Jonathan Delagrave Youth Development and Care Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Type the name into Racine County Inmate Search. A completed booking shows the charge and the bail. The county website shows court paperwork changes within about 15 minutes of processing, so look there before you call.

For questions the search cannot answer, call the jail at 262-636-3929. Sheriff's administration is at 262-636-3822.

The Racine County Jail is in the Law Enforcement Center, 717 Wisconsin Avenue, Racine, WI 53403. It can hold 876 people and is among the largest pretrial jails in Wisconsin.

The county courthouse is at 730 Wisconsin Avenue. Wisconsin counties run their own jails, and Racine does not send arrestees to a state facility.

Inmates go to court Monday through Friday, except holidays. People arrested on new charges typically appear the next business day between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Traffic cases are handled separately. People arrested on warrants can wait one to two business days.

State law requires an appearance within a reasonable time, and a judge must find probable cause within 48 hours of an arrest made without a warrant. Weekend arrests wait for Monday.

A court commissioner or judge decides at the first appearance. Before that hearing, county staff interview newly arrested people each day who remain in jail, check their record, and write a risk report for the commissioner, the district attorney, and the defense lawyer.

The report rates the chance of missing court and the chance of a new offense. The commissioner then weighs it with other information when setting bond.

The Clerk of Circuit Court names three. A cash bond is money posted with the jail or the court. A signature bond is a written promise from the defendant to return. A co-signature bond is signed by the defendant and one other person.

The statute calls a signature bond an unsecured appearance bond: nothing is paid up front, and the amount is owed only if the terms are broken.

Call the jail at 262-636-3929 and ask which window or desk takes the payment for that booking. Bring photo ID, the full name, and the booking number.

Racine County takes credit cards through a service called GPS, which charges a service fee that is not refunded. Under state law an officer may take bail only at a sheriff's office or police station, and a clerk may accept a card. Keep your receipt.

Releases are usually between 4 and 6 a.m., with some exceptions. Court paperwork usually does not reach the jail before 6:00 p.m., so a bond paid in the morning may not finish the same day.

People held only on a probation hold are released shortly after the Department of Corrections tells the jail, as long as there are no other charges.

No. Wisconsin bars anyone from being paid to act as a surety, and Wis. Stat. 969.12 requires a surety to be a person living in the state. Racine has no licensed bond companies.

Anyone who offers to post bond for a cut is acting outside what Wisconsin law allows. If you cannot pay, ask a lawyer to request a lower amount or a signature bond.

Yes, if the judge accepts the signer. A co-signature bond needs the defendant and a named person to sign. The signer must be an unpaid adult who lives in Wisconsin.

The judge can require a sworn statement that the signer can cover the amount. The statute has no deed or lien routine, so ask the Clerk at 262-636-3333 how the court handles property.

If the other place has set a bond amount, you can pay it. If it goes unpaid, that agency transports the person to its own facility.

The jail does not announce transport plans for security reasons. Ask 262-636-3929 whether a hold exists before you pay anything.

Felony cases are in the Law Enforcement Center, lower level, with the felony desk at 262-636-3242. Misdemeanor and traffic courts are on the main level, at 262-636-3508 and 262-636-3148. The Clerk of Circuit Court main line is 262-636-3333.

Clerk hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and you should be ready to finish business by 4:10 p.m.

Yes. The Racine County Alternatives Program supervises defendants the courts refer, monitors release conditions such as alcohol and drug testing and electronic monitoring, and links people to treatment.

A second program supervises people with two or more drunk-driving cases as a bond condition from the first hearing through the end of the case.

A prosecutor can ask the court to detain a person charged with listed serious offenses, or with a violent crime after a past violent conviction. A detention request gets a hearing in 10 days or less.

The proof must be clear and convincing, and detention runs no more than 60 days after the hearing. A person held 72 hours after the first appearance may ask the judge for a review of terms.

Officers must arrest in many such cases and cannot release the person until bail is posted or a judge appears. The person signs the release rules.

Contact with the victim is banned for 72 hours, and so is going to the victim's home. A knowing violation can bring a fine up to $10,000, nine months in jail, or both.

For misdemeanors, the Wisconsin Judicial Conference publishes a Uniform Misdemeanor Bail Schedule, and the bail cannot be higher than the highest fine for the offense. Officers release most misdemeanor arrests without cash unless the person has no ID, is a danger, lacks community ties, skipped court before, or the case needs more investigation.

Felonies have no statewide bail schedule. The commissioner or judge sets it for each person.

The Clerk of Circuit Court refunds the person who posted, after the case is completed or as the court orders, by mail to the name and address on the receipt. Refunds come within four to six weeks.

Cash bond can be applied to restitution, fines, fees, or court costs without further notice. A broken bond term can lead to forfeiture and judgment after 30 days.

A missed date can mean a warrant, a forfeited bond, and a bail jumping charge, which is a Class A misdemeanor after a misdemeanor release and a Class H felony after a felony release.

Report any new address to the clerk within 48 hours, in writing, and call a lawyer the same day.

Yes, in some cases. Anyone serving time at the jail pays a $30.00 booking fee, and a person arrested on a warrant that the Sheriff's Office entered pays a $35.00 warrant fee.

These charges are separate from the bail amount.

Ask the judge at the first hearing. The State Public Defender office is at 212 4th Street, Suite 200, Racine, 262-638-7530.

A lawyer can ask for a lower bail or different conditions.

Juvenile cases are heard in juvenile court, reached through the misdemeanor and juvenile line at 262-636-3508. Racine County runs youth detention at the Dennis Kornwolf Service Center, 1717 Taylor Avenue, which also takes youth from Kenosha and other southeastern counties.

The county's Youth Development and Care Center, 2300 Three Mile Road, Caledonia, opened May 1, 2025, and houses both secure detention and correctional placement. Children do not appear in the adult search.