This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, pull official booking records, or change court records. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Rusk Custody Contacts
For a person who may be in the Rusk County Jail, start with the jail's public contact information and the official current-inmates PDF described on the jail inmate records page. For records that are not shown in the PDF, the Rusk County Sheriff's Office publishes an open-record request email.
Rusk County Jail
311 Miner Avenue East, Suite L100
Ladysmith, WI 54848
Phone: 715-532-2200
Business hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-12:00 pm and 1:00 pm-4:30 pm
Rusk County Sheriff's Office
311 Miner Avenue East, Suite L100
Ladysmith, WI 54848
Main phone: 715-532-2189
Open-record email: mrmurphy@ruskcountywi.gov
Rusk County Clerk of Circuit Court
Use the Clerk of Circuit Court for criminal case filings, court dates, copies, and record searches after an arrest becomes a court case.
Phone: 715-532-2108
These routes serve different needs, so match the request to the office or locator that holds the record.
- Current county jail custody: call Rusk County Jail or use the official jail page and PDF roster.
- Booking photos: review jail roster mugshots, then use the sheriff open-record email if a photo is not posted.
- Charges and court filings after arrest: use court records after a jail arrest, WCCA, or the Clerk of Circuit Court.
- Facility details: use the Rusk County Jail facility page.
- Sentenced state prisoners: search the Wisconsin DOC Person in Our Care / Client Search.
- Custody notifications: use Wisconsin VINE.
- Federal or immigration custody: use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
WCCA is the public court-case search for Wisconsin circuit courts. It is available at Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and can be narrowed to Rusk County when looking for criminal case records.