Tulare County Inmate Search: Find Someone at Bob Wiley

What the Roster Gives You

The search returns a single list of everyone currently in Tulare County custody. On the day we checked it held 1,388 records.

Each row carries the jacket number, which is Tulare County’s inmate ID, along with last, first and middle name, any suffix, date of birth, booking date, and the arresting agency. You can page through 10, 25, 50 or 100 records at a time.

The jacket number is the thing to write down. Access Corrections needs it before it will take a deposit, and the mail routing needs it on the envelope.

It Will Not Tell You Which Jail

There is no facility column and no facility filter, only one search box and a page-size control. Tulare County runs more than one detention facility, so a result confirms county custody and nothing more specific.

That matters here more than it might elsewhere. Bob Wiley is at 36712 Road 112 in Visalia. The Pre-Trial Facility and South County Detention Facility are separate buildings with their own arrangements, and the free on-site video visits the county advertises apply only to South County. Turning up at the wrong building, or booking the wrong kind of visit, both start with this gap.

Calling 559-735-1700 is how to settle it.

The Broken Detail Link

Every row in the roster carries a View link that should open a person’s record and charges. It does not work. It returns a page saying no inmate details were found and no charges were found, and it does this on freshly loaded records rather than only on stale ones.

We tested it several ways to be sure it was not a temporary glitch on one record. So if you click through and get an empty page, nothing is wrong on your end and the person has not been released.

Use VINE for Custody Status

VINE is the free statewide service for custody and release information, and it is the practical workaround while the roster’s detail view is down.

• Phone: 877-411-5588
• TTY: 866-847-1298
• Free, 24 hours a day, in English and Spanish

VINE can also register you for notifications about a change in custody status, which is more useful than checking a roster repeatedly.

If They Do Not Come Up

• Try less of the name. One search box means a surname alone often works better than a full name with a middle initial.
• Try spelling variants. A middle name used as a first name, a maiden name, a hyphenated surname typed as one word.
• Give it time. The county publishes no update frequency for the roster, so someone booked in the last few hours may not be listed yet.
• Check the agency. Tulare County covers several cities. Someone arrested by a city police department may be held elsewhere before any transfer.

Once You Have Found Them

Write down the jacket number and the name exactly as the roster spells it. Then confirm the building by phone before you plan anything, because the visiting arrangements, and even the address you use for a package, depend on which facility they are actually in.