Contacts

Madera Custody Contacts

For a current adult county-jail question, start with the Madera County Jail. The jail is operated by the Madera County Sheriff's Office - Jail Division, and Sheriff Tyson J. Pogue may be named in county sheriff materials. Use the court contacts for formal charges, case copies, bail orders, and record-search requests after a criminal case is filed.

Different custody systems answer different questions. A person held before trial in Madera County Jail is not searched the same way as a sentenced CDCR prisoner in Chowchilla, a federal prisoner, or a person in immigration custody.

• For a current county-jail custody check, call the jail and review jail inmate records for the local lookup path.
• For a booking photo request, use jail or county public-records channels and review jail roster mugshots.
• For charges after an arrest, use the Madera Superior Court portal or Criminal Division and review court records after a jail arrest.
• For a specific local facility, use the facility pages listed in the footer.
• For a sentenced California prisoner, search CDCR CIRIS or call the CDCR Identification Unit at (916) 445-6713 during its posted weekday hours.
• For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS.

Court Records and Copies

Madera Superior Court handles criminal case records after the prosecutor files charges. The court's online services page links to the public portal, and the Madera Superior Court case portal requires account registration for case-data searches. Public portal access is limited by the court's posted daily search limit.

The Criminal Division page describes record searches, copies, and court procedures. Research for this project found a $15 record-search fee per name and index, copy fees of $0.50 per page, and an additional $25 certification fee per case. The Criminal Division's normal public window is 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; the drop box runs 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., and cash payments cannot be placed in the drop box.