Bob Wiley Release Paths
Bob Wiley Detention Facility is a Tulare County Sheriff's Office detention facility on Road 112 in Visalia. A person released from Bob Wiley may leave county custody, move to a different Tulare County jail facility before final release, or be transferred to a state, federal, immigration, or other local agency. That distinction matters because the active Tulare County inmate search is not a released-person archive. It is best read as a live custody signal.
The release path should be verified by event, not by name alone. A Bob Wiley record may show that the person was booked there, but the final release may have been recorded by another holding facility if the person was moved first. A court order, VINE notice, or records response can clarify whether the event was bond, own-recognizance release, time served, dismissal, probation, sentence completion, CDCR transfer, or another agency hold.
| Release clue | Where to verify | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| No active roster row | VINE, court, sheriff records | May mean release or transfer |
| Court hearing near release | Tulare Superior Court portal or records request | Explains the legal order |
| State-prison sentence | CDCR CIRIS after transfer | County custody may have ended but CDCR custody began |
| ICE or federal hold | ICE, BOP, federal court, or records response | County release may not mean community release |
Confirm Bob Wiley Release
Use the official sheriff tools first, but do not stop at a blank active search result. Tulare County research found no official separate 24-hour or 72-hour release list. The county points users toward current custody search, VINE custody status, facility contacts, and records. That makes Bob Wiley release research a chain of checks rather than a single public list.
- Check the Tulare County Sheriff's inmate search for current custody.
- Open the sheriff VINE custody-status page or call VINE for a custody-change event.
- Review the Tulare Superior Court case when a hearing, plea, sentence, dismissal, warrant recall, or credit issue may have caused release.
- Call Bob Wiley only for current facility public information. Use sheriff records for a post-release record.
- If transfer is suspected, search the receiving system, such as CDCR CIRIS, BOP, or ICE.
California Government Code 7923.610 makes the time and manner of release or current holding location a key public arrest-information field, subject to limits. A narrow request should ask for the specific booking or jacket number if known, the booking date, charges or holds, the releasing facility, and whether the custody event ended by release, court order, bond, transfer, or another agency taking custody. For a broader explanation of the county record fields, use the Tulare County released inmates search and records page.
Do not treat Bob Wiley as the final release site if the person was moved to Adult Pre-Trial or South County before custody ended.
Bob Wiley Records Contact
The sheriff's Bob Wiley page identifies the facility and lists its contact number. The sheriff booking-photo policy also directs in-custody public-information questions to the booking sergeant at the facility holding the inmate. That route is useful only while the person is held or when the facility can confirm the current custody location. After release, sheriff records and court records are usually the better release-document paths.
Bob Wiley Detention Facility
36712 Road 112
Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 735-1700
Tulare County Sheriff's Office Records
833 S. Akers St.
Visalia, CA 93277
Records phone: (559) 802-9538
Sheriff records/PRA phone: (559) 802-9400
For court-linked releases, the Tulare Superior Court criminal division and online portal may show the charge disposition or minute order. A jail record can show that custody ended. The court record can show why it ended.
Bob Wiley Sheriff Source
The official Bob Wiley Detention Facility page is the facility-specific sheriff source for this custody location.
Use that source for facility identity and contact context, then use VINE, court, and sheriff records to confirm a release after a person leaves active custody.
Bob Wiley Photo Limits
Tulare County's booking-photo policy is important for Bob Wiley searches. The sheriff says certain public information can be released for people in custody, including booking photos as authorized by the arresting agency. The same local policy says booking photos cannot be released after the individual is no longer in custody. That means a successful release confirmation may also explain why a later sheriff booking-photo request fails.
Separate the release record from the photo issue. The release record asks when custody ended, how it ended, and where the person went. A booking photo is a different item and is subject to Tulare County's stated in-custody rule. If the person was transferred to CDCR or another system, that system may have its own public custody record. If the person is on a narrow public registry, that registry may have its own photo rules.
- Booking sergeant
- The facility route for current in-custody public information.
- Release record
- The record field or response showing time and manner of release or current holding location.
- Disposition
- The court outcome or order that explains what happened to the criminal case.
Note: Bob Wiley release confirmation is strongest when the custody source and the court source point to the same event.
Bob Wiley Records Request
A Bob Wiley release request should be specific because California law separates public arrest and release information from broader local summary criminal history. Government Code 7923.610 supports a request for the time and manner of release or the current holding location for a specific custody event. Penal Code 13300 limits broader local summary criminal history. In practice, that means a narrow Bob Wiley request is stronger than asking for every past contact tied to a name.
Include the full name, date of birth if known, booking date, jacket or booking number if known, arresting agency, charges or holds, and the facility believed to have held the person. Ask whether the custody event ended at Bob Wiley, whether the person moved to Adult Pre-Trial or South County before final release, whether the release was by court order, bond, sentence credit, transfer, or another agency, and whether a current holding location was listed at the time of the public record.
For a same-day or recent event, VINE may show the custody change before a records response is ready. For an older event, the Tulare Superior Court case can be more durable because court records outlive the active jail roster. If the release followed a sentence or probation order, the minute order can explain the outcome while sheriff records confirm the custody side.