YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Information Access for Victims
VOICE/VINE Access Line
1-800-398-2403
A Service to Help Protect Wisconsin's Citizens
Beginning June 1, 1997, persons convicted of a felony sex offense are required to register with the Department of Corrections. For at least 15 years following the expiration of their sentence, offenders must update information regarding their residence, employment, and school enrollment.
Victims, or members of their family, have a right to access information regarding the offender of their crime through the Sex Offender Registry. This information is available 24 hours a day by calling the VINE toll-free telephone number (1-800-398-2403) and entering your assigned victim ID number.
If you do not have a victim ID number, please contact the Victim/Witness Coordinator or District Attorney in the county of sentencing or the Department of Corrections, Office of Victim Services and Programs toll free number at 1-800-947-5777 or, if in the Madison area, at 608-240-5888.
INFORMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM THE REGISTRY
- Verification the offender committed an offense requiring registration
- Date information was last updated
- Identifying Information
- Offender's name and any known aliases
- Location Information
- Address of residence
- Name and address of place of employment (if employed)
- Name and address of school (if enrolled)
- Status Information
- If the offender is in custody and where
- Name and phone number of the supervising unit or the contact agency
- If the offender has absconded or is not in compliance with the Registry requirements
An absconder is an offender whose whereabouts are unknown and who has not reported to supervision as required. If you have any information on the offender's whereabouts, you are encouraged to contact your local law enforcement officials or the Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry Program at 1-877-234-0085 (toll free).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO KNOW
- The Registry only contains information on offenders who have been convicted,
adjudicated delinquent or committed for a crime specified under the registration
law. The information is specific to offenders convicted of certain sex
crime and who, on or after 12/25/93, were:
- Sentenced;
- In an institution;
- On community supervision; or
- Discharged from their sentence.
- The Registry does not contain information on all convicted sex offenders or those individuals whose sexually violent behaviors have not come to the attention of the authorities.
- Please note: it may take up to 60 days after the offender is sentenced before information is available in the Registry and VINE systems.
It is illegal to use information obtained through the Registry to harass, discriminate or commit a crime against any registrant.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
WI Department of Corrections
Sex Offender Registry Program (SORP)
3099 E Washington Avenue
PO Box 7925
Madison, WI 53707-7925
877-234-0085 (toll free)
WI Department of Corrections
Office of Victim Services and Programs
3099 E Washington Avenue
PO Box 7925
Madison, WI 53707-7925
800-947-5777 (toll free)
608-240-5888 (Madison area)
WIVictimsVoice.org
