Richland County

The Detention Center

Richland County Jail

• Operated byRichland County Sheriff's Office
• Jail addressNot found (address not stated on the pages opened; general office phone 608-647-8906)
• BedsNot found

Source: Richland County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-19

• ✓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 — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Richland County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-19. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

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

The Sheriff

Sheriff Clay Porter

• Runs the jailRichland County Sheriff's Office operates the Richland County Jail
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term, Wis. Stat. ch. 59
• Statutory basisWis. Stat. ch. 59 gives the elected Sheriff custody of the county jail

Source: Richland County Sheriff's Office · 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.

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