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.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin, has about 195,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Outagamie County is held at the county jail, run by the Outagamie 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 Outagamie County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Outagamie County is held at the county jail, run by the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office at outagamie.gov/Our-County/Sheriffs-Office/Corrections-Division/Recen... (page title: Recent Bookings (Media Report) | Outagamie County, Wisconsin), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Outagamie County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 350 people, down from about 350 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 499 beds, and it ran at 70 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Outagamie County has about 195,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 18 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Outagamie County Jail
The Outagamie County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Appleton, Kaukauna, Seymour, Hortonville and Shiocton make the arrests that end in a booking in Outagamie County.
The Wrightstown Police Department and the New London Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Outagamie County, so their arrests are not broken out for Outagamie County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Appleton's 2,611 for 2025, Grand Chute's 1,731 for 2024 and Freedom's 1,159 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Outagamie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,882 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 Outagamie 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 Outagamie 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 Outagamie County?
Look on the custody page of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office at outagamie.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Outagamie County jail?
About 350 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 499 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Outagamie 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 Outagamie 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.