St. Croix Correctional Center Overview
St. Croix Correctional Center is a state correctional center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The DOC facility page identifies it as a minimum-security correctional center in New Richmond. Its role is different from the St. Croix County Jail in Hudson. The county jail receives local arrests and holds pretrial or short-sentence custody. St. Croix Correctional Center holds sentenced adult men in Wisconsin DOC custody after sentencing and DOC classification.
That distinction controls the whole search path. A person arrested in Hudson, New Richmond, River Falls, or another St. Croix County community should usually be searched first through the county jail roster. A sentenced state prisoner assigned to St. Croix Correctional Center should be searched through the statewide Wisconsin DOC locator. The county Zuercher roster does not serve as the prison locator unless the person is temporarily back in county custody for a hearing, hold, or local transport issue.
The DOC screenshot source is the official St. Croix Correctional Center facility page, which identifies the state facility rather than the county jail.
The DOC page is the facility-specific source to pair with statewide DOC visiting and adult institution rules for prison custody.
St. Croix Correctional Center Population
DOC public pages do not publish a current St. Croix Correctional Center population count, housing-unit map, or rated bed capacity. Capacity and current population should therefore be treated as not located for this state facility. It is accurate to describe the facility as a minimum-security Wisconsin DOC correctional center, but it would not be accurate to assign a bed count, daily headcount, or county-jail population figure to it without a source.
Population numbers from Vera Institute's Incarceration Trends county data apply to the county jail series. Those figures describe St. Croix County Jail capacity and jail population, not the DOC correctional center. State prison population is managed by Wisconsin DOC, and a prisoner's public location is checked through the DOC locator. For St. Croix Correctional Center, the supported public facts are the DOC operator, minimum-security facility type, address, phone, and the use of DOC statewide lookup, visiting, mail, phone, and money rules.
Note: No sourced capacity or current population count was located on the public DOC facility page.
St. Croix Correctional Center Lookup
Use the Wisconsin DOC Locator to search for a person at St. Croix Correctional Center. The DOC locator is a statewide sentenced-custody system. It is not the St. Croix County jail roster, and it does not provide the county booking details shown by the Zuercher portal. The locator welcome page uses an acknowledgment and captcha gate before search access, and the public data carries DOC accuracy disclaimers because location, status, and related information can change.
- Open the Wisconsin DOC Locator welcome page and complete the required acknowledgment or captcha step.
- Search by DOC number when known, since that is more precise than a name-only search.
- Use name fields when the DOC number is not known, then compare age, race, sex, and current location.
- Confirm whether the listed location is St. Croix Correctional Center or another DOC institution before planning a visit, mail, or money deposit.
| DOC Locator Field | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| DOC number / identifier | Most precise way to distinguish people with similar names. |
| Name | Supports name-based searching after the locator gate. |
| Age, race, and sex | Helps compare possible matches. |
| Current institution or location | Shows whether the person is assigned to St. Croix Correctional Center. |
| Related DOC links | Routes to calls, mail, money, visits, and concerns. |
VINELink is also available in Wisconsin for custody and release notifications, but it should not be treated as the full DOC prison record. Federal prisoners and immigration detainees use separate BOP or ICE systems, not the Wisconsin DOC locator.
St. Croix Correctional Center Contact
The DOC facility page gives the public contact point for St. Croix Correctional Center in New Richmond. Call the facility for current local procedures and use statewide DOC pages for general prison rules. County jail questions, county jail bonds, HomeWAV video visits, JAILATM county jail deposits, and county roster questions belong with St. Croix County Jail, not the correctional center.
St. Croix Correctional Center
1859 North 4th Street
New Richmond, WI 54017
715-246-6971
Wisconsin DOC facility; confirm current procedures before travel
For a local jail arrest, use the St. Croix County Jail roster and jail phone. For a state prisoner, use DOC channels. Official facility locators identify no BOP prison and no ICE detention center inside St. Croix County, so federal and immigration searches route through the national BOP and ICE locators when those custody types are involved.
St. Croix Correctional Center Visits
St. Croix Correctional Center visits follow Wisconsin DOC prison rules, not county jail video-visit rules. Use the statewide Wisconsin DOC visiting information page and the facility page before planning a visit. DOC visitation may require visitor approval, scheduling, identification, dress-code compliance, conduct rules, and institution-specific security procedures. A visit should not be planned from county jail HomeWAV hours because those hours belong to the sheriff-operated jail in Hudson.
| Visit Topic | DOC Rule Source | St. Croix Correctional Center Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Visitor approval | DOC statewide visiting information | Use DOC approval and scheduling rules before arrival. |
| Visit hours | Facility and DOC visit pages | Confirm current facility procedures with DOC sources. |
| Identification | DOC visiting rules | Bring required ID and follow institution entry rules. |
| Conduct and dress | DOC statewide policy | Visits can be denied or ended for rule violations. |
DOC visiting policy is stricter and more formal than a simple county lobby question because prisons control approved visitor lists, movement, and security screening. If a DOC locator record shows another current institution, use that facility's DOC page instead of St. Croix Correctional Center procedures.
Mail and Money at St. Croix Correctional Center
Mail, phone, property, packages, and money for St. Croix Correctional Center are handled under DOC adult institution rules. Use the Wisconsin DOC adult institution general information page for statewide prison procedures. County jail rules from St. Croix County do not apply to DOC prisoners. That means HomeWAV county jail visitation, St. Croix County JAILATM inmate accounts, county canteen timing, county bond fees, and county jail property pickup should not be used for a state prisoner unless the person has been moved back to the county jail.
| Service | Correct System |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin DOC adult institution mail rules and facility-specific instructions. | |
| Phone / email | DOC statewide communication rules and approved systems. |
| Money | DOC money procedures, not St. Croix County Jail JAILATM account rules. |
| Property | DOC property and package rules, not county jail property pickup. |
Because DOC systems can change, verify the prisoner's current location in the DOC locator before sending mail or money. A person transferred to a different institution may need a different facility address or different local instruction, even though the statewide DOC rule set remains the starting point.
St. Croix Correctional Center Intake
St. Croix Correctional Center intake is prison custody after sentencing and DOC classification, not street-arrest booking. A local arrest starts with the county jail when a person is booked into St. Croix County custody. After prosecution and sentencing, a person may leave the county jail and enter Wisconsin DOC custody. DOC then controls reception, classification, assignment, transfers, prison location, and public locator data. A DOC assignment can place a person at St. Croix Correctional Center, but the county jail roster may no longer show that person once transfer out of county custody is complete.
- DOC
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections, the state agency for sentenced prison custody.
- Classification
- The DOC process that helps determine custody level, placement, programming, and transfer needs.
- County jail
- The sheriff-operated local custody setting for new arrests, pretrial holds, and short local sentences.
- State prison
- A DOC custody setting for people serving Wisconsin prison sentences after court disposition.
If a search starts with a recent arrest, check the county roster first. If the search starts with a prison sentence, DOC number, or known DOC placement, use the Wisconsin DOC locator first. That order prevents the most common St. Croix County error: confusing the county jail in Hudson with the correctional center in New Richmond.
About St. Croix Correctional Center
St. Croix Correctional Center gives St. Croix County a two-level detention footprint: local jail custody in Hudson and state DOC custody in New Richmond. The correctional center is minimum security and serves sentenced adult men in DOC custody. Its public information should be read with DOC statewide rules for visits, communication, mail, money, and institution conduct. The county jail's bond page, jail accounts page, and HomeWAV visit rules are valuable for county jail inmates but should not be carried over to this state prison page.
Federal and immigration custody are also separate. Official facility locators identify no Federal Bureau of Prisons facility and no ICE detention center inside St. Croix County. If a person cannot be found in the county roster or DOC locator and a federal or immigration case is involved, search the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System through those agencies. St. Croix Correctional Center should not be treated as a catch-all facility for every person connected to the county.
Note: Confirm DOC location, visit approval, and facility rules before traveling to St. Croix Correctional Center.