Washington County Juvenile Detention Overview
Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center is operated by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The county juvenile detention page says the facility is part of the Sheriff's Office and is located within the County Jail at 500 Rolfs Avenue in West Bend. The 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report says it is one of twelve county-level secure juvenile detention facilities in Wisconsin.
The facility is secure juvenile detention, not the adult Washington County Jail. It holds juveniles detained by court order, including youth from Washington County and other Wisconsin counties. The annual report says the juvenile facility is co-located with the adult jail and shares some common areas, including hallways, the booking room, and the sally port. That shared building does not make juvenile detention records public adult jail records.
The county juvenile detention source is shown in the Washington County juvenile detention screenshot.
That county source confirms the facility's co-location with the jail and its separate juvenile detention function.
Washington County Juvenile Detention Population
The 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report provides the key juvenile population figures. It reported a juvenile average daily population of 11 and 255 juvenile bookings in 2023. It also said those bookings came from twenty-six Wisconsin counties, including Washington County. Because only twelve county-level secure juvenile detention facilities exist statewide, the Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center functions as a regional detention resource.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Juvenile average daily population | 11 | 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report |
| Juvenile bookings | 255 | 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report |
| Counties represented in bookings | 26 | 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report |
| Juvenile male bookings | 158 | 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report |
| Juvenile female bookings | 97 | 2023 Sheriff's Office Annual Report |
| Rated bed capacity | Not published in located official sources | County juvenile page and annual report checked |
Search Washington County Juvenile Detention
There is no public juvenile inmate roster to browse for this facility in the research. That is expected because juvenile custody and juvenile court records are more restricted than adult jail records. Public inmate-search users should not route ordinary adult roster questions to the juvenile center, and juvenile detention should not be described as a public mugshot or adult booking database.
- Determine whether the person is an adult at Washington County Jail or a youth detained through juvenile court or a placing agency.
- For an authorized juvenile matter, call Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center at 262-306-2247.
- Use the court, attorney, social worker, law-enforcement agency, or placing county handling the juvenile matter for case-specific direction.
- Do not rely on adult WCCA, adult jail roster, DOC, BOP, or ICE tools to disclose restricted juvenile detention records.
- For adult custody at the same Rolfs Avenue complex, use the Washington County Jail channels instead.
Juvenile detention lookup is therefore an authorization question before it is a search question. A parent, guardian, defense attorney, prosecutor, law-enforcement officer, court worker, or placing agency may have a legitimate reason to contact the facility. A casual public searcher may not be entitled to the same information.
| Question | Correct Route | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Is a youth detained here? | Juvenile detention phone or responsible agency. | Information may be restricted to authorized parties. |
| Is an adult in county jail? | Washington County Jail/Corrections. | Adult custody is separate from juvenile detention. |
| Is there a filed adult criminal case? | WCCA/CCAP and Clerk of Circuit Court. | Adult court tools are not juvenile roster tools. |
| Was a youth placed by another county? | Placing agency or juvenile court. | The facility serves youth from multiple Wisconsin counties. |
Washington County Juvenile Detention Contact
The juvenile facility is in the same public-safety complex as the adult jail, but the contact purpose is different. The juvenile detention phone should be used for authorized juvenile detention questions. Adult jail custody, adult bond, and adult inmate accounts should go to Washington County Jail instead.
Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center
500 Rolfs Avenue
West Bend, WI 53090
262-306-2247
Fax: 262-306-2241
Washington County Jail
500 Rolfs Avenue
West Bend, WI 53090
262-335-4427
Adult jail and corrections information
Juvenile Center vs Adult Jail
The distinction matters because the building houses separate legal systems. Washington County Jail holds adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, Huber inmates, adult warrant holds, and other adult custody groups. Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center holds juveniles detained by court order. It is co-located with the adult jail, but the population, record access, program rules, and release decisions differ.
| Feature | Washington County Jail | Secure Juvenile Detention Center |
|---|---|---|
| Population | Adults in county jail custody. | Juveniles detained by court order. |
| Lookup path | Jail phone, sheriff records, WCCA, DOC, VINELink, BOP, ICE. | Juvenile detention phone, court, attorney, social worker, or placing agency. |
| Public roster | No official public county roster located. | No public juvenile roster located, with stronger access restrictions. |
| Programs | Adult jail programs, Huber, electronic monitoring, chaplaincy, medical, commissary. | School, court coordination, youth programming, placement and discipline process. |
Washington County Juvenile Detention Visits
The research did not locate a public juvenile visitation schedule like the adult jail's CIDNET family and friend schedule. Because the juvenile center serves detained youth and juvenile records are restricted, visiting should be coordinated through the facility, the court, the youth's attorney, the placing agency, or the authorized parent or guardian channel. Adult CIDNET rules should not be copied onto the juvenile facility unless the county publishes that rule for juvenile detention.
| Visitor or Contact | Practical Route | Why It Differs From Adult Jail |
|---|---|---|
| Parent or guardian | Call juvenile detention or follow court/agency instructions. | Authorization may need to be verified. |
| Attorney | Coordinate through facility and court channels. | Legal access is case-specific. |
| Agency or social worker | Use placement and juvenile-case contacts. | The center serves multiple Wisconsin counties. |
| General public | No public visiting route documented. | Juvenile custody is not adult public roster access. |
Note: Confirm juvenile visit authorization directly with the facility or case agency before traveling to the Rolfs Avenue complex.
Washington County Juvenile Programs
The 2023 annual report provides unusually specific program information for the juvenile facility. The West Bend School District provides the education program, including the regular school year and a four-week summer school program. The school inside the juvenile facility is Washington Street School, staffed by two teachers and two aides employed by the district. The education program operates nearly year-round.
Community programming includes UW Extension, Big Brothers/Sisters, Washington/Ozaukee Public Health Department, Youth for Christ, NAMI, and Friends, Inc. Those programs make the juvenile facility different from a basic holding room. They also reflect the center's regional function, since youth from many Wisconsin counties may be detained there by court order.
- Secure juvenile detention
- A locked juvenile facility for youth detained under court authority.
- Placing agency
- The court, county, or agency responsible for the youth's placement or case direction.
- Juvenile ADP
- Average daily population for detained youth during the reporting year.
- Regional detention
- A facility serving youth from more than one county because secure beds are limited statewide.
Washington County Juvenile Operations
The annual report says the Juvenile Detention Manager handles court appearances for juveniles in custody, juvenile files for law enforcement, juvenile-matter training, placement issues, volunteer orientation, discipline, and disciplinary due-process hearings. That role reinforces why a juvenile detention inquiry should be tied to the responsible court or agency rather than a public adult search form.
Some areas are shared with the adult jail, including the booking room and sally port. Shared movement space does not mean shared public record access. Adult jail booking details may move into WCCA when adult charges are filed, but juvenile matters can have confidentiality rules that keep names, files, or proceedings from ordinary public view.
Washington County Juvenile Records Access
Wisconsin public-records law still matters, but juvenile detention access is narrower than adult jail and adult circuit-court access. Wis. Stat. 19.31 states Wisconsin's broad public-records policy, and Wis. Stat. 19.35 gives inspection rights subject to legal limits. Those limits can be important for juvenile records, ongoing investigations, victim information, and protected case details.
The Washington County Sheriff's Open Records process is useful for sheriff-created records that are releasable, but it should not be used to assume a juvenile roster or public juvenile mugshot gallery exists. For adult records, public channels include the jail phone, sheriff records, WCCA, DOC, VINELink, BOP, and ICE. For juvenile detention, authorized parties should begin with the facility and the case agency.
Important: Juvenile detention records are not adult jail roster records, and public access may be limited by court or agency rules.
About Washington County Juvenile Detention
Washington County Secure Juvenile Detention Center is part of the Sheriff's Office detention system, but it serves youth under a separate legal framework from adult jail custody. Its regional role is one of the most important local facts: the 2023 annual report says the center booked juveniles from twenty-six Wisconsin counties because county-level secure juvenile detention beds are limited across the state.
For adults, the primary facility page is Washington County Jail. For countywide population context, the Washington County inmate population data should keep the juvenile ADP separate from adult in-house jail ADP and electronic monitoring. Combining those numbers without labels can make the county jail look larger or more open to public search than the sources support.