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.
Sawyer County, Wisconsin, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sawyer County is held at the county jail, run by the Sawyer 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 Sawyer County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sawyer County is held at the county jail, run by the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office at sawyercounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3000/Current_Inamtespdf?bidId= (page title: rpjlciol.x1 06/07/26 SAWYER COUNTY JAIL ROSTER Run Date: 06/07/26 09:00:03), phone 715-634-4858, 15880, 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 Sawyer County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 49 people, down from about 95 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 104 beds, and it ran at 47 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sawyer County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sawyer County Jail
The Sawyer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hayward make the arrests that end in a booking in Sawyer County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office's 394 for 2025 and Hayward's 61 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Sawyer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 455 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 Sawyer 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 Sawyer 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 Sawyer County?
Look on the custody page of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office at sawyercounty.gov, or call 715-634-4858. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Sawyer County jail?
About 49 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 104 beds.
What is the phone number for the Sawyer County jail?
715-634-4858, the number on the page of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sawyer 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 Sawyer 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.