's custody status.

Shawano County Jail Population

The official Shawano jail page does not publish a rated capacity. A January 2026 local news report stated that Shawano officials described the jail as rated for 155 people, with 153 in the jail and 195 total inmates in custody when outside placement, overflow, or work-release related counts were included. Because that figure comes from local coverage rather than the jail's own public page, it should be treated as a recent capacity-pressure data point, not as a standing official capacity table published by the jail.

Menominee County's own current jail population is not published as a separate daily count. The better reading of the local record is that Menominee County does not run a normal standalone public jail roster from its courthouse in Keshena. County prisoners may be in the Shawano count, while tribal custody is handled separately by Menominee Tribal Detention Facility. State prison, federal prison, and immigration custody are separate systems.

Shawano County Jail Lookup

No official Shawano County Jail online roster was located on the Shawano jail pages reviewed, and no Menominee County online roster was located on the Menominee County sheriff pages. A current Shawano County Jail inmate search should start by calling the jail at 715-526-7950 with the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date or time. For Menominee County cases, also consider whether the arrest started with the Menominee County Sheriff's Office, Menominee Tribal Police, or another agency on or near the reservation.

Use Wisconsin VINE for custody status alerts and use Wisconsin Circuit Court Access for filed court charges, hearings, bond entries, and case status. A court record is not the same as a jail record. WCCA may show a case even after release, while the jail phone is the more direct way to ask whether someone is physically held at Shawano County Jail now. For sentenced prison custody, use the Wisconsin DOC locator instead of calling the county jail.

1. Call Shawano County Jail at 715-526-7950 and ask whether the person is currently in custody.
2. Give full name, date of birth if known, and the arrest date or agency if known.
3. Check Wisconsin VINE for custody notification and release alerts when the person is eligible for VINE tracking.
4. Search WCCA for filed charges, court dates, case numbers, and bond conditions.
5. Use Wisconsin DOC, BOP, or ICE only when the case has moved into state, federal, or immigration custody.

Shawano Jail Contact Card

The jail information line is the most important contact point for a Menominee County person believed to be housed at Shawano. The sheriff's office lobby hours come from the Shawano County Sheriff's Office general information page, while jail-specific custody, visitation, mail, bond, property, and PREA questions route to the jail division.

Shawano Jail Visits

Shawano County Jail visitation is video based through Inmate Canteen. Adults age 18 or older can create an account and visit remotely from a compatible device. The Shawano FAQ says the visit connects to the inmate in a common area within the housing area, and remote video visits carry a fee. Confirm the person's custody and eligibility before paying for or scheduling a session, because housing status, discipline, court movement, lockdown, release, or transfer may affect a visit.

The Inmate Canteen vendor page is the account portal identified for Shawano County deposits and video visitation.

Use the vendor only after confirming the person is held at Shawano County Jail and that video visitation is available for that housing status.

Shawano Jail Mail Money

Mail for a person held at Shawano County Jail should be addressed to the inmate by name, care of Shawano County Jail, at 405 N. Main Street, Shawano, WI 54166. The Shawano FAQ says outgoing mail with proper postage and a complete forwarding address is turned over at lockdown and forwarded daily except Sundays and national holidays. Incoming mail is opened, searched, and inspected in the inmate's presence. Stamps and stickers are removed when mail is delivered.

Only non-Polaroid pictures are accepted. Softcover books and magazines must come from a bookstore or publisher. Do not mail cash. Money can be placed into the inmate account online through Inmate Canteen or at the jail lobby. Property drop-off is generally not allowed except eyeglasses or medication at the Shift Sergeant or OIC's discretion, and property pickup requires the inmate to sign property over and the recipient to show proper identification.

Shawano Jail Booking

After admission and booking, Shawano inmates may receive at least one telephone call. Telephones are available in each housing pod, turned on after daily cleaning is complete to staff satisfaction, and turned off each evening at 10:30 p.m. If a person cannot post bond, pay a fine, or otherwise secure release after admission and processing, the person is assigned to a receiving cell or housing pod.

Initial confinement court appearances normally occur on the next available court date, often at 1:00 p.m., but court discretion can change timing. Before the initial appearance, a person with an attorney may contact the attorney by phone after booking. A public defender representative interviews new admissions on business days for state traffic and criminal charges to assess representation eligibility. Menominee County hearings take place at the Shawano County Courthouse, not at the jail address, so confirm whether a trip is for jail, court, bond, or records.

Booking

The jail intake process after arrest or commitment.

Classification

The housing and supervision decision based on risk, behavior, needs, and charge severity.

Hold or detainer

Another agency's authority or request that may prevent release after local conditions are met.

Shawano Jail Records

Shawano County Jail records for Menominee County users are best understood as a custody file rather than a public web profile. The official county and jail pages reviewed did not show an online jail roster, booking-photo feed, or public inmate profile. A person may have a jail booking record at Shawano, a Menominee County sheriff incident record in Keshena, a WCCA court case after charges are filed, and a Wisconsin DOC record later if sentenced to state prison. Each system answers a different question.

Wisconsin public-records law and sheriff-register duties support access to many jail records, but release can depend on the proper custodian, pending investigation issues, juvenile or victim information, medical privacy, and other redactions. For a broader county custody route, the local jail records overview explains how Menominee County inmate records are split across jail, court, and state systems. The Shawano jail phone remains the fastest path for current custody.