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 September 30, 2026.
Bayfield County, Wisconsin, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bayfield County is held at the county jail, run by the Bayfield 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 Bayfield County
The county jail, run by the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bayfield County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office at bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/410/Bayfield-County-Jail (page title: Bayfield County Jail | Bayfield County, WI), phone 715-373-6117, 615 N 2nd Avenue E P.O. Box 115 Washburn, WI 54891, Tuesday from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 715-373-6117.
The Bayfield County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 39 people, down from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 86 beds, and it ran at 45 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bayfield County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 23 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bayfield County Jail
The Bayfield County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Washburn and Bayfield make the arrests that end in a booking in Bayfield County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office's 316 for 2025, Washburn's 38 for 2025 and Iron River's 28 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Bayfield County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 339 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 Bayfield County 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 Bayfield 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 Bayfield County?
Ask the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office at 715-373-6117; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bayfieldcounty.wi.gov.
How many people are in the Bayfield County jail?
About 39 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 86 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bayfield County jail?
715-373-6117, the number on the page of the Bayfield County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.