This website is a private reference site, not the Adams County Sheriff's Office, Adams County Jail, a court, or a records custodian. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Where to Ask About an Inmate or Record
Adams County Sheriff's Office
401 Adams Street Suite 1
Friendship, WI 53934
Main: (608) 339-3304
Toll free: 1-877-885-9977
Fax: (608) 339-4280
Front office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM, excluding holidays
Adams County Jail
Jail information line: (608) 339-4239
Sheriff Records Deputies
Records Deputy: (608) 339-4289
Records Deputy: (608) 339-4287
Courts and Prosecution
Adams County Clerk of Circuit Court: (608) 339-4208
Adams County District Attorney: (608) 339-4217
Choose the office or locator based on the kind of custody or record you need:
- For someone currently held at Adams County Jail, start with the jail phone line and the jail inmate records page.
- For booking photographs or inmate-photo copies, review jail roster mugshots and contact sheriff records for releasable records.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and the court records after a jail arrest page.
- For facility-specific questions, use the footer links for Adams County Jail or Federal Correctional Institution Oxford.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin state prisoner or someone on DOC supervision, use the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Offender Locator at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator at bop.gov/inmateloc; for immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov/odls; for Wisconsin custody notifications, use VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WI.