Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tulare County, California, has about 484,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tulare County is held at the county jail, run by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Tulare County public records, Tulare County arrest records, Tulare County warrants, Tulare County criminal records, Tulare County court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Tulare County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tulare County is held at the county jail, run by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at tularecounty.ca.gov/sheriff (page title: Tulare County Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Tulare County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 1,190 people, down from about 1,500 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,615 beds, and it ran at 70 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tulare County has about 484,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 25 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tulare County Jail
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Dinuba, Lindsay, Farmersville and two more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Tulare County.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies, two state police units, one other agency and one campus police department in Tulare County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Tulare County Sheriff's Office's 3,691 for 2025, Visalia's 3,631 for 2025 and Porterville's 2,812 for 2025.
Together, the nine agencies in Tulare County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,886 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Tulare County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Tulare County serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Tulare County?
Ask the Tulare County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tularecounty.ca.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Tulare County jail?
About 1,190 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,615 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tulare County go?
To a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Is this the official Tulare County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.