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 24, 2026.
Calumet County, Wisconsin, has about 54,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calumet County is held at the county jail, run by the Calumet 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 Calumet County
The county jail, run by the Calumet County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Calumet County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Calumet County Sheriff's Office at co.calumet.wi.us/214/Corrections-Division (page title: Corrections Division | Calumet County, WI), phone (920) 849-2335, 206 Court Street Chilton, WI 53014, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 (920) 849-2335.
The Calumet County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 48 people, up from about 44 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 91 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Calumet County has about 54,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Calumet County Jail
The Calumet County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Chilton, Brillion and New Holstein make the arrests that end in a booking in Calumet County.
The Kiel Police Department, the Menasha Police Department and the Appleton Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Calumet County, so their arrests are not broken out for Calumet County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Calumet County Sheriff's Office's 731 for 2025, Chilton's 187 for 2025 and Brillion's 40 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Calumet County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 997 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 Calumet 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 Calumet 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 Calumet County?
Ask the Calumet County Sheriff's Office at (920) 849-2335; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.calumet.wi.us/214/Corrections-Division.
How many people are in the Calumet County jail?
About 48 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 91 beds.
What is the phone number for the Calumet County jail?
(920) 849-2335, the number on the page of the Calumet County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Calumet 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 Calumet 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.