Search Crawford County Inmate Records

Crawford County Jail Roster

The official current custody source is the Crawford County Inmate Lists page. It is a public table, not a vendor search portal. During the July 3, 2026 research inspection, the table showed current rows with names, offense descriptions, court date or time details where posted, comments such as Huber, probation or parole, bond, holds, and booking photo areas on some entries. It did not show a public search box, booking-number lookup, date-of-birth filter, or advanced sort tool. That makes browser find useful on a desktop, but it also means the jail phone line is still a key backup for recent bookings and releases.

Crawford County Jail is operated by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, with Sheriff Dale McCullick named on the county sheriff page and Jail Administrator Heidi Stuckey named on the jail page. The roster is for people in county jail custody, including pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, Huber or work-release inmates, and people held for court, probation, parole, warrant, bond, or other-agency reasons when accepted by the jail. It is not the right database for sentenced Wisconsin prison custody at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution, and it is not a federal or immigration locator.

The official Crawford County inmate list screenshot below shows the table-style roster entry point used for local jail inmate records.

The screenshot matters because Crawford County publishes a direct current list instead of a multi-field jail search form, so instructions should fit the actual roster.

Use Crawford County Inmate Records

Start with the county roster because it is the fastest public way to see whether someone is in Crawford County Jail right now. A new booking may take time to appear, and a release, transfer, or court order can remove the person from the public list. If the name is missing, do not assume the person was never booked. Call the jail, check court filings, and use the appropriate state or federal lookup based on the custody type.

1. Open the Crawford County Inmate Lists page and scan the current table.
2. Use browser find to search a last name because the roster page did not show its own search field during inspection.
3. Read the offense, court date or time, and comments together. A note can point to Huber status, bond, probation or parole, or a hold.
4. If a photo appears, treat it as a current roster image, not a permanent mugshot archive.
5. If the person is absent or the status is unclear, call Crawford County Jail at 608-326-0241 or ask in person at the sheriff and jail campus.
6. For filed charges after arrest, search Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and the Crawford County Clerk of Circuit Court path.
7. For sentenced prison, federal, or immigration custody, move to the DOC, BOP, VINELink, or ICE systems described below.

There was no confirmed official Crawford County Sheriff mobile app with an inmate lookup during research. Use the county inmate list, the jail phone line, the sheriff records request process, WCCA, the Wisconsin DOC locator, VINELink, the BOP inmate locator, and ICE ODLS instead.

Crawford County Roster Fields

The Crawford County jail roster is limited but direct. Its most important feature is that it publishes the current list without a login or payment gate. Its main limit is the lack of search controls. The table below reflects the inspected public roster and should be read as a roster field inventory, not as a promise that each row will contain every field every time.

Note: Use WCCA for filed court charges because a roster offense is a custody label, not the final court charge.

Crawford County Inmate Record Fields

A Crawford County inmate record on the public roster is not a full booking packet. It gives enough information to identify a current jail inmate and spot the next records channel, but it does not expose many fields that large vendor systems often show. Booking number, booking timestamp, date of birth, height, weight, race, sex, housing unit, and a structured per-charge bond table were not visible in the inspected roster. If those details are needed for a lawful records purpose, the sheriff's public-records process is the county route.

Crawford County Jail Records Requests

When the public roster does not show enough detail, use the county open-records route. Crawford County routes sheriff records requests through the county open-records page and the Crawford County Sheriff NextRequest form. The inspected request form includes optional fields for an incident number and date of incident, which are useful for arrest, booking, photo, or incident records. Include the person's full name, approximate booking or incident date, known case number, requested record type, and contact information for delivery.

The NextRequest screenshot shows the public request workflow used for sheriff records when the online Crawford County inmate record is incomplete.

Wisconsin public-records law supports inspection and copying of public records, but records may be denied or redacted when a statute, safety concern, juvenile rule, active investigation, victim protection, or other limit applies.

Crawford County Jail vs DOC

Crawford County has both a local jail and a state prison in Prairie du Chien, so the custody system must be matched to the person. Crawford County Jail holds local pretrial detainees, short local sentences, work-release inmates, and people held for court or other agencies. Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections facility for sentenced adult male state prisoners. A person may leave the county jail after sentencing and later appear in the statewide DOC locator. Federal sentenced inmates and adults in ICE custody are searched through federal systems, not the county roster.

The Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator screenshot shows the separate state-prison lookup path for sentenced offenders.

That locator is the proper next stop when a person is no longer in Crawford County Jail because a prison sentence or DOC custody transfer has occurred.

Crawford County Booking Timeline

A local arrest usually moves to transport and intake at Crawford County Jail. Intake can include identity confirmation, search, property inventory, fingerprints, booking photo, warrant and hold checks, medical or mental-health screening, and classification. Classification means the jail decides a temporary custody and housing level. The county FAQ says inmates receive one free local phone call at booking. Medication, personal property, attorney visits, clergy access, commissary, and mail are handled under jail rules, so family should not assume items or medicine can be dropped off without approval.

The roster can appear before all court paperwork is easy to find online. WCCA may lag because formal criminal charges become court records when the District Attorney files a complaint or other charging document in Crawford County Circuit Court. A jail offense label can change once the prosecutor reviews the case. Bond can also be affected by a no-bond hold, probation or parole hold, out-of-county warrant, DOC hold, federal hold, or ICE detainer.

Huber

Wisconsin work-release status for eligible sentenced inmates under strict local rules.

Detainer

A request from another agency asking the jail to hold or notify before release.

Signature bond

A Wisconsin release order based on a signed promise and conditions, with money owed if forfeited.

Remand

A court order sending the person back to jail custody.

Crawford County Jail Visits

The Crawford County visitation page gives practical rules rather than a large schedule grid. It states that visits are ten minutes, inmates may have one visit per week, and no more than three visitors may be present at one time. It also warns that phone or video use during visits can end the visit. Visitors should bring identification, follow clothing rules, and confirm the appointment before driving to Prairie du Chien, especially in winter or during county closure notices.

Note: No official visitor parking fee, bus route, or ADA entrance note was found in the jail pages inspected.

Crawford County Inmate Contact

The jail FAQ is the best local source for everyday custody services. It addresses inmate money, commissary, mail, phone calls, chaplain or clergy access, attorney visits, medication, and personal property. The research did not locate a public vendor name, rate sheet, online deposit URL, lobby kiosk detail, or copy of a scan-and-destroy mail policy for Crawford County Jail. Do not send money, schedule travel, or mail sensitive items without confirming the person is still in custody and that the jail will accept the contact method.

For sentence transfers, do not use Crawford County Jail rules for Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution. DOC prison visiting, mail, phone, money, and approved vendor rules are separate. A prisoner in Wisconsin DOC custody is searched through the DOC locator, and state prison visiting normally involves DOC approval and scheduling rather than the county jail's short weekly visit structure.