Locate Brown County Work Release Inmates

Brown County Work Release Overview

Official Brown County source material treats the Brown County Work Release Center as part of the Sheriff's Office Jail Division ecosystem. The clearest official references are the 2023 PREA Annual Report, which covers "Brown County Jail and the Brown County Work Release Center," and the county visitation page, which groups the "Main Jail or Work Release Center" under the same on-site visitation schedule. A standalone official work-release-center page was not located in the research file.

Because of that source record, the Brown County Work Release Center should be described with care. It is a county work-release or Huber support facility tied to jail operations. It serves eligible county inmates with work-release privileges and related custody status. It should not be given a made-up capacity, a separate street address, or a separate phone line unless Brown County later publishes those details.

Huber is a Wisconsin work-release privilege. It can allow eligible jail inmates to leave confinement for approved employment or other permitted purposes while they remain under jail authority. Brown County's broader alternative-custody system also includes the Electronic Monitoring Program, which uses GPS capability and alcohol-consumption recognition for eligible inmates who serve jail time at home.

Brown County Work Release Lookup

Use the Brown County Jail Inmate Lookup Tool first for a Brown County Work Release Center custody search. The county lookup is the official local-custody search route and supports first name, last name, inmate number, and a released-inmates checkbox. Since work release is part of the Jail Division, the county jail roster is the better starting point than the state DOC locator.

A missing name does not prove that no custody event exists. The person may still be in intake, may have been released, may be on electronic monitoring, may be held under another county or state agency, or may have moved to a Wisconsin DOC facility after sentencing. When the county roster does not answer the question, call the Jail Division, use the Sheriff's Office records process, check WCCA for filed court charges, or use VINELink for custody notification.

1. Open Brown County's official jail inmate lookup service page.
2. Search by first and last name, or use the inmate number if known.
3. Check the released-inmates option when the person may have left active custody.
4. Use the Jail Division phone line if the roster result does not match the expected work-release status.
5. Use the DOC locator only after state prison custody becomes the likely status.

The researched source set did not confirm a work-release-only roster. Avoid unofficial jail-list pages that imply they have a separate Brown County Work Release Center database without citing Brown County.

Brown County Work Release Contact

The official research did not locate a separate Work Release Center street address, phone line, or office-hours block. Brown County's visitation page ties Work Release Center visits to the Main Jail or Work Release Center schedule, and the Jail Division phone number is the documented point of contact for jail administration. For record requests, use the Sheriff's Office Records Division or the JustFOIA public portal.

For public records, the Jail Division public-record request page links to the Brown County Sheriff's Office JustFOIA portal. Requests are handled in the order received and may take up to 10 business days.

Brown County Work Release Visitation

The county visitation page groups the Main Jail and Work Release Center together for on-site video visits. Visitors should schedule through JailATM.com or ICSolutions Video Visitation. Regular visits are 20 minutes, and no more than two guests may be in view, with officer discretion for small children. Registered visitors must provide valid government photo identification.

Approval generally takes 24 to 48 hours, and visits usually must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. Visits may be canceled for misconduct, suspected contraband, drug or alcohol influence, disruptive behavior, inappropriate clothing, gang signs, attempted three-way calls, equipment damage, or a facility emergency. Regular visits are recorded and monitored. Attorney and approved professional visits are handled under separate rules.

Brown County Work Release Mail

No separate work-release mail policy was located in the official research. Use Brown County Jail's mail policy unless the Jail Division gives a different instruction for a specific inmate. Effective October 6, 2025, personal mail for Brown County Jail custody goes to the JailATM scanning center rather than directly to the jail. Legal mail from a licensed attorney of record and business or transactional documents go directly to the jail facility.

The inmate accounts and commissary page says inmate funds may be used for canteen, medical fees, Huber fees, pay-for-stay, processing fees, and other allowed disbursements. Inmates may buy up to $100 in canteen products. The county also describes Aramark Icare packages, mailed money orders or cashier's checks, release-balance checks, and debt deductions.

Brown County Huber Status

The strongest local detail for Brown County Work Release Center is the county's Huber and electronic monitoring context. Brown County's jail About page says the Electronic Monitoring Program allows inmates with Huber privileges to serve jail time at home using an electronic bracelet with GPS and alcohol-consumption recognition. EMP is not the same thing as a separate building, but it is part of Brown County's work-release and alternative-custody landscape.

Huber or work-release status does not erase custody. A person may still be subject to jail rules, court orders, fees, monitoring, employment restrictions, drug or alcohol rules, and return-to-custody requirements. A roster user should not assume that someone on work release is free of supervision. The correct question is whether the person is still under Brown County jail authority and which release or monitoring status applies.

Brown County Work Release Records

For records about a person connected to work release, start with the jail inmate lookup and then use the Sheriff's records process if the online result is incomplete. The Sheriff's Office Records Division can receive requests by mail or in person at 2684 Development Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311, or by phone at 920-448-4200. Online requests go through JustFOIA.

Use Wisconsin Circuit Court Access for filed criminal charges, court dates, bond conditions, and dispositions after an arrest. Use the WI DOC locator only when the person may be a sentenced state prisoner. Use VINELink for custody notification, not for a complete jail record.

For the official visitation source that groups the Main Jail and Work Release Center, see Brown County's visitation and volunteers page.

The visitation source is useful because it is one of the official places where Brown County links Work Release Center visits to the broader jail visitation process.

Brown County Work Release Limits

The research file did not locate an official separate capacity, a work-release-only roster, a standalone facility history, or a different mail and money policy for the Brown County Work Release Center. The accurate approach is to treat it as a Jail Division work-release facility until official Brown County material says otherwise. That also means the Brown County Jail page and the county inmate records page remain the better references for full jail-system details.

The county jail system still has detailed public facts. Brown County lists jail capacity, pod layout, staffing, EMP, visitation rules, mail scanning, commissary fees, bond procedures, public-record channels, and court-related fallback routes. The Work Release Center page should use those shared rules without claiming a separate building profile that the source material did not support.