This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that matches the record you need.
Official Offices and Lookup Routes
For Ashland County jail custody and sheriff records, start with the Sheriff's Office and jail contacts below. Court-file and prosecutor questions use separate courthouse offices.
- Ashland County Jail: 220 6th St E, Ashland, WI 54806. Jail phone: 715-682-7050.
- Ashland County Sheriff's Office: 220 6th St E, Ashland, WI 54806. Main phone: 715-685-7640. Non-emergency dispatch: 715-682-7023. Fax: 715-682-7039.
- Sheriff open records: email openrecords@ashlandcountywi.gov, or request in person at the Sheriff's Office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.
- Clerk of Circuit Court: Ashland County Courthouse, 201 Main St W, Room 307, Ashland, WI 54806. Phone: 715-682-7016.
- District Attorney: Ashland County Courthouse, 201 Main St W, Room 301, Ashland, WI 54806. Phone: 715-682-7019.
Use these routes by record type:
- For a person who may be in the county jail, use the jail inmate records guide and call Ashland County Jail when immediate confirmation is needed.
- For booking photographs, start with jail roster mugshots and the sheriff open-records process.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of Circuit Court.
- For facility details, use the Ashland County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin prisoner or supervised person, search the WI DOC locator at https://appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
- For custody notifications in Wisconsin, use VINELink at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WI.
- For a sentenced federal inmate, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/.
- For an immigration detainee, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System at https://locator.ice.gov/.