Authority: Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Website: https://doc.wi.gov
Address: 3099 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 240-5000

An arrest, court date, or conviction is life changing not only for the person who has been arrested, but for friends, family members, and victims. For different reasons, you may wish to locate an inmate within the system, but have very little information about where they are located. This is where InmatesPlus can help. Though InmatesPlus also offers advice, forms, rules, and regulations about visiting or helping someone who has been incarcerated, it is greatly useful in locating inmates. If you are unable to locate an inmate in Wisconsin, this is the place to start. Every facility within the state is linked for easy access and addresses are provided for easy of making contact. If you are still unable to locate an inmate in Wisconsin than there is another option that has been made available.

Using VINELink, a third-party site that is free, you are able to locate an inmate with only the state and full, legal name. This site then provides information such as convictions, sentence length, and potential release date to help others feel safer and know who has served a sentence in the area. InmatesPlus can also offer further information, once you have located the inmate, by providing ways to help those who are incarcerated to do their time and prepare for a life outside of jail or prison. It is important to remember that those who are serving time are not necessarily bad people, just those that have made a big mistake and can use jail as a way to get back on track.

Life can take some unexpected twists and turns and there are times when people end up incarcerated. If or when this time comes, the family will need some information to be able to stay in contact with the inmate. If you have never had a loved one in jail, finding this information can be overwhelming. InmatesPlus can help. If you have some basic information, such as a legal name and possibly a facility name, then you can gain the information available to the public. Most notably, you can find the DOC information that is needed to keep contact with the loved one or to keep track of someone who committed a crime against you. DOC information refers to things like a facility address, visitation hours, and allowable items that can be sent to an inmate, but further information can be gained as well. InmatesPlus offers DOC information that is not necessarily specific to any one facility and links to every facility in the state. This can include things like the importance of staying in contact with an inmate, how much average money is needed to help with commissary, and even what types of activities are allowed within many jails and prisons. All of this can help both you and your loved one handle a bad situation a bit better. The most important piece of DOC information that you can find is the inmate ID number, this number will be necessary for all correspondence, money added to books, or packages sent, if allowed.