McLeod County

The Detention Center

McLeod County Jail

• Operated byMcLeod County Sheriff's Office
• Statutory basis on the county's own page"[The sheriff] has charge and custody of the McLeod County Jail"
• Published servicesThe Sheriff's Office page lists access to in-custody inmate lists, visitation information, inmate intake and release procedures, civil fingerprinting services, and jail programs/volunteer opportunities
• Capacity, budget, deaths, PREA, inspections, contracts, bond/bail info, fee scheduleNot stated on the Sheriff's Office index page opened this session
• Also sourced toMN DOC Adult Facilities Inspection Reports index — https://mn.gov/doc/about/office-inspector-general/inspection-enforcement-licensing/adult-facilities/adult-facilities-inspection-reports/adultreports.jsp

Source: McLeod County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-18

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✗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 McLeod County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-18. 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 Tim Langenfeld

• Runs the jailThe county's own site states the sheriff "has charge and custody of the McLeod County Jail"
• How the office is filledElected countywide to a four-year term under Minn. Stat. 382.01 (MN state layer); the county's elected-officials page lists his current term as ending January 2027
• Billed asThe county's own site describes him as the "27th Sheriff of McLeod County"
• Service areaMcLeod County is described as 504 square miles with approximately 36,735 residents; the office also contracts law enforcement services to the City of Stewart and City of Silver Lake
• Also sourced toMcLeod County Elected Officials and District Judges — https://www.mcleodcountymn.gov/departments/administration/county_directory/elected_officials_and_district_judges.php

Source: McLeod County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-18

The Judges

Minnesota district judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms, but most first reach the bench by gubernatorial appointment to a mid-term vacancy. Bail at first appearance is set by the court under Minn. R. Crim. P. 6.02. The county's own directory page lists these judges' terms as ending January 2025; this research did not reverify whether either was subsequently retained or replaced.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-18

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 boardBoard of County Commissioners