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.
Chippewa County, Wisconsin, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chippewa County is held at the county jail, run by the Chippewa 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 Chippewa County
The county jail, run by the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Chippewa County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office at chippewacountywi.gov/474/Inmate-Roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Chippewa County, WI), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Chippewa County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 94 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 198 beds, and it ran at 48 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Chippewa County has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Chippewa County Jail
The Chippewa County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Chippewa Falls, Lake Hallie, Stanley, Bloomer and Cornell make the arrests that end in a booking in Chippewa County.
The Eau Claire Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Chippewa County, so its arrests are not broken out for Chippewa County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office's 806 for 2025, Chippewa Falls's 675 for 2025 and Lake Hallie's 225 for 2023.
Together, the five agencies in Chippewa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,742 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 Chippewa 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 Chippewa 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 Chippewa County?
Look on the custody page of the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office at chippewacountywi.gov/474/Inmate-Roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Chippewa County jail?
About 94 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 198 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Chippewa 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 Chippewa 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.