This is a private reference site, not a Rock County government office. We cannot confirm custody status, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official Rock County, Wisconsin, and federal contacts below for those actions.
Where to Ask for Jail and Record Information
The Rock County Sheriff's Office operates Rock County Jail and is the local records source for sheriff and jail records.
Rock County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff Curt Fell
200 East U.S. Highway 14
Janesville, WI 53545
Main phone: 608-757-8000
Non-emergency police response: 608-757-2244
Tips line: 608-757-7911
Spanish-language community line: 608-751-6349
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Rock County Jail operations can be reached at 608-757-8000, 24 hours a day. Correctional Services administrative hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For attorney/client visit questions or additional court-appearance information, use 608-757-7957.
For records requests, the sheriff records office operates Monday-Friday, excluding holidays, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rock County asks requesters to use the Public Records Online Portal at https://rockcountywi.nextrequest.com/. Inmate or jail records questions go to 608-757-7958. Incident or arrest report questions go to 608-757-7951. The Records Supervisor line is 608-373-3879.
Use the list below to choose the best starting point for the record type or custody stage.
- For a person who may be in Rock County Jail, start with jail inmate records and the jail operations line at 608-757-8000.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots; no official public Rock County mugshot roster was located, so requests usually run through sheriff records.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and WCCA at https://wcca.wicourts.gov/.
- For a facility-specific question, use the footer links for Rock County Jail or Rock County Youth Services Center.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Wisconsin DOC Inmate and Offender Search at https://appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
- For federal custody, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/; for immigration detention, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search.