How to Look Up Brown County Jail Population Data
The official source for Brown County jail population data is the Sheriff's Jail Division. The Jail Division about page publishes the current capacity, the daily custody figure, the number of pods, and staffing totals. The county updates this page with operational figures rather than a live daily dashboard, so the numbers reflect a recent reporting period rather than a real-time counter.
Read the figures with one caution in mind. The county reports a physical capacity and a separate daily custody count, and the two are not the same measure. The capacity number is fixed beds. The custody number includes people on electronic monitoring at home. Treating the custody number as a simple overcrowding ratio against the bed count would overstate crowding, because home monitoring is folded into the larger figure.
Brown County Jail Capacity Overview
The Brown County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center is built for 662 adults and 15 juveniles, for a total physical capacity of 677. The facility runs 12 pods: seven indirect pods, four direct-supervision pods, one juvenile pod, and one inmate worker pod. About 160 sworn and non-sworn staff operate it. The county has identified a future expansion of 129 beds to add flexibility by classification level and gender.
| Population Segment | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adult jail capacity | 662 | Brown County Jail |
| Juvenile detention capacity | 15 | Juvenile Detention Center |
| Total physical capacity | 677 | 662 adults plus 15 juveniles |
| 2025 daily custody | ~840 per day | Includes Electronic Monitoring Program |
| Future expansion | 129 beds | Planned flexibility |
| Pods | 12 | 7 indirect, 4 direct, 1 juvenile, 1 worker |
Average Daily Population
The county's most recent public figure is for 2025. It reports that approximately 840 inmates were held in Brown County custody per day, including the Electronic Monitoring Program. That figure is the closest thing the county publishes to an average daily population. Because it bundles in home monitoring, it sits above the 677 physical beds without meaning that every bed plus more is filled inside the building.
The county does not publish a full multi-year average daily population table on its public jail page. The clearest year-over-year evidence is operational rather than a chart. Brown County maintains the Electronic Monitoring Program as a population tool and has named a future 129-bed expansion, which together signal steady demand on jail space.
Demographic Breakdown
Brown County does not publish a public demographic breakdown of its jail population by race, sex, or age on its jail pages. An individual booking profile does show personal description fields, such as sex and physical details, but those describe one person, not the whole population. So a reader cannot build an official county-wide demographic chart from the public county sources alone.
For an estimated demographic picture, the Vera Institute publishes county-level jail trend estimates drawn from national data collections. Those estimates are useful for context, but they are external research rather than an official Brown County count, and they should be labeled that way. When precise demographics matter, a formal public records request to the Sheriff's Office is the route to county-held data.
Pretrial vs. Sentenced Population
The county does not post a public split between people held before trial and people serving a sentence. That breakdown is not on the jail's public pages. What the public can see is the status on an individual profile. A booking profile shows bond information, and the bond table indicates whether someone is held on bond, held without bond, or already sentenced.
Reading several individual profiles does not produce a reliable population-wide percentage, so the honest answer is that the official pretrial share is not published for Brown County. National research consistently finds that a large share of county jail populations is pretrial, which is useful background, but it is not a county-specific figure.
Misdemeanor vs. Felony Population
Brown County also does not publish a public misdemeanor-versus-felony split for its jail population. The detail that is public sits on individual records. Each charge on a booking profile lists a grade and a degree, such as a misdemeanor or a felony, along with the statute code. That lets you see the charge level for one person, but not the share across the whole jail. For a population-level breakdown, a records request to the Sheriff's Office is the appropriate path.
Mental Health and Medical Population
The jail's mission emphasizes humane housing, objective classification, and programs that support rehabilitation, and the facility employs a Jail Chaplain among its staff. Brown County also runs treatment courts, including a Mental Health Court, that divert some people with a diagnosis toward monitored treatment instead of jail. The Electronic Monitoring Program lets some inmates with Huber privileges serve time at home.
Even so, the county does not publish a public count of how many people in the jail receive mental health or medical care. The public profile does not expose medical, suicide-watch, or protective-custody flags. So the share of the population receiving care is not a published Brown County figure, and it should not be estimated from the public roster.
Capacity, Custody, and National Context
The single most important point in Brown County jail data is the gap between capacity and the custody count. The comparison below frames the two official numbers so the daily figure is read correctly.
| Physical Capacity | 2025 Daily Custody | |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 677 beds | ~840 per day |
| Includes Monitoring? | No | Yes, includes EMP |
| What It Measures | Fixed in-building beds | All custody, including home monitoring |
For state and national context, two outside bodies are the standard references. The Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes annual national jail reports, and the Vera Institute publishes county-level jail trend estimates. Both are useful for comparison, but neither is an official Brown County source, so any per-capita or trend figure drawn from them should be labeled as external context rather than a county count.
Population Trends Over Time
The county's public jail page reports a 2025 snapshot rather than a long trend line. Older county materials referenced a smaller pod count and a 128-bed pod that opened in 2021, while the current page lists 12 pods and a planned 129-bed expansion. The most current page should be treated as the authority. Taken together, the move to modern direct-supervision pods, the continued use of electronic monitoring, and the planned expansion point to steady pressure on jail space rather than a shrinking population.
The Electronic Monitoring Program is part of that trend story. It is staffed by a sworn sergeant, two deputies, and two correctional officers, and it lets inmates with Huber privileges serve time at home on a GPS and alcohol-recognition bracelet. By shifting some custody out of the building, the program keeps the daily count high while easing demand on physical beds. That is one more reason the Brown County custody figure and the bed count should be read as two different measures.
Searching for Brown County Inmate Records by Name
This page covers aggregate Brown County jail population data, not individual lookups. To search for a specific person by name or booking number, use the live jail roster on the Brown County inmate records page. That tool returns an individual profile, while the figures here describe the population as a whole.
Where the Data Comes From
The county figures on this page come from the Brown County Sheriff's Jail Division about page, which lists capacity, the daily custody count, pods, and staffing. National and state context comes from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. County-level trend estimates from the Vera Institute are external research and are labeled as context, not as official Brown County counts.