Contacts

Where to Ask About Custody or Records

For Lincoln County jail questions, start with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and jail contacts in Merrill. Sheriff Ken Schneider's office is located at 1104 E. First Street, Merrill, WI 54452. Public-record requests may be made orally or in writing; written requests can be sent to Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, 1104 East 1st St., Merrill, WI 54452. The sheriff's office indicates that public-record requests may take 7 to 10 working days, that DPPA or confidential information may be redacted, and that standard copies are $0.15 unless another lawful cost applies.

Use the resource that matches the record or custody type you need:

• For a person believed to be in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the Lincoln County current-inmates roster at lincoln-so-wi.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
• For booking photos shown with the current roster, use jail roster mugshots. The public roster is limited to mugshot, name, and arrest date, so older or fuller booking records may require a sheriff public-record request.
• For charges filed after a jail booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Wisconsin Circuit Court Access at wcca.wicourts.gov.
• For a facility-specific question, use the facility pages in the footer for Lincoln County Jail, Lincoln Hills School, and Copper Lake School.
• For a sentenced Wisconsin adult prisoner, use the Wisconsin DOC locator at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome. That locator is for DOC adult records, not county jail-only custody.
• For Lincoln Hills School or Copper Lake School, note that both are Wisconsin DOC juvenile facilities at W4380 Copper Lake Ave, Irma, WI 54442. The DOC main phone is 608-240-5000. Do not route adult county jail custody questions there.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP or ICE locator. The research for this Lincoln County site did not identify a BOP or ICE detention facility located in Lincoln County.