Taylor County Jail Roster Overview
The local detention facility is the Taylor County Jail, operated by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office at 224 S 2nd St, Medford, WI 54451. The sheriff page identifies Sheriff Corey Dassow, Chief Deputy Chad Kowalczyk, the sheriff main number, Data Records, and the direct jail line. It does not publish a county-hosted inmate roster, recent bookings feed, public inmate profile search, or mugshot gallery that was located in the Taylor County source sweep.
That matters because a search for "Taylor County inmate records" can point to several different systems. A person booked after a local arrest may be in county jail before court charges are filed. A person sentenced to Wisconsin Department of Corrections custody may appear in the DOC locator instead. A federal prisoner belongs in the BOP locator, and an immigration detainee belongs in ICE's system. WCCA, the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access portal, is useful after a court case exists, but it is not a live jail roster.
No public county roster located: The official Taylor County Sheriff's Office materials reviewed for this build did not show a public jail roster search. Use the jail phone, Data Records, the records request form, VINELink, WCCA, DOC, BOP, and ICE as separate access channels.
How to Check Taylor County Jail Custody
Because Taylor County did not publish a located roster portal, the most reliable first question is whether the person is currently in the Taylor County Jail. The jail line is the official channel for current custody, release status, visit confirmation, bond routing, and whether the person has already moved to court, DOC, another county, or another agency.
- Call Taylor County Jail at 715.748.1431 and ask whether the person is currently in county custody. Have the full name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date ready.
- If the question involves a report, booking record, available photo, citation, accident report, or video, contact Taylor County Sheriff's Office Data Records at 715.748.1448.
- Submit the official Taylor County Sheriff's Office records request form when a written record or available media is needed.
- Use Wisconsin VINELink, linked from the sheriff page, when the goal is custody status notification rather than a complete booking record.
- Search WCCA after prosecutors file charges. Court records may show charges, hearings, warrants, bond events, and disposition, but they may lag behind jail booking.
- Use the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search only for sentenced DOC custody or supervision. It is not a substitute for the Taylor County Jail phone.
- Use the BOP locator for federal inmates from 1982 to present and ICE ODLS for immigration detainees.
Taylor County Roster Search Fields
No official Taylor County roster form was located, so the search-field table is intentionally a fallback table. It identifies the official ways to verify custody or request inmate-related records without treating third-party jail directories as county sources.
| Channel | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No public county roster located | N/A | N/A | The sheriff page did not publish a roster search form, inmate profile portal, current population list, or recent bookings feed. |
| Jail phone lookup | Phone | No web field | Call 715.748.1431 for current Taylor County Jail custody, release, bond, and visit confirmation. |
| Data Records | Phone | No web field | Call 715.748.1448 for booking, report, citation, photo, and video record routing. |
| Records request form | Web form | Several fields required | Uses case number, requester identity, DOB, contact information, incident details, party names, record type, delivery choice, and signature. |
| VINELink | Custody notification portal | Interface dependent | Use Wisconsin VINE for custody status and notification when available for the person or case. |
Requesting Booking and Incident Records
The official Taylor County Sheriff's Office records request form is a central local source because it lists the records and media options the office accepts for public-records routing. The sheriff page also links a printable records request form for requesters who are not using the online form. The form includes accident reports, written incident and citation reports, photos if available, and squad or bodycam video if available. It also says prepayment is required for some delivery choices.
The Taylor County records request form is shown in the successful capture below. It is the local form to use when a booking record, related incident report, available photo, or available video is not published through a public roster.
Delivery choices captured in the form include in-person pickup or mail at $3 printed or $5 digital, and email delivery at no charge. Photos and squad or bodycam video are marked as "Fees Apply," but the captured form did not state a specific amount for those media records.
What a Taylor County Inmate Record May Show
Because Taylor County did not publish a located public roster profile, there is no county-hosted profile inventory to reproduce. The most accurate field inventory comes from the sheriff's records request form, plus the separate statewide and federal lookup systems used when a person is no longer only a county-jail detainee.
| Field or Item | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | Law-enforcement case number, if known, used to locate the correct report or booking-related record. |
| Incident type | The type of event connected to the requested report, citation, arrest, or record. |
| Incident date and location | Date and address details that help Data Records distinguish one event from another. |
| Party names and dates of birth | Names and DOBs for involved people, useful for avoiding wrong-person records. |
| Requested record type | Accident report, written incident or citation report, photos if available, or squad/bodycam video if available. |
| Delivery method | Pickup, mail, or email, with different fee treatment shown on the form. |
| Booking facts | When available from the jail or records office, these may include name, DOB, booking date, arresting agency, charges, bond, holds, and release status. |
County Jail, DOC, BOP, and ICE Are Different Searches
Most lookup problems come from using the wrong custody system. Taylor County Jail handles local custody for people arrested in Taylor County, people waiting for first appearance or trial, short county sentences, warrants, lawful holds, and boarders accepted by the jail. Wisconsin DOC handles people sentenced to state prison or placed under DOC supervision. BOP and ICE are federal systems and should not be treated as Taylor County roster sources.
| Custody or Record Type | Where to Look | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Taylor County Jail custody | Taylor County Jail, 715.748.1431 | No official online county roster was located. |
| Booking, incident, citation, available photos, available video | Data Records, 715.748.1448, or sheriff records request form | Release may be redacted, denied, delayed, or fee-assessed under public-records law. |
| Custody notification | Wisconsin VINELink | Notification status is not the same as a full jail booking file. |
| Court charges after filing | WCCA and Taylor County Clerk of Court | Court charges can differ from booking allegations. |
| Sentenced state custody or supervision | Wisconsin DOC locator | DOC says county-jail-only detainees may not appear there. |
| Federal inmate | BOP inmate locator | Covers federal inmates from 1982 to present, not local jail bookings. |
| Immigration detainee | ICE ODLS and ICE detention facility directory | No Taylor County ICE facility was located in official sources. |
The Wisconsin DOC locator page is useful only after a Taylor County defendant enters DOC custody or supervision. DOC's own materials warn that people not found in DOC may be in a separately administered city or county jail, which is why the Taylor County Jail phone remains the first local step.
Taylor County Jail Contact Card
Taylor County's facility map resolves to one local detention facility. No official county source located a separate work-release center, city jail, regional detention center, Wisconsin DOC prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or federal detention center inside Taylor County.
Taylor County Jail
224 S 2nd St
Medford, WI 54451
Jail: 715.748.1431
Data Records: 715.748.1448
Sheriff main: 715.748.2200
Fax: 715.748.3813
Booking Process in Taylor County
A person arrested in Taylor County may be taken to Taylor County Jail for intake. Taylor County does not publish a detailed local booking-process page, so the safest summary is limited to standard jail steps supported by the research: identity confirmation, warrant and hold checks, property inventory, fingerprinting when required, booking-photo creation, medical or safety screening, and classification or placement. The booking record begins as a sheriff or jail record, not a court record.
After booking, the path can split. The person may be released, held for first appearance, held on a warrant or other agency hold, charged by the Taylor County District Attorney, or later transferred after sentencing. WCCA may not show anything until a circuit court case is filed. The Taylor County District Attorney handles criminal actions and county ordinance or traffic prosecutions occurring in Taylor County, while the Clerk of Court maintains the public circuit court file after filing.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Official Taylor County sources reviewed for this build did not publish a jail visitation calendar, mail policy, commissary vendor, phone vendor, tablet rules, attorney-visit schedule, or money-deposit instructions. Do not assume a rule from a third-party directory. Call the jail before visiting, mailing anything, sending money, or setting up phone access.
| Facility or System | Schedule | Before You Act |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor County Jail | Not published in official sources located | Call 715.748.1431 to confirm custody, visit times, identification, minor rules, dress code, property limits, and attorney access. |
| Wisconsin DOC prisons | Varies by state facility | Use DOC facility pages and DOC visiting rules after a person transfers to state custody. |
| BOP facilities | Varies by federal institution | Use the person's BOP facility page. No BOP facility was located in Taylor County. |
| ICE detention facilities | Varies by ICE facility | Use ICE's detention facility directory and call the facility. No Taylor County ICE facility was located. |
Mail, Calls, and Money
Taylor County Jail mail rules and deposit options were not published in the official sheriff materials located during research. The practical instruction is narrow: call 715.748.1431 before sending letters, books, cash, money orders, packages, or personal property. Ask whether the person is still in custody, what address format is required, what items are refused, and whether any vendor account must be created.
Do not apply Wisconsin DOC money and mail rules to Taylor County Jail unless the jail confirms them. DOC state-prison materials describe Access Corrections Secure Deposit, CashPayToday, approved property vendors, court-call scheduling, and electronic messaging through state-prison systems. Those rules are state-prison rules, not county jail rules.
Full Taylor County Access Channel Chain
The complete access chain is: call Taylor County Jail for live local custody, contact Data Records for booking and law-enforcement records, use the sheriff records request form for written records and available media, use VINELink for notification, search WCCA for court filings, use Wisconsin DOC for sentenced state custody or supervision, use BOP for federal inmates, and use ICE ODLS for immigration detainees. No official Taylor County Sheriff mobile app was located, so there is no app-only roster channel to add.
Confirm before spending money: Call Taylor County Jail before visiting, mailing, sending money, or setting up calls. The official jail rules and vendor details were not published in the sources located.