Outagamie County Inmate Population Overview
The official Outagamie County inmate population has two local custody anchors. The Outagamie County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division operates the county jail inside the downtown Justice Center. That jail holds adult men and women, recent arrests, pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, Huber or work-release inmates, electronic monitoring and GPS participants, and contract prisoners from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The state facility in the county is Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center, a Wisconsin DOC minimum-security correctional center for adult male prisoners in state custody.
Those two populations should not be merged in a search. A person booked after an Appleton, Grand Chute, Kaukauna, Menasha, sheriff, probation, or court arrest is normally checked through the county jail roster first. A person sentenced to prison or placed in DOC custody is checked through the Wisconsin DOC locator. Federal and immigration custody require BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE channels. This split is the main reason an Outagamie County inmate population lookup can fail even when the person is in custody somewhere.
Outagamie County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest captured figures are point-in-time and capacity figures, not a full annual trend series. The county Corrections Division page states that the Outagamie County Jail has 556 beds and is the seventh-largest jail in Wisconsin by prisoner capacity. The current inmate list PDF generated July 3, 2026 at 06:30:01 reported 401 total housed inmates. The 24-hour jail media report generated the same morning at 06:00:01 listed 7 total inmates and 7 total bookings for that reporting window. SPCC has a separate DOC capacity of 120 adult male inmates.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Outagamie County Jail bed capacity | 556 beds | Corrections Division page, inspected July 2026 |
| State capacity rank | 7th largest in Wisconsin by prisoner capacity | Corrections Division page, inspected July 2026 |
| Current housed inmates | 401 | Current inmate list PDF, July 3, 2026 at 06:30:01 |
| Recent booking window | 7 inmates / 7 bookings | Jail media report PDF, July 3, 2026 at 06:00:01 |
| Sanger B. Powers capacity | 120 adult male inmates | Wisconsin DOC facility page |
Outagamie County Jail Capacity Snapshot
The July 3, 2026 public roster count of 401 housed inmates against 556 beds equals about 72.1 percent of rated bed capacity. That is a useful snapshot, but it is not the same as average daily population. Jail crowding can depend on classification separation, gender separation, medical or mental-health housing, observation cells, holds, staffing, and bed usability. A jail can have operational pressure below the rated capacity, so the safe phrasing is that the roster count was below rated bed capacity on that morning.
| Year / Date | Population Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2026 06:30 | 401 housed inmates | Current public Outagamie roster PDF. |
| July 3, 2026 06:00 | 7 bookings in 24-hour report | Recent booking media report. |
| FY 2025 | Not captured | No extracted official county jail ADP figure in the research file. |
| FY 2024 | Not captured | Sheriff annual report may contain detail, but it was not extracted. |
Who Makes Up Outagamie County Custody
The public roster confirms that Outagamie County jail custody includes both male and female adults. It also shows single-letter race codes, exact housing or location strings, and classification values such as REC, MIN, MED, and MAX with numeric levels. The current list does not show whether each person is pretrial or sentenced, and it does not show felony or misdemeanor level. The media report adds statutes, offense descriptions, court case numbers, bond amounts, and arrest type for the 24-hour booking window, so it is better for arrest-stage detail.
- County jail custody: adult local jail population, including pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, Huber/work-release inmates, and GPS or DRC-style locations.
- Contract DOC prisoners: the county says the jail houses contract prisoners from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
- SPCC state custody: adult male DOC prisoners in a minimum-security correctional center, separate from the county roster.
- Federal or ICE custody: no official BOP prison or ICE detention center was identified inside Outagamie County.
Laws Governing Outagamie County Jail Records
Wisconsin law explains why some Outagamie County inmate population facts are public while other details are limited. Public records law starts with access, but redactions and special rules still apply to juvenile, medical, motor-vehicle-source, confidential, and safety-sensitive data. The Sheriff's Office open-records page also says a request must reasonably describe the record or information and cannot be unlimited by subject or time period.
Key Statutes:
Wis. Stat. 19.31 states Wisconsin's policy that the public is entitled to the greatest possible information about government affairs and official acts.
Wis. Stat. 19.35 gives requesters the right to inspect records except as otherwise provided by law.
Wis. Stat. 59.27 requires sheriffs to keep a true and exact register of jail prisoners.
Wis. Stat. 302.37(1)(a) requires counties or municipalities to furnish necessary jail bedding, clothing, toilet facilities, light, and heat.
Outagamie County State Prison Population
The state prison population in Outagamie County is represented by Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center. SPCC is a Wisconsin Correctional Center System facility near Oneida. It houses convicted adult male felons classified minimum security and focuses on work release, community service crews, reintegration, and transition programming. SPCC is not a booking jail, so recent Outagamie County arrests do not appear there just because the facility is in the county.
DOC's general information page says the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search locates persons in DOC custody housed in DOC facilities, while city and county jails are administered separately. That distinction matters for the Outagamie County inmate population because a person can be in the county jail before sentencing, disappear from the county roster after transfer, and later appear in the state locator.
Search the Outagamie County Inmate Population
The official Outagamie County inmate search starts at the county's Inmate List page. The county current list is a PDF, not a searchable web database. It is alphabetical by name and refreshes every 30 minutes according to the county page. If a person is missing after a very recent arrest, the next step is the Recent Bookings Media Report, then Central Control at (920) 832-5266.
- Open the county Inmate List page and select the current inmate list PDF.
- Check the report timestamp to see whether the list is current enough for the search.
- Use PDF find for the last name or inmate ID, or scan the alphabetical roster.
- Read the location and classification fields to confirm current custody placement.
- Open the 24-hour media report for charge, statute, bond, court case, agency, and arrest-type fields.
- For filed charges, search WCCA or request copies from the Clerk of Circuit Courts.
- For sentenced prison custody, use the Wisconsin DOC locator instead of the county list.
Outagamie County Current Inmate Lookup
The current roster is a custody-management report. It contains fields that help identify a person and a housing setting, but it does not give a full criminal case record. The inmate ID is useful for deposits, mail, and open-records requests. Location strings can show jail floor or pod information and outside custody values such as GPS. Classification values indicate jail custody classification, not guilt, charge severity, or court status.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF/browser text find | Find function | No | No county search form exists; use Ctrl+F or mobile PDF search. |
| InmateID | Displayed report field | n/a | Numeric jail identifier. |
| Name | Displayed report field | n/a | Last, first, middle format. |
| Sex / Race | Displayed report fields | n/a | Single-letter values shown on the roster. |
| Time Incarcerated | Displayed report field | n/a | Time and date tied to the custody record. |
| Location / Classif | Displayed report fields | n/a | Housing, alternate custody, and classification codes. |
The Corrections Division page is the best visual source for the jail's role, bed count, Central Control number, and mail address.
The page ties the public roster to the jail operation rather than to a private inmate-search vendor.
Past Outagamie County Inmate Records
The current list is not a historical archive. A released person may stop appearing on the current inmate list, and the 24-hour media report covers only its short booking window. For older booking records, arrest reports, or booking-photo requests, use the Sheriff's Office open-records process. The records unit accepts requests by phone at (920) 832-5605 option 2 during weekday business hours or in person at 3030 E. Goodland Drive in Appleton. Printed copies cost $0.25 per page.
Court history is separate. WCCA and the Clerk of Circuit Courts show filed criminal cases, case numbers, hearing activity, dispositions, and court-record copies when public. Jail records can show booking facts, but court records after a jail arrest show the charge decisions made in the circuit court system.
What Outagamie County Inmate Records Show
Outagamie County has two key jail reports. The current list is best for present custody, housing, and classification. The media report is best for recent booking facts. Neither inspected report displayed mugshots. That distinction helps readers avoid assuming the current roster is missing data when it was never designed to publish charge and photo fields.
| Record Type | Fields Shown | Fields Not Shown |
|---|---|---|
| Current inmate list | InmateID, name, sex, race, time incarcerated, location, classification | Mugshot, charges, bond, DOB, court date, arresting agency |
| 24-hour media report | Date/time, DOB, city/state, location, agency, statute, offense, bond, court case, arrest type | Mugshot, full narrative, medical or juvenile detail |
| WCCA court record | Filed charges, case number, hearings, status, disposition when public | Jail housing code and most jail intake details |
Outagamie County Jail vs State Prison
County jail and state prison records answer different questions. The county jail list answers whether a person is currently held in the local jail system. The state DOC locator answers whether a person is in sentenced state prison custody or DOC supervision. Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center sits in Outagamie County, but its population belongs to the Wisconsin DOC system rather than the Sheriff's Office roster.
| County Jail | State Prison / DOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Recent arrests, pretrial detainees, county sentences, Huber/GPS, contract prisoners | Sentenced DOC prisoners and some supervised placements |
| Run by | Outagamie County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division | Wisconsin Department of Corrections |
| Where to look | County current list and media report | Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search |
| Local facility | Outagamie County Jail | Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center |
State and Federal Inmate Search
When an Outagamie County inmate search does not find a person in the county jail PDF, use the custody clues. A sentenced person may be in DOC custody. A federal sentence is searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. Federal pretrial detention may involve U.S. Marshals and contract holding facilities rather than BOP. Immigration custody is searched through ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which USAGov describes as covering adults currently held by ICE or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours.
VINELink is a useful notification layer when available, but it is not a replacement for the county roster, DOC locator, or federal systems. No official Outagamie Sheriff's mobile app with inmate roster or warrant lookup features was located in the research. ConnectNetwork has a mobile app for account management, but it is for deposits and phone or trust fund services, not for searching the jail population.
Outagamie County Detention Facilities
The facility list is short but important because the two facilities answer different searches. The county jail is local custody. SPCC is state prison custody. A federal or immigration search should not be limited to Outagamie County facility pages because no official BOP prison or ICE detention center was identified inside the county.
- Outagamie County Jail - county jail at the Justice Center for adult local custody, recent bookings, pretrial detainees, county sentences, Huber/work release, GPS/electronic monitoring, and contract DOC prisoners.
- Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center - Wisconsin DOC minimum-security center near Oneida for sentenced adult male prisoners, work release, community crews, and reintegration programming.
Outagamie County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Outagamie County inmate population?
The captured public roster generated July 3, 2026 at 06:30:01 reported 401 housed inmates at the Outagamie County Jail. The jail's published capacity is 556 beds. SPCC is a separate state DOC facility in the county with a 120-inmate adult male capacity.
How do I search the Outagamie County inmate population?
Start with the county Inmate List page, open the current inmate list PDF, and use PDF search by last name or inmate ID. If the arrest was recent, check the 24-hour media report for booking, bond, and court-case fields.
Why is someone missing from the county roster?
The person may not be booked yet, may have been released, may be in state DOC custody, may be held federally, or may be in immigration custody. Call Central Control for jail status, then check DOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink when appropriate.
Does the Outagamie County inmate roster show mugshots?
The inspected current roster and 24-hour media report did not show mugshot images. Booking photo access, when available, goes through the Sheriff's Office open-records process and is subject to Wisconsin law and redaction rules.