Brown County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Start with Brown County Inmate Search. It shows whether the person is booked and what the bail is.

Brown County Jail is crowded, and the county pays other counties to hold some of its inmates. If the search shows nothing and you are sure of the arrest, call the jail administrator's line at 920-448-4250 and ask where the person is housed. The jail is at 3030 Curry Lane, Green Bay, WI 54311.

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The record on Brown County Inmate Search carries the bail once a judge has set it. Until the first court appearance, there may be no figure, or only a figure written on the arrest warrant.

For anything the search leaves out, call the Sheriff's Office at 920-448-4222 or the jail line at 920-448-4250. Have the full name and birth date ready.

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Yes, through a two-step process. You first fill out the bond payment form on the Posting Bond page of the Sheriff's Office section of the Brown County website. You then receive a link to AllPaid, where you enter the card or bank details. When AllPaid confirms the payment, it tells the jail, and jail staff finish the bond.

AllPaid charges its own fee. Card payments start at a $3.99 minimum, and eCheck payments start at $2.00. The fee schedule appears before you pay.

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Go to the Brown County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center, 3030 Curry Lane, Green Bay. Bond is taken at the jail itself. Bring a photo ID and the person's full name. Call 920-448-4250 before you drive over so staff can tell you who will take the payment.

Wisconsin law says an officer may take bail only at a sheriff's office or police station, and the officer must give you a serially numbered receipt. Keep that receipt. It is how you claim the money back later.

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A cashier's check does not free anyone on the day you hand it over. The jail holds the person until the bank clears the check, and that can take about 10 to 15 business days.

If the person needs out quickly, pay by card through AllPaid or bring cash. A real agency never demands payment by phone. If a caller asks for bail money, hang up and use the jail number on this page.

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No. Wisconsin banned bail bonding for profit. Under Wis. Stat. 969.12, a surety must be a person, not a company, and nobody may be paid for acting as one. No Green Bay business can post this bail for a fee.

Anyone who offers to do it is not working under Wisconsin law. Use the county's own payment channels, which are the jail desk and AllPaid.

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A judge sets it at the initial appearance, and Wisconsin law calls bail the money part of release only. Other limits, like no contact or no alcohol, are "conditions of release." A judge may order money bail only after finding it is needed to make sure the person comes back to court, or, for an accused violent crime, under the totality of the circumstances.

The judge weighs the person's ability to pay, the seriousness of the charge, prior record, ties to the community, and how strong the evidence looks.

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Wis. Stat. 970.01 requires an appearance before a judge within a reasonable time. Court decisions treat 48 hours as the outer limit for a judge to find probable cause after an arrest made without a warrant.

An appearance can be held by live video, and the person may waive appearing in the room.

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Often, yes. For a misdemeanor, the judge may release the person without bail or on an unsecured appearance bond, which means signing a promise to pay if the terms are broken. Felonies follow the same pattern under Wis. Stat. 969.03.

The judge can also add rules, such as staying away from named people or limits on travel. The state's misdemeanor schedule tells officers to release a misdemeanor arrest without cash unless the person lacks ID, seems dangerous, has weak local ties, or missed court before.

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No more than the law allows. Bail for any misdemeanor cannot be higher than the largest fine the law allows for that offense (Wis. Stat. 969.02(8)). Felony bail has no such cap, and no statewide felony price list exists.

When bail rests only on the risk of missing court, the amount may be only what is needed to bring the person back. When it rests on a violent-crime finding, the amount may not be excessive.

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Wisconsin officers must arrest when they have reasonable grounds that a domestic abuse crime happened and certain conditions are met. The officer may not release that person until bail is posted or a judge sees the case.

Once the person is out, a 72-hour no-contact rule starts. The person must keep away from the victim's home and cannot call, text, or send messages to the victim during that time. A violation can bring a fine up to $10,000, up to nine months in jail, or both. The victim can sign a written waiver.

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Only in narrow cases. Wis. Stat. 969.035 lets a judge hold someone, for example after a charge like first-degree intentional homicide, or a violent crime when there is a prior violent conviction. The District Attorney must ask, and a hearing must start within 10 days.

The prosecutor carries the burden of clear and convincing evidence. A judge who agrees may deny release for up to 60 days counted from the hearing, and an eligible person then goes back to the normal release rules.

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A judge may accept a surety: a Wisconsin resident, a natural person, who is not paid, and who can show the means to cover the bond.

If the person skips court, the surety can be held for the amount. The statute gives no property-lien procedure, so ask the Clerk what the judge will accept.

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The Sheriff's Office runs a program for people with Huber privileges. They serve jail time at home wearing a bracelet with GPS and alcohol detection. Huber under Wis. Stat. 303.08 is a privilege for people sentenced to county jail, mostly for work, school, treatment, or family care.

It is not a way to post bail. Someone held before trial because bail is unpaid cannot switch to Huber.

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The same building holds juveniles. The Brown County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center has a juvenile pod with a capacity of 15 and its own Juvenile Superintendent. Call 920-448-4250 to reach staff. Youth cases move through juvenile court, not the adult bail process.

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If the case is dismissed or the person is found not guilty, the deposit goes back to the person who made it (Wis. Stat. 969.03). If there is a conviction, the court takes the leftover deposit, after bond costs, for restitution and then for the judgment.

A bail that is forfeited does not come back. Keep the receipt and the case number, then ask the Clerk of Circuit Court at 920-448-4155 how refunds are handled.

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The judge can order the bail forfeited and issue an arrest warrant. Notice goes by mail, and if the person does not appear within 30 days judgment can be entered on the deposit. The money then pays victim losses first, then costs.

Breaking bond terms on purpose is the crime of bail jumping (Wis. Stat. 946.49). It is charged as a Class A misdemeanor if the original case was a misdemeanor, and as a Class H felony if it was a felony.

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The State Public Defender's Green Bay office, 139 S Washington Street, serves Brown, Door and Kewaunee counties. Call 920-448-5433. The office can be asked to help a person who cannot afford a lawyer.

Tell the judge at your first hearing that you want a public defender. A lawyer can ask the judge to lower bail or change conditions, and after 72 hours a jailed defendant who still cannot meet the conditions can ask for a review (Wis. Stat. 969.08).

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