RYOCF Facility Overview
Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility, often shortened to RYOCF, is a medium-security Wisconsin Department of Corrections institution in the city of Racine. DOC states that its purpose is the care and custody of male offenders ages 18 through 24 who were committed through adult courts. The facility provides security, programming, and health care under DOC authority, so it should be described as a state prison for young adults, not as a juvenile hall or county jail.
DOC describes RYOCF as the first major Wisconsin correctional institution in the heart of an urban area and the first state institution designated for a particular age group within medium security. The physical plant includes a visiting room, multipurpose room and chapel, meeting rooms, staff offices, health services, education areas, a recreation field, gymnasium, a career technical education area, food service programs, laundry, warehouse space, and buildings and grounds support.
RYOCF Population and Capacity
The RYOCF facility map lists capacity as 450 offenders in two 120-cell housing units plus a 27-bed restrictive housing unit. The RYOCF FY25 institutional fact sheet lists a PIOC population of 473 as of June 30, 2025, FY25 operating expenditures of $31,442,495, annual per capita cost of $67,042, and 201 staff. These figures are DOC prison statistics, not Racine County Jail population counts.
The fact sheet reports an average age of 21. It lists race and ethnicity as 33% White, 63% Black, 3% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 18% Hispanic origin. It also reports 50% with a mental-health diagnosis, 87% in a first Wisconsin incarceration, 19% with an active sex offense, and 77% with a violent offense as the most serious offense.
RYOCF Inmate Lookup
The correct lookup system for RYOCF is the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator. DOC says the Inmate and Offender Search tool is used to locate a person in DOC care housed within a DOC facility. A person recently arrested in Racine County may first appear on the county jail roster, but after DOC placement, the statewide locator is the source to check. VINELink may also help with custody notification, but it does not replace the DOC locator.
- Open the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator.
- Search by name or DOC number when that number is known.
- Confirm that the facility field lists Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility.
- Use DOC public details for custody status, placement, sentence, and release information where available.
The DOC locator source page is the same statewide system used for both Racine County state prisons.
The DOC locator is the key distinction for RYOCF because the county jail roster does not search sentenced state prison custody.
RYOCF Address and Contact
Facility-level questions should go to RYOCF or Wisconsin DOC. Court-case copies remain with the court, and local jail booking records remain with the sheriff's office when the record was created during county custody. The current DOC page lists Je'Leslie Taylor as warden in the research capture.
Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility
1501 Albert St
Racine, WI 53404-0001
(262) 638-1999
Wisconsin DOC medium-security institution; fax (262) 638-1777.
The official RYOCF facility page provides DOC source details for the facility address, warden, purpose, and building facts.
The facility image is used here because it is a direct DOC source for RYOCF, not a county jail or third-party listing.
RYOCF Visiting Rules
RYOCF visits follow DOC prison rules. The 2026 RYOCF visiting guide is the facility-specific source for scheduling, hours, visitor limits, identification, late-arrival rules, and conduct rules. Visitors should not rely on Racine County Jail's Sunday non-contact schedule for RYOCF, because the jail and prison are run by different agencies and use different systems. DOC approval, scheduling, identification, dress, and conduct requirements apply before a visit can occur.
| Visit Topic | Source Detail | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | RYOCF 2026 visiting guide | Follow DOC scheduling instructions before travel |
| Visitor limits | Facility visiting guide | Check current limits and approved visitor status |
| Identification | DOC visitor rules | Bring accepted ID and follow entry procedures |
| Late arrivals | RYOCF guide | Confirm current grace periods and denial rules with DOC |
RYOCF Mail Money Phone
RYOCF uses Wisconsin DOC mail, money, property, and telephone rules. DOC general information says institutional mail must include the person's full name and DOC number. Calls are outgoing only, and ICSolutions is the contracted call provider for DOC. The research records DOC calls as $0.06 plus fees and taxes for in-state and out-of-state calls. Money deposits should follow DOC money, mail, and property rules, not Racine County Jail kiosk or iCare rules.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | Use full name, DOC number, and RYOCF facility address |
| Phone | Outgoing DOC calls through ICSolutions |
| Money | Use Wisconsin DOC money and property procedures |
| Property | State prison property rules apply after DOC placement |
RYOCF Intake and Classification
RYOCF intake is a DOC prison process, not street-arrest booking. When a person is booked into Racine County Jail, the county creates a custody date, charges, holds, and jail housing data. When a person moves into DOC care, classification evaluates security risk, program needs, sentence structure, bed space, and related factors. The DOC locator may show facility placement and public sentence or release information, while the WCCA court record shows the criminal case that led to the sentence.
- Adult-court offender
- A person prosecuted and sentenced through adult court, even if young enough to be held at RYOCF.
- Restrictive housing
- A separate DOC housing status with tighter movement and programming controls.
- First Wisconsin incarceration
- A DOC fact-sheet measure showing whether a person is in a first Wisconsin prison term.
RYOCF Programs and Purpose
RYOCF programs reflect its age-specific mission. The FY25 fact sheet lists coping skills, anger management, domestic violence, sex-offender treatment, Thinking for a Change, restrictive housing programming, substance use disorder treatment, parenting, reentry initiatives, Windows to Work, M-TREN, custodial, mechatronics, microcomputer specialist, small business entrepreneurship, customer service, construction pre-apprentice, entrepreneurs in training, and welding. These programs are DOC prison programs and should not be mixed with county jail AODA, Huber, or inmate-worker categories.
The facility's local role is narrow but important. It holds young adult men ages 18 through 24 committed through adult courts. That means a Racine County inmate search may move from the county jail roster to WCCA to the DOC locator as a case proceeds from arrest to sentence and placement.
Families should also keep the age-specific mission in mind when reading public records. RYOCF is for adult-court commitments, so a result in the DOC locator does not mean the person is in juvenile custody. It means DOC has placed the person at a medium-security prison built for young adult offenders. The facility name, DOC number, sentence information, and public release details should be read with that distinction in mind.
Note: Confirm DOC placement, visitor approval, and current visiting rules before making plans to visit RYOCF.