Juneau County Jail Overview
The Juneau County Jail is operated by the Juneau County Sheriff's Office. It serves the county jail role for Mauston and the rest of Juneau County, holding people booked after local arrests, pretrial detainees awaiting court action, county-sentenced jail inmates, Huber and work-release inmates, and people held for other agencies when a contract or legal hold applies.
This is not a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison. A person at the jail may still have open circuit court charges, bond conditions, a probation hold, a short sentence, or a pending transfer. Sheriff Andrew F. Zobal leads the Sheriff's Office, and the jail administration listed by the county includes Jail Admin Captain Colleen Beier and Lieutenants Chris Giese and Kevin Patrenets. Jail questions go through the jail line rather than a public online roster.
The county's jail page is also the most direct official source for local facility instructions, including visitation, inmate accounts, Huber paperwork, and telephone services. Because no official searchable online Juneau County Jail roster was located in the research, callers and record requesters should treat the county jail line, sheriff records request process, Wisconsin court records, VINELink, and the Wisconsin DOC locator as separate tools that answer different parts of a custody question.
The county jail page below is the official starting point for jail-level instructions.
The Juneau County Sheriff's Office jail page identifies the jail division and links to the local custody services readers need before calling, visiting, or sending money.
Use that official page to confirm current jail notices before relying on a third-party directory or older search result.
Juneau County Jail Capacity and Population
The jail's public rated bed count was not located in the provided research, so this page does not state a bed capacity. The sourced population figures come from the 2022 PREA audit information supplied in the research: average daily population was 83, while the day-one audit population was 100. Those numbers should be read as audit-era population measures, not a current live roster count.
| Measure | Figure | How to Use It |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 83 | Historical PREA audit context for jail population size. |
| Audit-day population | 100 | A point-in-time count from the audit visit. |
| Rated capacity | Not located | Do not assume a bed count unless the county publishes one. |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Juneau County Jail
No official searchable online Juneau County Jail roster was located in the supplied research. That means a current custody check should start with the jail, then branch to court, notification, and state custody systems as needed. Use the jail phone line for immediate facility questions, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access for public court case status, VINELink Wisconsin for custody notification when available, and the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator only if the person may have transferred into state prison custody.
- Call the jail information line and ask whether the person is currently in Juneau County Jail custody.
- Search WCCA by name to review pending Juneau County Circuit Court cases, charges, hearings, and bond entries.
- Check VINELink Wisconsin for custody notification if the person appears in the statewide victim notification system.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison or is no longer at the jail, search the Wisconsin DOC locator.
Lookup distinction: Juneau County Jail covers local jail custody. The Wisconsin DOC locator covers sentenced state prison custody. A missing jail result does not prove the person was never booked.
Juneau County Jail Address and Contact
Use the jail phone line for custody, visitation, housing, and day-to-day jail questions. Huber and work-release questions have a separate contact listed by the county, including a dedicated phone number and email address. Because schedules, eligibility, and fee practices can change, confirm details directly with jail staff before visiting, mailing items, reporting for Huber, or attempting to post bond through a vendor.
Juneau County Jail
200 Oak Street
Mauston, WI 53948
608-847-9419
Jail questions and current facility information
Huber and Work Release
Juneau County Sheriff's Office Jail Division
Mauston, WI 53948
608-847-9513
jusojail@juneaucountywi.gov
Visiting Someone at Juneau County Jail
The county's Juneau County Jail visitation page says visits must be scheduled by phone at least 24 hours in advance. The published schedule separates male and female inmate visits. Visits are one hour long, and the county lists one visit per week. Always call before traveling, because a housing move, discipline issue, court transport, medical event, or facility emergency can change availability.
| Group | Published Days | Published Times | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male inmates | Wednesday through Saturday | 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. | Schedule by phone at least 24 hours ahead. |
| Female inmates | Sunday | 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. | One-hour visit, one visit per week. |
| Legal visits | Confirm with jail | Confirm with jail | Attorney and official visits are handled separately from social visits. |
The official visitation page is the source to check before scheduling a jail visit.
The appointment rule matters because arriving without a scheduled slot can result in a wasted trip even when the person is still in custody.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Juneau County Jail
The jail uses separate systems for non-legal mail, inmate accounts, and phone or video communication. The county's inmate account page points users to approved account options. InmateCanteen.com is listed for deposits, commissary, and bond payments. The county's Reliance Telephone page identifies Reliance for phone time, live text, and video visits.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Non-legal mail | Juneau County Jail - WI; Inmate John Doe; 1533 S 42nd Street - Suite 200; Grand Forks, ND 5820 | Use the jail's current mail rules before sending anything. |
| Deposits, commissary, bond | InmateCanteen.com | Vendor availability and transaction terms can change. |
| Phone, live text, video | Reliance Telephone | Accounts are separate from in-person visitation scheduling. |
Booking, Court Status, and Huber at Juneau County Jail
County jail intake usually follows an arrest, court order, probation hold, sentence commitment, or transfer from another agency. Booking information may connect to a court case in WCCA, but a court case page is not the same as a live jail roster. A person can have a public court record and no longer be housed at the jail, or can be in jail before all court entries appear online.
Huber and work-release inmates follow additional local rules. The county's Huber packet instructions say forms are available at the rear Justice Center jail door and should be submitted 10 days before the sentence start. The research notes drug and alcohol testing requirements, an initial working Huber fee of $315, a child or adult-care Huber initial fee of $265, and a transfer fee of $75. Confirm all current fees and eligibility rules with jail staff before reporting, because Huber requirements are operational rules rather than a general public roster feature.
About Juneau County Jail
Juneau County Jail functions as the county-level custody point for the local criminal process. It is where many people are held before their first appearance, while awaiting bond decisions, while serving a county sentence, or while participating in a Huber or work-release program. It also intersects with other systems: WCCA tracks public court case activity, VINELink may support notification, and Wisconsin DOC records apply after a state prison transfer.
Readers should avoid treating every online inmate search tool as interchangeable. Juneau County Jail is a Sheriff's Office facility, not New Lisbon Correctional Institution and not a statewide prison intake center. If a person has moved from county custody into DOC custody, the jail may no longer be the correct lookup source. If a person was booked and released quickly, a phone call or records request may be more useful than a public web search.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, mail rules, and account options with Juneau County Jail before traveling or sending funds.