Bottineau County

The Detention Center

Bottineau County Correctional Center

• Operated byBottineau County Sheriff's Office
• Detention commandTanner Hellenbrand — Chief of Operations, Bottineau County Correctional Center
• Address314 5th Street West, Bottineau, ND 58318
• Rated capacity22, per the DOCR inspection report; the county's own site describes it as a "state-of-the-art 26 bed Correctional Center" — this discrepancy between 22 (DOCR) and 26 (county site) was not resolved
• Population on inspection day6
• GradeGrade one — up to a one-year hold
• Compliance"Compliance with Standards 107" / "Non-Compliance with Standards 0" — full compliance
• Counties served"the counties of Renville, Pembina, Rolette, Burke, and McHenry" under verbal and contractual agreements, per the county's own DOCR inspection report

Source: Bottineau County Correctional Center — DOCR Inspection Report (Sep 17-18, 2025) · checked 2026-08-25

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✓Beds and daily population
• ✓What it costs taxpayers
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✓PREA audits
• ✗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 Bottineau County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-25. 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
• Beds22 (DOCR inspection) / described as "26 bed" on the county's own site — unresolved discrepancy

The Sheriff

Sheriff Jeremy Tofteland

• Runs the jailYes — statutory keeper of Bottineau County Correctional Center under NDCC 11-15-03(1)(f); day-to-day operation delegated to a Chief of Operations
• ElectedYes — NDCC 11-10-02, four-year term
• Office314 5th Street West, Suite 4, Bottineau, ND 58318; (701) 228-2740

Source: Bottineau County Correctional Center — DOCR Inspection Report (Sep 17-18, 2025) · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

North Dakota district judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms (ND Constitution Art. VI, Sec. 1). Midterm vacancies are filled by the Governor from a list submitted by a judicial nominating committee, unless the Governor instead calls a special election (ND Constitution Art. VI, Sec. 13). District judges are state judicial officers, not county officials. Under ND Supreme Court Administrative Rule 20, a presiding judge may appoint a magistrate with delegated authority to hold initial appearances and set bail under NDCC ch. 29-08.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-25

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 →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →