The Detention Center
Marinette County Jail
- Operated byMarinette County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address2161 University Drive, Marinette, WI 54143
- BedsNot found (not specified on county jail page)
- Jail AdministratorJoseph K. Moser
Source: Marinette County, WI - Jail · checked 2026-09-19
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Randy Miller
- Runs the jailMarinette County Sheriff's Office operates the Marinette County Jail
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term, Wis. Stat. ch. 59
- Statutory basisWis. Stat. ch. 59 (county sheriff)
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Marinette County, WI - Office of Sheriff · checked 2026-09-19
The Judges
Wisconsin circuit court judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms under Wis. Const. art. VII — state judicial officers, not county officials.
Marinette County Circuit Court
- Not found
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-19
The County Commissioners
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
- The boardNot found
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- Jail page names a civilian Jail Administrator (Joseph K. Moser) distinct from the elected Sheriff (Randy Miller).
- A third-party aggregator (thepublicindex.org) listed an outdated sheriff name (Jerry Sauve) for Marinette County; the county's own current page names Randy Miller, which was used per the accuracy rule to prefer the office's own site.
- Jail page mentions the Wisconsin VINE victim-notification system and jailatm.com for commissary deposits; the civil-process page publishes/links a 2025 civil process fee schedule set by County Board Resolution, and quotes a $1.00/page copy fee, so fees is marked yes; no on-site roster, budget, PREA, inspections, contracts, bond, or capacity information was found.
- County Board of Supervisors chair not confirmed from an official page opened during this pass.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Marinette County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-09-19 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered