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.
Vilas County, Wisconsin, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Vilas County is held at the county jail, run by the Vilas 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.
Related guides: Vilas County public records, Vilas County arrest records, Vilas County warrants, Vilas County criminal records, Vilas County court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Vilas County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Vilas County is held at the county jail, run by the Vilas County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Vilas County Sheriff's Office at vilascountysheriff.org, 330 Court Street Eagle River, WI 54521, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Vilas County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 82 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 125 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Vilas County has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 34 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Vilas County Jail
The Vilas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Eagle River make the arrests that end in a booking in Vilas County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Vilas County Sheriff's Office's 369 for 2025 and Eagle River's 94 for 2024.
The Vilas County Sheriff's Office reported 329 arrests to the FBI for 2022. 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 Vilas 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 Vilas 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 Vilas County?
Ask the Vilas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vilascountysheriff.org.
How many people are in the Vilas County jail?
About 82 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 125 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Vilas 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 Vilas 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.