The Pre-Trial Facility holds people awaiting trial. Next door, the Bob Wiley Detention Facility, 36712 Road 112, Visalia, CA 93291 (559-735-1700), holds sentenced inmates. The South County Detention Facility in Porterville serves the south end.

Tulare County Inmate Search lists people at every site. The Pre-Trial desk at 559-735-1750 can confirm bookings.

In-custody arraignments are held inside two court days, mainly at the Visalia courthouse, 221 South Mooney Boulevard (559-730-5000). Porterville (559-782-3700) and Dinuba (559-595-6400) hear local cases. Read Tulare court steps.

People held in Visalia reach court in person or by video, as each courtroom arranges, and CourtCall setup belongs to the parties of a case. A party in a related family or civil case, or a probate matter, may create a CourtCall registration when the judge allows.

The court's bail schedule dated November 6, 2025, sets first amounts. Visalia's jail takes payment directly; bail agents are the other route. A judge reviews bail and must consider his real finances. See the Tulare bail guide.

Visalia office: 559-636-4500. Porterville office: 559-782-6960. Juvenile unit: 559-735-1435.

Each Visalia facility sets its own visit hours. Book ahead and bring photo ID. See Tulare visits and video visits.

Write the booking number and the right facility address from the roster. Topics: mail tips, money tips, commissary tips, calling tips, message tips, tablet tips.

The Juvenile Detention Facility, 11200 Avenue 368, Visalia (559-735-1600), holds minors. Probation also runs a youth facility for longer programs.

Tulare deputies don't collect bail by phone with gift cards. Phone the Sheriff at 559-802-9400 to check a call you got.

Federal cases are made by the Postal Inspection Service, the FBI, or the Secret Service, sometimes with state officers. This county is in the Fresno Division (Eastern District of California), so cases are held in Fresno, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721. The clerk's line: 559-499-5600. Pretrial services first talks with your loved one and writes a report to the court. Often by the next weekday, your loved one meets a federal magistrate judge. Bail is not a set dollar figure in federal court. Applying U.S. bail rules, a judge runs a release hearing then rules on detention or release.

Check the county roster; there the hold may be noted. Before trial, U.S. Marshals often hold them in local jails. This district's Marshals staff in Fresno can say where the inmate is: 559-442-2858, 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 3501, Fresno, CA 93721. Sentenced people leave the local jail to the BOP after sentencing. Locate them through the Bureau of Prisons search.

• ICE finds out about the arrest through fingerprints the jail send. ICE can then place a detainer.
• Paying the bond won't erase the detainer.
• With the request, ICE asks the Visalia jail to keep your loved one up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Visalia jailers rely on Gov. Code 7284.6, the Values Act: release comes on the county schedule, and a release-date notice or ICE transfer happens only with a court-signed warrant or certain listed convictions.
• Immigration officers usually collect them at the jail in that time. If ICE stays away, this means the person goes free.
• The free web tool, the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, shows where they are held by A-number and home country. Anyone lacking the inmate's A-number can use native country, DOB, and the inmate's full name.
• The office for this county is ICE's San Francisco ERO office: 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111; call 415-365-8800.
• ICE alone picks which center they go to.

California's prison system, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, houses anyone given prison time. First, they remain in the Visalia jail until the CDCR finds a bed, which may take weeks. State reception is next; papers, photos and a health look up. There, officers weigh physical and emotional health, custody score and gang connections. Their last move is the unit that suits their rating.

Use the CDCR inmate locator to find them. The California prison page lists prison addresses.

Tulare mugshots are not shown in the Tulare jail search, only names and booking details.

Penal Code 13665 is the key law. It covers social media posts. Most nonviolent arrests fall under it. Police can't post those mugshots online there. Photos posted there expire after 14 days. A judge can also allow a post. The sheriff's own website isn't covered. Even so, many sheriffs leave photos off.

A journalist can seek an unposted mugshot from sheriff's staff, 559-802-9400. Federal booking photos stay private for the community and press. The Marshals' policy limits release to three situations: to locate a fugitive or escapee, if release would help catch them or warn the community or for immediate community safety. Immigration photos are released just via a records request to ICE, and only if ICE agrees.

• Visalia Police non-emergency: 559-734-8116
• Tulare Police non-emergency: 559-684-4290
• Porterville Police non-emergency: 559-782-7400
• Tulare County Sheriff's Office: 559-802-9400

Possibly. Most warrant arrests from Dinuba to Porterville are booked at the Pre-Trial Facility on Road 112, and Lindsay and Exeter arrests travel there too. The South Mooney Boulevard clerk, 559-730-5000, can explain how to return to court. Sheriff's deputies handle warrant calls and statewide checks. The court's online services include case information. Named on the warrant yourself? Have a lawyer book a Road 112 surrender for a day that suits you, often within the same week, with family nearby.