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Lincoln County Jail Overview

The Lincoln County Jail is operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office in Merrill. It houses adult male and female offenders, including people awaiting first court action, pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, Huber and work-release eligible inmates, electronic monitoring candidates, boarders, holds, and people waiting for transfer. Local arrests by sheriff's deputies, Merrill Police, Tomahawk Police, Wisconsin State Patrol, or other agencies may route through this jail when adult detention is required.

The jail is attached to the Sheriff's Office, not to a state prison system. That distinction matters for a Lincoln County Jail inmate lookup. The county roster is the first place to search current adult county custody, but it is not the Wisconsin DOC adult locator, not a juvenile facility roster, and not a federal or immigration detainee search. If a person has moved from county jail to adult DOC custody, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections locator is the better path. If a youth is at Lincoln Hills School or Copper Lake School, DOC juvenile contacts are used instead of the county jail roster.

The official jail page shows the facility's address, jail phone, capacity history, Huber notes, electronic monitoring notes, and the current-inmates roster link.

Those official jail details are the best source for checking whether a custody question belongs with the county jail or another agency.

Lincoln County Jail Population

Lincoln County reports that a 2008 renovation remodeled the existing facility into a Huber section and added a constant-supervision POD. The county says that work raised the jail from 53 beds to 188 beds. Vera's county jail dataset lists 182 rated beds for recent years, so the difference should be read as a source and method difference rather than a local rule change. Use the county number when describing the official jail page, and label Vera as a separate dataset when comparing trends.

The public roster load checked on July 3, 2026 returned 132 current records for the selected date. That is a live roster count, not an audited average daily population. Lincoln County's June 2023 ADP report listed 93.17 average daily population, including 42.63 boarders, 66.80 male, 26.37 female, 3.00 in other jails, and 0.43 on electronic monitoring or home monitor. The June 2022 ADP was higher at 125.35. These figures show why a roster count, a monthly ADP report, and a rated-bed number should not be treated as the same measure.

Look Up Lincoln County Jail Inmates

The official Lincoln County current-inmates roster is the right search system for current adult custody at the Lincoln County Jail. The active portal exposes Name and In Custody On filters. Public results show mugshot, name, and arrest date. The roster does not publicly show charges, bond, housing, release date, race, sex, date of birth, held-for agency, or hold reasons, even though the vendor system may hold some of those fields internally.

1. Open the current-inmates roster from the county jail page or use the direct roster link.
2. Search by the person's name, or review the current list for the selected custody date.
3. Use In Custody On when the question is whether the person was held on a specific date.
4. Read the visible fields carefully: mugshot, name, and arrest date are the public columns.
5. Call the jail, search WCCA, check JailATM, use VINE, or file a records request when charges, bond, or holds are needed.

The roster screenshot shows how limited the current public columns are for a Lincoln County Jail inmate lookup.

The narrow public view is useful for confirming current custody, but it should not be read as a full booking record.

Lincoln County Jail Contact

The jail information line is the practical fallback when the roster is too narrow. Call the jail for current custody, bond questions when JailATM does not show the information, or facility-specific questions before visiting. The Sheriff's Office is at the same complex and lists dispatch, administration, investigations, and corrections numbers, but inmate custody and jail business route to corrections.

Lincoln County Jail Visits

The Lincoln County inmate visitation page says all jail visits are video visits through HOMEWAV. Lobby video visits and remote visits use the same provider. Personal face-to-face visits and contact visits are not allowed. The county states that account approval may take up to 24 hours, visits must be scheduled 24 hours ahead, and HOMEWAV support is available at 1-844-394-6639.

The official HOMEWAV visitation page also explains account approval, visitor bans, lobby computer use, and the no-contact visit rule.

Confirm the visit schedule before traveling, because a listed inmate may transfer, release, or lose visiting privileges after the roster is checked.

Lincoln County Jail Mail Money

Lincoln County jail mail must list the inmate's name and the jail address. The sender must include a full return address. The county allows letters, money orders, and simple cards. It does not accept personal checks, glitter, stickers, tape, ties, embellishments, magazines, books, Polaroids, nudity photos, stamps, blank or lined paper, envelopes, food, hygiene items, or clothing through inmate mail. The jail also says no inmate property is accepted at the lobby window.

Inmates cannot receive incoming calls, and correctional staff will not pass messages. After booking, inmates may place outgoing calls through Securus. Questions about Securus phone accounts go to 1-800-844-6591. Money and bond routes are separate from phone accounts, so check the correct provider before sending funds.

The county mail and telephone page is the source for sender-address rules, property limits, legal mail handling, and Securus phone service.

Mail that violates the listed rules can be rejected even when the inmate is correctly listed on the Lincoln County Jail roster.

Lincoln County Jail Bond

The Lincoln County money and bond page says bond can be posted 24 hours a day at the jail through the Stellar kiosk. The kiosk has a $2 cash transaction fee and a 10% credit or debit card fee. Bond can also be posted from outside the facility through JailATM.com. If bond information cannot be accessed through JailATM, the county tells users to call the jail at 715-536-6275.

Cash bond can also be posted at the Clerk of Courts during business hours. The Clerk route may accept cash, money orders, certified cashier's checks, and credit or debit card with a service fee, but personal checks are not accepted. A bond payment does not override a no-bond hold, detainer, probation or parole hold, DOC hold, federal hold, warrant, or court order.

The official money and bond page lists JailATM and Stellar kiosk options for Lincoln County Jail deposits and bond posting.

The payment channel should match the case status, because court bond, jail deposits, and inmate phone accounts are separate functions.

Lincoln County Jail Intake

Booking is the administrative intake process after arrest or sentence report-in. Lincoln County's public pages do not publish every intake step, but they do show the sequence around custody. A person is transported to the jail, processed by corrections staff, then may receive outgoing phone access after booking is complete. The roster can show the mugshot, name, and arrest date once the public portal loads the record.

For sentenced report-ins, the Judgment of Conviction gives the report date and time. The person must report to the Lincoln County Jail lobby on or before that time. Prescription medication must be in original containers with the person's name, medication name, dosage instructions, prescribing physician, and fill information. Medical staff must approve medications used in custody. Jail nursing can be contacted through the jail phone during the county's listed weekday nursing window.

Huber

A Wisconsin work-release style privilege for eligible sentenced inmates, approved by the court and sheriff.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that may affect release from the jail.

In Custody On

The roster date filter for checking who was held on a selected day.

Bond

Money or conditions set by a court to secure release and return to court.

Lincoln County Jail Huber

The Lincoln County Huber page says Huber privileges require valid employment within 60 miles, a judge's authorization, and approval by jail supervisory staff and the Sheriff. Huber is not job search release, and the county does not allow community service release as a substitute. The county lists a $105 weekly Huber fee. Self-employed inmates must provide stronger proof, including a $1,000,000 workers-compensation policy and two years of business tax records.

Childcare release is a separate route for eligible sentenced inmates. It must be within Lincoln County, requires proof of need and schedules, and has a $35 one-time fee. Outside programming or counseling must be court ordered on the Judgment of Conviction and verified by jail nursing staff. Electronic monitoring is not automatic even when a judge allows it. The jail administrator or Sheriff must approve it, and the county lists a $140 weekly fee.