Find Wrangell Jail Mugshots

Wrangell City and Borough jail mugshots come from Wrangell Police Department bookings and from Alaska State Trooper arrests in the outlying areas. This page shows how to search Wrangell jail mugshots, check VINE for an inmate, pull court case data on CourtView, and file a records request with the right office. Wrangell runs a small city jail for short-term holds. Long-term inmates are moved to Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. Start here to find an inmate, pull a booking photo, or look up a case filed in Wrangell.

Wrangell Police Department Records

The Wrangell Police Department is at 215 Front Street, Wrangell, AK 99929. The phone is (907) 874-3304. WPD covers the city limits and the rest of the borough. Officers make the bulk of the local arrests. The department runs the Wrangell City Jail at the same address. Mugshots taken at intake go into the local records file. A records request for a city arrest starts here.

Written records requests should list the subject name, the date of the arrest, and the record type you want. Ask for "booking photograph" if you want a mugshot. Ask for "arrest report" for the narrative. The department processes requests per the Alaska Public Records Act. Copy fees run per APRA, which is a small per-page rate and an hourly rate after the first 5 hours. Turnaround runs about 10 business days for a simple ask.

Wrangell has a year-round population of about 2,100 and sits on Wrangell Island at the mouth of the Stikine River. The force is small, with a handful of sworn officers. Calls after hours still go to the local line, and Alaska State Troopers can back up WPD when a major call comes in. Any trooper arrest in the borough lands in the state file rather than the city file.

Wrangell City Jail Holds

The Wrangell City Jail is run by the police department and sits at 215 Front Street. Call (907) 874-3304 for inmate info. The jail is a short-term hold facility. Pretrial detainees wait here until arraignment or transport. Sentenced misdemeanants may serve a short sentence on site. Anyone facing a longer stay is moved to Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau by plane or by ferry.

A Wrangell booking record has the inmate name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, charges with AS code cites, bail amount, and the next court date. The mugshot is filed in a separate image record. The city keeps a local roster and passes data to the state when an inmate is moved. For help finding someone in custody, call the jail line or use VINE.

VINE is the fastest way to track a Wrangell jail mugshots case. The service is free, runs 24 hours, and pulls state and many city jail rosters. Look up a name at vinelink.com or call 1-800-247-9763. You can set text or email alerts when a custody status changes. VINE updates every 15 minutes for state jails. City jail data may come in slower, so call WPD if VINE does not show the inmate.

Wrangell Court Records

The Alaska Court System runs the Wrangell Court at 205 Front Street, Wrangell, AK 99929. The phone is (907) 874-2311. The court is part of the First Judicial District. Every criminal case filed in the borough moves through this clerk's office. CourtView is the free case search at records.courts.alaska.gov. Search by party name, case number, hearing date, or ticket number.

A case page shows the charges, bail, hearing dates, and the facility where the person is held. Copy fees are $2.50 per page for uncertified copies. Certified copies run $5 plus $2.50 per page. To mail a copy request use Form TF-311. The form is on the Alaska public courts portal. The Wrangell clerk accepts walk-in requests during clerk hours.

Juvenile records are sealed under AS 47.12. Domestic violence cases may be pulled from public view. Sealed cases need a court order. Old paper files from before 1990 may not be in CourtView. The clerk can pull those from storage for a small fee. Felony trials may be moved to Ketchikan or Juneau, but filings still start in Wrangell.

Lemon Creek Correctional Center Holds

Wrangell inmates that face a longer hold are moved to Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. Lemon Creek is at 2000 Lemon Creek Road, Juneau, AK 99801. The phone is (907) 465-6200. It is the main state jail for the First Judicial District. It holds pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and felons awaiting transfer to Goose Creek or Spring Creek. Transport from Wrangell to Juneau runs by plane or by ferry. Bad weather can stretch the move by a day.

A Lemon Creek booking record uses the standard state fields. The mugshot is filed as a separate image record. Text data can be pulled without the image if the image is held back. For help finding an inmate who does not show in VINE, call the facility directly. The state corrections site at doc.alaska.gov has an offender search tool that covers every state jail.

Family can use VINE for custody alerts and the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for federal cases. The BOP tracks federal custody back to 1982. Alaska has no federal prison, so federal inmates tied to a Wrangell arrest will be shipped to a facility in the Lower 48. VINE and the BOP locator together give a fuller picture of where a case stands.

State Troopers and DPS Records

Alaska State Troopers cover the parts of the borough outside the Wrangell city limits, and they back up WPD on major calls. The Petersburg or Ketchikan posts handle Wrangell-area trooper cases. Statewide dispatch is (907) 269-5511. To file a records request with the troopers use the public portal at dpsalaska.justfoia.com. Create an account, pick Alaska State Troopers, and fill out the form. Turnaround runs 10 to 15 working days under AS 40.25.110.

The Criminal Records and Identification Bureau at 5700 East Tudor Road in Anchorage handles name-based criminal history checks for $20 and fingerprint checks for $35. The unit line is (907) 269-5767. Criminal history compiled data is held back by AS 12.62.160 and AS 12.62.180. AS 12.62.110 lists the data fields in the state file. AS 12.25.010 sets the rules on arrest at the start of the chain. The Alaska DPS site links to every public tool.

The troopers post a daily dispatch at dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov. The feed lists arrests and incidents by date. Search by keyword or case number. The feed often names the trooper post that worked the call, which helps figure out where to file a records request later. For Wrangell, some cases may route through Ketchikan or Juneau posts on the way through the system.

Public Records Act Rules

The Alaska Public Records Act is AS 40.25.100 through AS 40.25.295. It is the base rule for records access in the state. Agencies have 10 working days to answer a first request. Fees kick in after the first 5 hours of staff time. Copy fees stack on top of that. For general APRA guidance read the Alaska Department of Law APRA page. Statutes in full text are on the Alaska Legislature site.

Wrangell jail mugshots, arrest reports, and incident narratives are usually open records. The law holds back the full criminal history compilation under AS 12.62.160. Sealed cases need a court order. Juvenile files are off limits. Open investigations can slow a release until the case is no longer active. A narrow request with a name and a date gets a faster reply than a broad ask.

Family tracking a Wrangell case can use VINE, CourtView, the BOP locator, and the daily dispatch at the same time. Each tool covers a different piece of the record chain. The WPD and the court clerk both answer phones during business hours, and a quick call before filing often speeds the full records process.