Dodge County Inmate Population Overview
The Dodge County inmate population is anchored by the Dodge County Jail in Juneau, but it is not limited to one kind of custody. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office jail page identifies the jail as the local facility for adult men and women who are awaiting adjudication in Dodge County Circuit Court or serving county sentences. The same jail also houses federal and ICE detainees under intergovernmental agreements. That mix matters because a name found in the building may not be found through the same public lookup tool as a local arrestee.
Dodge County is also one of Wisconsin's larger correctional hubs. The county contains Dodge Correctional Institution, Waupun Correctional Institution, Fox Lake Correctional Institution, and John C. Burke Correctional Center. Those facilities are run by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, not the sheriff. A sentenced state prisoner in Waupun or Fox Lake is part of the local correctional footprint, but the correct search channel is the statewide DOC locator.
Dodge County Inmate Population Statistics
Official Dodge County sources provide several useful measures, though they do not publish every jail-population metric in accessible HTML. The sheriff reports a rated county jail capacity of 358 beds. The sheriff's 2024 public-facing numbers reported 4,454 people booked into the jail, described as a 14 percent increase over the prior year. The county data page reports 88,635 residents, which gives useful scale for local custody volume even though it is not a daily jail count.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge County Jail rated capacity | 358 beds | Sheriff jail page, accessed July 2026 |
| People booked into Dodge County Jail | 4,454 | Sheriff homepage, 2024 |
| Booking change | 14 percent increase | Sheriff homepage, 2024 narrative |
| Dodge County population | 88,635 residents | Dodge County data page, accessed July 2026 |
| John C. Burke capacity | 250 adult male inmates | Wisconsin DOC facility page |
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office homepage is the source for the 2024 booking figure shown in the screenshot below.
The booking count helps separate annual intake volume from a daily head count. A person may be booked, released, transferred, sentenced, or held for another agency during the same year.
Dodge County Inmate Population Trends
The most current official trend located for the Dodge County inmate population is the sheriff's 2024 booking statement. It says 4,454 people were booked into the jail in 2024, nearly 5,000, and that the count was up 14 percent from the prior year. Average daily population, average length of stay, and a jail incarceration rate were not found in accessible official HTML sources. Those missing fields should not be guessed.
The most complete multi-year table found in official web material was the sheriff's Most Wanted program data. It is not the jail population. It is still useful because warrants, failures to appear, and warrant clearances affect bookings and court custody. Dodge County published totals and apprehensions for highlighted Most Wanted entries back to 2018.
| Year | Most Wanted Total | Apprehended |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | 97 |
| 2024 | 120 | 103 |
| 2023 | 120 | 93 |
| 2022 | 120 | 111 |
| 2021 | 120 | 91 |
| 2020 | 90 | 71 |
Who Is in Dodge County Custody
The Dodge County inmate population includes different legal groups. Local arrestees may be booked after a sheriff, municipal police, state patrol, or other agency arrest. Some people are held before court action, while others are serving a county sentence. The sheriff also describes Huber Work Release, GPS/electronic monitoring, jail work opportunities, self-improvement opportunities, and religious services. Federal and immigration detainees may be housed in the same Juneau building under separate rules.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before the criminal case has ended.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person serving a court-imposed jail or prison sentence.
- Huber
- A Wisconsin work-release privilege for eligible sentenced people.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency, such as ICE, federal custody, probation, or another county.
Dodge County Jail Capacity Laws
Wisconsin law gives the sheriff charge and custody of the county jail and the people in it. Wis. Stat. 59.27 is the core sheriff-duty statute. Wis. Stat. 302.36 deals with jail prisoner classification, which is the process used to place a person at the correct security level. Wis. Stat. 302.365 requires DOC to establish jail and house-of-correction program standards by rule.
Key Wisconsin rules: Wis. Admin. Code DOC 350 covers state jail standards for design, operation, maintenance, and management. Wis. Stat. 19.35 gives public-records access rights unless a law or exception applies. Wis. Stat. 19.36 lists limits that may affect law-enforcement records.
Search Dodge County Inmates
No official standalone Dodge County Sheriff's Office public web roster was located during the source sweep. That finding changes the lookup order. The sheriff jail page links users to VINE Link Offender Lookup and the WDOC Offender Locator, while the official Dodge County Sheriff's Office mobile app listings advertise booking information, inmate search capability, and arrest logs. When a current local custody search does not work online, the jail phone line and sheriff open-records process become part of the normal search path.
- Start with Wisconsin VINELink for county-jail custody status and notification.
- Use the DOSO mobile app when recent booking information, arrest logs, or app-based inmate search is needed.
- Call Dodge County Jail at 920-386-3734 for very recent bookings, transfers, visitor-list questions, and custody confirmation.
- Use the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Locator for sentenced state prisoners.
- Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator or BOP Inmate Locator when federal or immigration custody is possible.
- File a Sheriff's Office open-records request for booking records or photos not available through public lookup.
The Wisconsin VINELink portal is one of the county-jail custody channels documented for Dodge County.
VINELink is for custody status and notification. It should not be treated as a complete Dodge County mugshot, charge, or court-file database.
Dodge County Roster Search Fields
Because no sheriff-hosted web roster form was verified, the search-field table is a negative inventory rather than a normal roster form. The important public detail is that each channel covers a different part of custody. WI VINE is the county-jail status path, DOC is for sentenced state prison custody, and the app may hold booking information that the public website does not expose.
| Channel | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standalone sheriff web roster | Not located | n/a | No official sheriff-hosted roster/search form was found. |
| WI VINE search | Dynamic web/app | Unspecified | Use Wisconsin portal for county-jail custody status and notifications. |
| DOC locator | Dynamic web form | Unspecified | Use for sentenced DOC prisoners, not local jail detainees. |
| DOSO app | Mobile app | Unspecified | Advertises booking information, inmate search, and arrest logs. |
Dodge County Inmate Record Details
A live Dodge County web roster profile was not available for field inspection, so the public record should not be described as if every profile always shows a mugshot, housing unit, charge table, or bond field. The verified field picture is narrower: WI VINE provides custody-status functions, the DOSO app advertises booking information and inmate search, and sheriff open records can be used for booking records, photos, CAD sheets, and related records when they are releasable.
| Field | What Is Known |
|---|---|
| Name | Expected in VINE or app search results, but exact Dodge public display was not inspected. |
| Custody status | WI VINE's core purpose is custody status and status-change notification. |
| Booking information | The official app-store listing says the DOSO app provides booking information. |
| Mugshot or photo | Not verified on a public web roster; request through open records if not shown in an official channel. |
| Charges | Formal charges should be checked in WCCA court records. |
| Release or transfer | WI VINE covers custody-status changes and notifications. |
Dodge County Jail vs State Prison
The fastest way to search the Dodge County inmate population is to decide which custody system applies. A local arrest normally starts at Dodge County Jail. A sentenced state prisoner is searched through the Wisconsin DOC locator after transfer. ICE and federal detainees may be physically housed at the same Juneau jail but searched through ICE, BOP, or federal court channels instead of a county roster.
| Custody Type | Who Runs It | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | WI VINE, DOSO app, jail phone, sheriff records |
| State prison | Wisconsin Department of Corrections | Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Locator |
| ICE detention | ICE with local housing agreement | ICE Online Detainee Locator and Dodge Detention Facility information |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons | BOP Inmate Locator |
Dodge County Detention Facilities
Facility pages should be read by custody type, not just by map location. Dodge County Jail is the local jail. Dodge Detention Facility is the federal and ICE identity for the same Juneau building. The four DOC facilities in Dodge County are state prison or correctional-center facilities with their own DOC rules.
- Dodge County Jail - local county jail for adult men and women, pretrial custody, county sentences, Huber, and contract detainees.
- Dodge Detention Facility - ICE/federal-contract detention channel at the Dodge County Jail address.
- Dodge Correctional Institution - DOC maximum-security reception center for adult male inmates sentenced to prison.
- Waupun Correctional Institution - historic maximum-security Wisconsin prison in Waupun.
- Fox Lake Correctional Institution - medium-security adult institution near Fox Lake and Waupun.
- John C. Burke Correctional Center - minimum-security DOC correctional center with work release and community crews.
Dodge County Booking Records
Booking begins after arrest and transport to the jail. Staff identify the person, collect property, create booking records, conduct screening, and classify the person for housing and security. Classification means the jail assigns a security level and housing setting based on risks, needs, and jail rules. For people sentenced to prison, Dodge Correctional Institution performs the state reception process that includes record development, medical and mental-health screening, initial classification, and placement decisions.
For records that are not public through VINELink, the DOSO app, or a locator, the sheriff's open-records process is the documented fallback. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office open-records form allows requesters to ask for narrative police reports, CAD sheets, photos, video, audio, and other records. Fees can apply after records are located and prepared, and the sheriff warns that personal identifying information and restricted records may be redacted.
Dodge County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Dodge County inmate population?
The best official web figures are a 358-bed Dodge County Jail and 4,454 people booked into the jail in 2024. A current average daily jail count was not located in accessible official HTML sources.
Does Dodge County publish a web jail roster?
No standalone sheriff-hosted public web roster was found. Use WI VINE, the DOSO app, the jail phone line, and sheriff open records for county-jail custody questions.
When should the Wisconsin DOC locator be used?
Use the DOC locator for people sentenced to Wisconsin state prison or housed in DOC facilities such as Dodge, Waupun, Fox Lake, or John C. Burke.
Can ICE detainees be in Dodge County Jail?
Yes. The sheriff states the jail has agreements involving ICE, BOP, and the U.S. Marshals Service. ICE detainees should be searched through ICE ODLS.
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