Lookup Kenosha County Detention Center Inmates

Kenosha County Detention Center Custody

The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office Detentions Division operates Kenosha County Detention Center at 4777 88th Avenue. The facility is the primary county jail building because the county names it as a large detention center, gives it a direct public line, and ties it to jail programs, direct-supervision housing, Huber, work crew, electronic monitoring, discharge planning, and contracted food and medical providers. Lieutenant Kurt Mikutis is listed as facility administrator, with shift commanders, correctional corporals, direct supervision officers, and clerical staff under that role.

Kenosha County Detention Center is not the same as Kenosha Correctional Center, which is a Wisconsin DOC state prison. KCDC is part of the local sheriff jail system. It can hold people awaiting local court action, people serving short county-jail sentences, and contracted federal detainees when applicable. The Kenosha County inmate records pathway is the right starting point for county custody. Sentenced state-prison records move to the Wisconsin DOC locator, and sentenced federal records move to BOP.

The official Detentions Division page is the source for the KCDC administrator, address, public phone, average daily population, and the split between KCDC and the downtown Pre-Trial Facility.

That source matters because visit scheduling, legal mail, and records questions depend on which Kenosha County jail building houses the inmate.

Kenosha County Detention Center Population

The current Detentions Division page says Kenosha County Detention Center manages an average daily inmate population around 470. The broader county jail system is reported separately in the 2025 Sheriff's annual report, which lists county jail system average daily population of 699, total bookings of 6,026, total releases of 5,974, and a U.S. Marshals average population per day of 34. Those system numbers include more than one county jail building, so they should not be treated as a KCDC-only headcount.

Historic sheriff material says the county jail building program completed in 1998 produced combined bed space of 600 with room to expand to 1,400. Current official sources did not publish a separate rated capacity for Kenosha County Detention Center. For that reason, the safer reading is that KCDC has a published average daily population, while the separate legal rated capacity for this single building was not located in official source text.

Search Kenosha County Detention Center Inmates

Use the official Kenosha County Inmate Searches page first for a current Kenosha County Detention Center inmate search. The county links to Current Inmate Search for active county jail custody and to Archive Inmate Search for records before 05/02/2017. The live roster was not available in accessible text during source review, so no live sample profile was verified. Official county mail and deposit pages still confirm that the jail support process uses the inmate full name, inmate ID number, and facility where housed.

1. Open the county Inmate Searches page and choose Current Inmate Search for current Kenosha County jail custody.
2. Search by the person's full first and last name when possible. Use a county inmate ID if one is known.
3. Confirm that the profile or jail staff identifies Kenosha County Detention Center as the housing facility before mailing legal mail or scheduling an on-site visit.
4. If the person is not found, call KCDC at 262-605-5800 or check the Pre-Trial Facility, Wisconsin DOC locator, BOP locator, ICE locator, or Wisconsin VINE.

Kenosha County Detention Center Contact

Kenosha County Detention Center has its own public line and physical address. Use the facility phone for housing, accommodation, visit, and facility-specific questions. Use the Sheriff's Office main number for broader agency contact. Records requests and media/public-information questions are handled through the county public-information channel, not through a third-party search tool.

Kenosha County Detention Center Visits

The official Kenosha County inmate visitation and mail page separates off-site video, on-site video, weekday on-site visits, and weekend behind-glass visitation. Family and friends register and schedule through GettingOut or the GettingOut Visits app. A valid photo ID is required at registration and check-in. Off-site video visits are paid and may be unlimited, while the county states that inmates are eligible for one free on-site visit per week at the facility where they are housed.

The visitation regulations page lists dress and behavior rules. Visits can be ended for nudity, sexual behavior, weapons, drugs or alcohol, gang displays, unlawful acts, or other inappropriate conduct. A violation can bring a three-month suspension, and later violations can lead to indefinite revocation. Holidays are excluded from the posted schedule.

The county's visitation and mail page is also the source for the March 30, 2026 mail change and visit scheduling rules.

Those rules should be checked before travel because holiday closures and facility placement can change the visit path.

Kenosha County Detention Center Mail Money

Effective March 30, 2026, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office Detention Division no longer accepts personal mail directly at county jail facilities. Non-legal personal mail for Kenosha County Detention Center goes to an off-site processing center, where it is scanned and delivered electronically. Legal mail and approved packages still go to the physical facility. Mail must include the facility, inmate full first and last name, inmate ID number, sender full name, and full return address.

Money orders and checks are not sent to the mail processor. Funds go directly to Kenosha County Jail, Attn: Inmate Accounts, 1000 55th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140. The official Inmate Accounts and Online Option pages identify Trust, Pin Debit, and AdvancePay accounts, plus ConnectNetwork deposits using Kenosha County WI SiteID 202.

Kenosha County Detention Center Intake

Kenosha County's jail system uses objective inmate classification to assess risk and housing. The Pre-Trial Facility is more intake-heavy, but KCDC receives classified jail inmates, sentenced county-jail inmates, Huber participants, work crew participants, and people tied to discharge planning or electronic monitoring. Classification is the jail process that decides where a person is housed and what limits apply. It is separate from a criminal conviction.

Federal custody can also touch the county jail system. The U.S. Marshals Service has an intergovernmental agreement with Kenosha County Jail, and the 2025 Sheriff's annual report lists U.S. Marshals inmates in the county jail population. A federal pretrial detainee may be physically held in Kenosha County Detention Center even though the case is federal. A sentenced federal prisoner is searched through the BOP inmate locator, not the county roster.

Kenosha County Detention Center Programs

KCDC is tied to several county jail programs documented in annual reports and Detentions Division material. Those programs include Huber, electronic monitoring, inmate work crew, the Detention Discharge Planner, Living Free, Educational Services and the Phoenix Project, and Wisconsin Community Services programming. The county describes jail programming as practical life-skills exposure with a goal of releasing people back into the community in no worse condition than when they arrived.

Living Free is an 84-day intensive education and group therapy program. Educational Services and the Phoenix Project support incarcerated students, including some young people waived into adult court. The work crew program is described as a tool to ease crowding while providing community service. The Sheriff's Office also publishes PREA reporting channels and a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and staff sexual misconduct.