Wrangell Jail Roster Lookup

The Wrangell City and Borough jail roster is the main way to find a person held by the Wrangell Police Department or moved on to a state prison. Wrangell is a small island community in the Alaska Panhandle. Local police run the first hold, but long stays happen at state facilities. This page walks you through the Wrangell jail roster tools, from VINE to CourtView, along with the phone numbers you need. You will find the steps for custody lookups, records requests, and money deposits for any inmate tied to the Wrangell area.

Wrangell Police and the Jail Roster

Law enforcement in Wrangell is primarily provided by the Wrangell Police Department, located at 215 Front Street, Wrangell, AK 99929. The main phone number is 907-874-3304. The department operates 24/7 and handles all municipal law enforcement duties within city and borough boundaries. Alaska does not use a traditional borough sheriff system in most boroughs. In place of that, Alaska State Troopers provide regional support and cover unincorporated areas around the Wrangell region.

The Wrangell community jail phone number is 907-874-3304, which is the same as the Wrangell Police Department. Calls to that number can reach both the police and the community jail desk. The borough does not operate a separate borough jail. The local community jail is a temporary holding facility for arrestees pending arraignment or transfer. That makes the Wrangell jail roster a small, fast-moving list. People come in, post bail or are moved, and are gone within hours or days.

For longer-term incarceration, inmates are typically transferred to regional facilities such as Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau at 907-465-6200 or other Alaska Department of Corrections sites. Inmate lookup for state facilities is available through the Alaska Department of Corrections and through VINE.

Wrangell VINE Custody Search

VINE stands for Victim Information and Notification Everyday. It is the main free tool for any Wrangell jail roster search that reaches state custody. Call 1-800-247-9763 or use VINELink online. VINE is the only state approved vendor for Alaska inmate data. Search by name or offender ID. A partial name works. VINE shows current holding site and a release date when one is set.

You can register a phone or email to get alerts when an inmate moves, is released, or escapes. The system uses a four-digit PIN to confirm alerts. VINE runs around the clock. It is private. The offender will not know you signed up.

If the person is no longer in Wrangell, VINE will show the new DOC site. The Wrangell jail roster feeds into that larger pool. Once the transfer is done, the DOC file is the main record, and VINE is the search tool that pulls from it.

Wrangell Inmate Records and DOC Transfers

Requests for arrest records should be submitted in writing to the Wrangell Police Department, with fees applicable for copying and research time. Mugshots and booking photos may be obtained through public records requests to the police department, though online databases are not routinely maintained at the local level. Wrangell does not publish a web-based mugshot page. That is typical for smaller Alaska towns. The state does not push local agencies to post booking photos online.

To get records on a person held in state custody, call the Chief Classification Officer at 907-269-7426 or send a written request to the facility that holds them. The Alaska Department of Corrections page lists every facility and its phone line.

Wrangell Court Records and CourtView

The Alaska Court System runs CourtView, the public portal for state court records. Wrangell cases sit in the First Judicial District, which covers southeast Alaska. You can search by party name, case number, or hearing date. Once you click a case, you see next hearing dates, bail details, and some of the filed papers. Not every document is online. Some records have limited access for privacy or legal reasons.

The Alaska Court System site hosts CourtView and links to forms. CourtView is the same tool used in every district, so the steps for a Wrangell case are the same as for an Anchorage case. For a second way to search, the Alaska court records portal is a useful backup when the main site is slow.

APRA Requests to Wrangell Police

The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 through AS 40.25.125 covers jail roster data and most other public records. Agencies must reply within 10 business days. The act does not limit access based on who you are or why you want the record. Written requests for Wrangell arrest reports should go to the police department at 215 Front Street. Include the person's name, the date, and a short case summary so the clerk can find the file.

A name-based criminal history report from DPS is $20, and a fingerprint-based one is $35. Call DPS at 907-269-5767 or use the DPS records request portal for trooper reports and other state agency files.

Federal Inmates from Wrangell

Some Wrangell cases end in federal court. Those inmates leave the state Wrangell jail roster and move into the Bureau of Prisons system. The BOP inmate locator shows people in federal custody from 1982 to the present. Search by BOP register number, FBI number, or first and last name.

Alaska has no federal prison on its own soil. Federal inmates from Wrangell often serve time in Washington, Oregon, or other out-of-state BOP sites. The BOP locator is the main way to find them.

The Alaska Court System tips page lists direct phone numbers for every DOC facility and community jail in the state.

The page covers VINE, property tax lookups, and DOC contact lines you can use for a Wrangell custody search.

When you call VINE for a Wrangell lookup, drop the first zero from the offender's DOC ID before you type it in. If you only have a partial name, check the partial name box and try the last name alone. VINE calls back when custody status changes, and those calls can come at any hour. Write down your PIN and keep it somewhere safe. If you miss the call, VINE keeps trying for up to 24 hours. You can also register an email address by calling 1-800-247-9763 and pressing zero to speak with an operator.

Nearby Jail Rosters Around Wrangell

Wrangell sits on Wrangell Island in the Alaska Panhandle. It is about 155 miles south of Juneau and about 90 miles north of Ketchikan. The borough shares its court district and DOC ties with Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder, and Petersburg. When a Wrangell inmate is moved, you may need to check the jail roster for one of those places as well.

There are no qualifying cities in the Wrangell City and Borough under this site's population cutoff. The borough itself is the main population center. Use the Wrangell jail roster tools above for all custody lookups in the area. For related court work, the Juneau City and Borough page and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough page are good next stops.