Marathon Juvenile Detention Overview
Marathon County Corrections lists Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility at 7015 Packer Drive, Wausau, WI 54401. The facility is operated in the Marathon County Sheriff's Office and Corrections Division context, but its purpose is secure juvenile detention, not adult jail housing. The county describes it as a secure placement facility for juveniles involved in criminal activity.
The published capacity is 20 children ages 10-17. That makes the facility small and legally distinct from the adult Marathon County Jail at 500 Forest Street. Adult roster details, public booking photos, bond rules, JailATM deposits, Cidnet family visit schedules, and adult P2C inmate-card fields should not be carried over to the juvenile facility unless an official juvenile source says they apply.
The county's correctional map has two local facilities: the adult jail and the juvenile detention facility. The adult jail is the public roster facility. The juvenile facility is a secure youth placement that involves juvenile court, family authority, agency authority, and confidentiality rules. For adult custody, use the Marathon County Jail roster path. For youth custody, contact Corrections or the lawful juvenile-system contact for the case.
Marathon Juvenile Detention Lookup
There is no documented public juvenile roster for Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility in the research file, and the public Police-to-Citizen Inmates Catalog should not be described as a juvenile locator. The P2C catalog is the adult jail roster for current adult custody and jail-supervised statuses. Juvenile detention records, hearings, intake details, and placement information are commonly restricted by law and court rules, and public release can depend on the youth's case type, age, court orders, and confidentiality limits.
Authorized family members, attorneys, caseworkers, and agencies should use direct, lawful contact with Corrections, juvenile court, or the responsible placement authority. A caller should be prepared to explain the relationship to the child and the reason for the request. Corrections staff may not be able to confirm information to a person who lacks legal authority to receive it.
- Do not use the adult P2C inmate roster as a juvenile search tool.
- Call Marathon County Corrections at 715-261-1700 for routing to the lawful juvenile information channel.
- For case information, use the juvenile court or attorney contact connected to the specific matter rather than adult WCCA assumptions.
- For an emergency or safety issue, contact the responsible law enforcement or court authority through official channels.
The adult jail roster can help only when the person is an adult jail inmate or jail-supervised adult. It does not provide a public youth roster, and it should not be used to infer that a child is or is not in secure juvenile placement.
Marathon Juvenile Detention Contact
The published contact path for the juvenile facility uses the Corrections phone number documented for Marathon County detention services. Because youth custody information can be restricted, the phone contact is a routing point, not a guarantee that information will be disclosed. Callers should identify the child, the case or agency if known, and their legal relationship to the youth.
Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility
7015 Packer Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
715-261-1700
Corrections contact for lawful routing
Marathon County Corrections
500 Forest Street
Wausau, WI 54403
715-261-1700
Adult jail and Corrections information line
Marathon Juvenile Detention Visits
The research file does not document a public family visitation schedule for Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility. Adult jail schedules should not be copied into a juvenile facility page. Youth detention visits can involve parent or guardian status, attorney access, agency approval, court limits, safety screening, and facility rules that are not the same as adult jail visits.
Use Corrections at 715-261-1700 to ask how an authorized parent, guardian, attorney, caseworker, or agency representative should proceed. Visitors should not travel to Packer Drive based on adult jail visit hours. A visit may require prior approval, identity verification, and case-specific permission.
| Visitor or Request | Public Schedule | Correct Action |
|---|---|---|
| Parent or guardian | Not published in research | Call Corrections for lawful routing and approval requirements. |
| Attorney | Not published in research | Use attorney and facility contact channels tied to the youth's case. |
| Agency or caseworker | Not published in research | Coordinate through official juvenile placement channels. |
| General public | No public youth visit schedule documented | No public walk-in visit process should be assumed. |
Marathon Juvenile Detention Mail
The research file does not document a public mail vendor, commissary vendor, publication rule, phone platform, or money-deposit process for Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility. Adult jail rules for paperback books, Cidnet video visits, JailATM deposits, and 24-hour adult bond should stay with the adult Marathon County Jail unless the Corrections Division confirms a juvenile rule that applies to a specific youth.
Mail, phone, and property for youth detention can be limited by safety, age, court orders, parent or guardian rights, agency placement rules, and facility policy. The safer route is to call Corrections before sending anything. Include no sensitive personal material in a mailed item unless the facility confirms that the method is allowed and appropriate.
| Topic | Documented for Juvenile Facility? | Practical Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Public roster | No | Do not use adult P2C as a youth locator. |
| Visitation hours | No | Call Corrections and confirm approval first. |
| Mail rules | No public juvenile rule located | Ask before mailing anything to Packer Drive. |
| Commissary or deposits | No public juvenile vendor located | Do not use adult JailATM assumptions. |
Marathon Juvenile Custody Records
Wisconsin public-records law favors access to government records through Wis. Stat. 19.31 and the access process in Wis. Stat. 19.35, but those laws also operate with limits. Wis. Stat. 19.36 recognizes that other statutes, confidentiality rules, common law, and public-policy balancing can limit release. Juvenile custody information is one of the areas where adult open-records assumptions can fail.
For an adult jail record, a requester may search P2C, call the jail, use NextRequest, or compare court filings. For a juvenile detention matter, access may depend on whether the requester is a parent, guardian, attorney, party, agency representative, victim, or member of the public. A records request that seeks youth detention information should be precise and should expect redaction or denial where law requires confidentiality.
When public records are appropriate, Marathon County uses NextRequest for county public-records requests. The form includes a case-number field if known. That option does not turn confidential juvenile information into a public roster. It is simply the county's documented public-records channel.
Marathon Juvenile Detention Costs
Marathon County publishes cost information for youth housed in the facility. The current listed cost is $500 per day, and those eligible for the contracted rate are charged $250 per day. Those figures describe housing cost information, not a commissary rate, bond figure, family billing rule, or public access fee. A cost line should not be read as permission to obtain juvenile custody information from the public.
| Published Cost Item | Amount | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Current daily housing cost | $500 per day | County-published cost to be housed in the juvenile facility. |
| Contracted eligible rate | $250 per day | Reduced rate for those eligible for the contracted rate. |
Questions about who is charged, how agency contracts apply, or whether a family has any financial obligation should be directed to the responsible county, court, or agency contact. The published figures do not explain every billing scenario.
Juvenile Versus Adult Custody
The strongest practical distinction is the lookup channel. Adult inmates at Marathon County Jail can appear in the P2C roster with name, photo, age, sex, race, height, weight, arrest date, court date, bond, booking agency, holding facility, and charge fields. Youth at Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility do not have a documented public roster in the research. Treating the youth facility like an adult jail page would create unsupported claims and could expose sensitive assumptions.
| Topic | Adult Marathon County Jail | Marathon Juvenile Detention Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Primary population | Adult pretrial and sentenced county custody, plus jail-supervised statuses and accepted holds. | Secure placement for children ages 10-17 involved in criminal activity. |
| Public roster | P2C Inmates Catalog. | No public juvenile roster documented. |
| Public images | P2C adult images enabled. | No public juvenile image source documented. |
| Visitation | Cidnet adult schedule is published. | No public juvenile schedule documented. |
| Money and bond | JailATM and 24-hour adult bond process documented. | No public juvenile commissary, deposit, or bond process documented. |
Marathon Juvenile Detention Standards
The Wisconsin DOC Office of Detention Facilities provides oversight for county jails, houses of correction, secure juvenile detention facilities, Huber facilities, and municipal lockups. DOC explains that regional detention facility specialists conduct annual inspections, provide technical assistance, conduct training, and assist sheriffs, jail administrators, superintendents, police chiefs, and other officials. Those oversight points matter because the juvenile facility is secure detention, even though it is not an adult inmate-search destination.
Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DOC 350 includes standards for records, health screening, health care, suicide prevention, security, fire safety, inmate classification, use of force and restraints, discipline, grievance process, legal access, mail, visitation, programs, recreation, publications, and canteen. Public facility copy should stay at that standards level unless Marathon County publishes a juvenile-specific rule.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, and communication rules through Corrections before contacting or visiting the juvenile facility.