Tuscola County

The Detention Center

Tuscola County Jail

• Operated byTuscola County Sheriff's Office
• Jail/office address420 Court St. Ste 1, Caro, MI 48723
• BedsNot found
• VisitationTransitioned to video visitation as of March 2, 2021; one onsite video visit per week, 30 minutes, via icsolutions.com or lobby kiosk

Source: Tuscola County Sheriff's Office visitor information page · checked 2026-09-19

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Tuscola County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-19. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Ryan Robinson

• Runs the jailThe Tuscola County Sheriff's Office operates the Tuscola County Jail from its offices at 420 Court St. Ste 1, Caro, MI
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term, MCL 51.70
• Statutory basisMCL 51.75 gives the sheriff custody of the county jail

Source: Tuscola County official site · checked 2026-09-19

The Judges

Michigan circuit and district court judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms under Mich. Const. art. VI — state judicial officers, not county officials.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-19

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardTuscola County Board of Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →