This is a private reference site, not a Shawano County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visits, or pull official booking records. For those actions, use the responsible government office or official locator directly.
Official Shawano County Record Contacts
Sheriff George Lenzner's office and the Shawano County Jail are the main local contacts for jail custody, booking records, and open-records routing. Lobby hours listed for the Sheriff's Office are Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Shawano County Sheriff's Office
405 N. Main St.
Shawano, WI 54166
715-526-7905
Fax: 715-524-5181
Non-emergency dispatch: 715-526-3111
Shawano County Jail
405 N. Main St.
Shawano, WI 54166
715-526-7950
Jail fax: 715-526-3070
Open Records Requests
Email: scsheriff@shawanocountywi.gov
Phone: 715-526-7905
Wisconsin public-records access is governed by Wis. Stat. secs. 19.31 and 19.35.
Shawano County Clerk of Circuit Court
Ethan Schmidt, Clerk
311 N. Main St., 2nd Floor Room 206
Shawano, WI 54166
715-526-9347
Shawano County District Attorney
Gregory A. Parker, District Attorney
311 N. Main St., 1st Floor
Shawano, WI 54166
715-526-2166
Use the record type to choose the right starting point:
- For a person believed to be in local county custody, start with jail inmate records and the Shawano County Jail phone line.
- For booking-photo context and request limits, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, hearings, or case filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of Circuit Court.
- For a facility-specific question, review the Shawano County Jail or Shawano County Huber / Work Release Center facility page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin state prisoner, use the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) Inmate and Offender Locator at https://appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System rather than a county jail contact.