Rusk County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Run the name through Rusk County Inmate Search. A result shows the booking and any bail. If you need more, call the Sheriff's Office at 715-532-2189; that one line serves both.

The booking may take a short time to show up after an arrest. Look again before you start calling around.

The Rusk County Jail is in the Rusk County Government Center, 311 East Miner Avenue, Suite L100, Ladysmith, WI 54848. State inspectors rate it for up to 52 people, and it is approved to double-cell. It is not approved to hold juveniles.

Rusk County holds its own arrestees and does not rely on a state-run jail, because Wisconsin has no such system.

Start with a call to 715-532-2189 and give the full name. The staff can say whether a judge has set bail and where they want the payment brought. Wisconsin law lets an officer accept set bail only at a sheriff's office or police station, with a receipt.

If bail was set in the courtroom, the Clerk of Circuit Court at 715-532-2108, in Suite L350 of the same building, can tell you whether the clerk's counter will take it.

Not in Wisconsin. Paid bail bonding was ended, and Wis. Stat. 969.12 allows only an unpaid individual who lives in the state to act as a surety. A company cannot be a surety, and nobody may be compensated for acting as one.

If a message promises to free someone from the Rusk County Jail for a fee, ignore it. Pay only through the Sheriff's Office or clerk, and keep the receipt.

Money, and only money. Contact bans, curfews, drug tests, and similar orders are conditions of release, and a judge can use them with no bail.

The judge can order bail only after finding a reasonable basis to believe it is needed to bring the person back to court. When the charge is a violent crime, the judge may weigh all the circumstances, including prior violent convictions.

Rusk County has a circuit court judge in the Government Center. Circuit Court staff answer at 715-532-2150. A person who is arrested must be brought before a judge within a reasonable time, and for a warrantless arrest probable cause must be found within 48 hours. A hearing can take place by video link.

Use Rusk County Inmate Search for the amount, and the clerk at 715-532-2108 for the date.

No, the judge does. But the District Attorney's Office, in Suite L327 of the Government Center at 715-532-2159, can ask the court to change release conditions, and it is the office that asks for a no-bail hold in serious cases.

If you are the victim or a witness and have a worry about a release, the Victim/Witness line is 715-532-2173.

No. Misdemeanor bail may never exceed the highest fine allowed for that offense. A felony has no statewide chart, so the judge sets it.

The judge can look at ability to pay, the person's record, the facts, and the strength of the evidence. A lawyer can argue for a lower number or for release on conditions.

Under Wis. Stat. 969.035, only in limited cases: certain serious charges, or violent-crime charges where the person has a prior violent conviction. The prosecutor must petition and say that conditions will not protect the community.

A hearing starts within 10 days and the state must meet the clear and convincing standard. The hold can last up to 60 days after the hearing, and the defendant may ask for release at any time.

Under Wis. Stat. 968.075, deputies must arrest in defined situations. They may not let the person go until bail is posted or a judge sees the case. After that, a 72-hour no-contact order bars the person from the victim's home and from any contact.

A person who knowingly breaks it can face up to nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine. The victim can waive the order in writing.

Possibly, through Huber release under Wis. Stat. 303.08. It applies to people sentenced to county jail, and the court grants it. It lets the inmate leave at set hours to work, attend school or treatment, or care for family, and wages go to a trust account that pays board and other costs.

Huber does not apply to someone waiting for trial. For a sentenced inmate, the Sheriff's Office at 715-532-2189 explains how the jail handles it.

The Rusk County Jail cannot hold juveniles. Youth matters go through the juvenile side of circuit court and the county's Children and Family Services unit, which includes youth justice, in the Health and Human Services office at 715-532-2299. The Clerk of Circuit Court, who is also the juvenile clerk, answers at 715-532-2108.

Call either office for the hearing date and the location of the child.

The State Public Defender's Chippewa Falls office covers Barron, Rusk, and Chippewa counties. It is at 10 North Bridge Street, Suite 200, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, phone 715-908-8473.

Raise the request with the judge at the first hearing. A person still held 72 hours after it can ask the judge to review the release conditions.

The court may forfeit the bail and order an arrest warrant. Wis. Stat. 946.49 adds bail jumping: a Class A misdemeanor if the person was released on a misdemeanor, a Class H felony if released on a felony.

After a move, the clerk must receive the new address in writing within 48 hours.

If charges are dismissed or the person is acquitted, the deposit goes back to the person who paid it. After a conviction the leftover, after bond costs, goes to restitution and then the judgment. Ask the clerk at 715-532-2108 about the process.

Money placed on an inmate's jail account is not bail, and it is not refunded as bail.