Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Salem Lakes, Wisconsin, in Kenosha County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Salem Lakes is held at the county jail, run by the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Salem Lakes
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Salem Lakes is held at the county jail, run by the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office at kenoshacountywi.gov/1815/Inmate-Searches (page title: Inmate Searches | Kenosha County, WI), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Kenosha County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 520 people, down from about 700 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 775 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kenosha County has about 169,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kenosha County Jail
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie and Twin Lakes make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Salem Lakes.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kenosha County: the University of Wisconsin at Parkside (campus police).
The Genoa City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Kenosha County, so its arrests are not broken out for Kenosha County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kenosha's 3,265 for 2025, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office's 1,564 for 2025 and Pleasant Prairie's 617 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Kenosha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,446 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Salem Lakes arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Kenosha County serves the sentence in a facility of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Salem Lakes?
Look on the custody page of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office at kenoshacountywi.gov/1815/Inmate-Searches. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Kenosha County jail?
About 520 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 775 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kenosha County go?
To a facility of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
Is this the official Salem Lakes website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.