This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking record, schedule a visit, or change a court date. Use the official office or facility below for those actions.
Where to Start
Wheeler County does not have a researched Wheeler County-operated jail. For a Wheeler arrest, start with the sheriff's office for the incident or arrest report, then check the custody facility that may hold the person.
Wheeler County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Jeremiah Holmes
701 Adams St.
P.O. Box 447
Fossil, OR 97830
Phone: 541-763-4101
Email: sheriff@wheelercountyor.gov
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.; Friday by appointment
After-hours nonemergency: 541-384-2080
NORCOR Adult Facility
201 Webber Street
The Dalles, OR 97058
Phone: 541-298-1576
Email: inquiries@norcor.co.wasco.or.us
Public roster: NORCOR Adults in Custody
Records: public information page and records request form through NORCOR
Grant County Jail
205 S Humbolt
Canyon City, OR 97820
Phone: 541-575-1134
Use these routes based on the type of information needed:
- For a current Wheeler County jail placement, use the jail inmate records page and check NORCOR or Grant County Jail.
- For a booking-photo question, use jail roster mugshots and remember that Oregon booking-photo access is limited by ORS 133.870.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Wheeler County court contacts.
- For facility rules, addresses, and phone numbers, use the detention facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Oregon prison case, use Oregon DOC Oregon Offender Search or Oregon VISOR rather than a county jail roster.
- For federal prison or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
Courts and Prosecutor
Custody status and court status are different records. Court staff can answer public case-access questions, but they cannot act as legal counsel.
- Wheeler County Circuit Court, 701 Adams St., Fossil, OR 97830, 541-763-2541. Public hours listed in the research are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
- Fossil Justice Court, 541-763-2047.
- Mitchell Justice Court, 541-462-3600.
- Wheeler County District Attorney Gretchen Ladd, 701 Adams St., P.O. Box 512, Fossil, OR 97830, 541-763-4207. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.