This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, or obtain jail documents for a visitor. Official action must be handled by the office that holds the record or custody authority.
Official Dane County Contacts
For jail, custody, release, bond, warrants, and records issues, use the official Dane County offices below. The Dane County Sheriff's Office is located at the Public Safety Building, and the records counter is in the Sheriff's Office Main Lobby on the second floor.
Dane County Sheriff's Office
115 W. Doty Street
Madison, WI 53703
Main phone: (608) 284-6800
Sheriff's Records Section
Public Safety Building, second floor records counter
115 W. Doty Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 284-6827
Email: sheriff.records@danesheriff.com
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM, excluding holidays
Bail, Release, and Warrants
Bail/release window: first floor, Public Safety Building
Warrants Division: (608) 284-6110
Different records live in different systems. Use the path that matches the question before calling, emailing, or visiting an office.
- For someone currently in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Dane County resident roster.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the Sheriff's Records Section if a photo is not public on a detail page.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Wisconsin Circuit Court Access.
- For a specific jail or prison location, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin prisoner, use the Wisconsin DOC Persons in Our Care locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.