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Bayfield County Jail Overview

Bayfield County Jail is operated by the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office. The official jail page lists the jail at 615 N 2nd Avenue E, P.O. Box 115, Washburn, WI 54891, with phone 715-373-6117 and fax 715-373-6323. Luke Kleczka is listed as Jail Administrator. The broader Bayfield County Sheriff's Office is at the same street address and lists Tony Williams as Sheriff, with administration phone 715-373-6300 and non-emergency phone 715-373-6120.

The jail holds people arrested locally, pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, cash-bail holds, probation and parole holds, Huber or work-release inmates, and people waiting for transfer or release. No official source located a separate Bayfield County jail annex, city jail roster, regional jail, federal detention facility, ICE facility, or Wisconsin DOC prison inside Bayfield County. That makes Bayfield County Jail the main local custody facility, while WCCA, Wisconsin DOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE each cover different follow-up searches.

The official Bayfield County Jail source shows the local facility page with jail contact details, mail instructions, visitation, Huber forms, and vendor links.

That screenshot is the clearest official online hub for the facility, but it does not show a public roster or mugshot gallery.

Bayfield Jail Population

The county Criminal Justice Department says Bayfield County built a new 72-bed jail in 2004 because of local jail-population increases. The Vera Incarceration Trends county dataset reports Bayfield County total jail population figures of 39 in 2024, 38 in 2023, 28.75 in 2022, 25 in 2021, and 33.25 in 2020. Prison Policy Initiative's 2020 correctional-population table lists Bayfield County Jail as a local facility with 31 people in that snapshot. These figures are not a live inmate count, but they give useful context for the scale of local custody.

Lookup Bayfield County Jail Custody

No official Bayfield County public online jail roster, current-inmate list, booking report, or mugshot gallery was located on the official county site. The county's substitute path is Bayfield County VINE and the public Wisconsin VINE portal, plus direct jail contact. Bayfield County says VINE can provide custody status, charges, bail, jail location, scheduled release date, and transfer or release notice. The county also says VINE does not provide whether an inmate has Huber privileges or home detention on electronic monitoring.

1. Start with Bayfield County VINE or Wisconsin VINE for custody status and release or transfer notification.
2. Call Bayfield County Jail at 715-373-6117 when the VINE result is unclear or the question is facility-specific.
3. Use the Sheriff's Office non-emergency number, 715-373-6120, for broader local law-enforcement routing.
4. Search WCCA after charges are filed, because court records are separate from jail custody records.
5. Use the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator only after a person is sentenced to DOC custody or supervision.

The county VINE source explains the custody-status fields Bayfield County makes available through that system.

VINE fills part of the gap left by the missing official roster, but it is still a custody and notification tool rather than a complete jail profile.

Bayfield County Jail Contact

Facility contact should be used for jail-specific questions such as whether a person has been processed, how a visit is set up, what mail format is required, and whether a Huber or work-release question must be handled by jail staff. The Sheriff's Office and jail are in the same Washburn government-center setting, but the research does not identify a separate booking desk line beyond the jail phone.

Bayfield Jail Visitation

Bayfield County publishes a simple in-person visitation process. Visits are first come, first served. The visitor comes to the Sheriff's Office lobby and sets up the visit there. A picture ID is required. No official online visit scheduler, remote video visitation schedule, published dress code, child-visitor rule, or visit-length rule was found in the county materials used for this build, so visitors should call before a long trip to Washburn.

Bayfield County is a large rural Lake Superior county. Winter roads, distance from smaller communities, and first-come lobby setup can all affect a visit. Confirm the person is still at Bayfield County Jail before traveling.

Bayfield Jail Mail and Money

Mail must use the inmate's name and the jail's post office box format. The sender's name and return address must be printed on the envelope. The official jail quick links list JailATM for inmate account deposits, AllPaid for posting a bond, Reliance Telephone for inmate telephone service, and Southern Health Partners for inmate medical care. The county page did not publish a local fee table for those services, so check each provider and the jail before sending funds.

The Bayfield County Jail quick links source shows the official vendor list for bond, deposits, phone, and medical service routing.

Those provider links are useful for services, but they are not proof that a person is currently in custody. Verify custody first.

Bayfield Huber Work Release

Huber work release is one of the most detailed Bayfield County Jail topics in the research. The county provides a Huber work-release schedule form, a work-verification form, a pay-stub verification form, and Rules of Release for Huber Inmates. These documents show that work release is structured, verified, and limited to approved locations and approved transportation. Huber is not the same as being out of custody. The inmate remains under jail authority and can be searched or disciplined for rule violations.

• Work schedules must be approved and include supervisor signature and contact information.
• Work verification covers employer, wages, payday, work hours, transportation, insurance, and emergency contacts.
• Pay stubs or paychecks must be submitted on payday with hours, period covered, and hourly rate.
• Transportation must be verified and approved, with the Huber rules noting approved ride and BART-stop details.
• Taverns, alcohol, non-prescribed drugs, unauthorized location changes, and unauthorized items are prohibited.
• Small lobby lockers, search rules, meal windows, and Wednesday/Sunday evening laundry rules are part of the local Huber materials.

Because Bayfield County says VINE does not show Huber privileges or home detention, Huber status is a facility-specific question. Call the jail rather than relying on a public lookup tool for that detail.

Bayfield Jail Booking Intake

Bayfield County does not publish a detailed booking manual, but the research supports a practical intake path. An arrest by the Sheriff's Office, city police, tribal police, or another agency may lead to transport to Bayfield County Jail. Intake can include identity and warrant confirmation, property collection, search and contraband screening, medical or mental-health screening, classification, phone access, and account setup. Booking photographs and fingerprints may be part of intake, but no official Bayfield County booking-photo feed was found.

Booking

The jail intake step after arrest, before the court record may be fully filed.

Classification

A housing and security decision made under objective jail criteria.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release.

Huber

Wisconsin work-release authority that allows approved release from jail for work or other approved purposes.

After filing, court events move through WCCA and Clerk records. After a state-prison sentence, Wisconsin DOC lookup becomes more useful than the county jail path. Federal and immigration custody use BOP or ICE systems.

Bayfield Jail Programs

The Bayfield County Criminal Justice Department gives local context for the jail. It describes evidence-based interventions, alternatives to incarceration, and work among local, county, state, and federal entities. Its quick links include the Criminal Justice Council, Hybrid OWI/Drug Treatment Court, supervision program, pre-charge diversion, Vivitrol, and jail programming. The jail programming page says the programming is funded by the Criminal Justice Department to help jail inmates, their families, and the community.

The Criminal Justice Department source shows the county's jail-population and alternatives framework.

That local programming context helps explain why Bayfield County Jail information is tied to diversion, work release, treatment court, and supervised alternatives rather than just a public roster.