McIntosh County

The Detention Center

McIntosh County Court Holding (grade four — not currently in use). A grade-four facility may not hold anyone overnight, so the ten disclosure checks are not applied to it.

• Operated byMcIntosh County Sheriff's Office
• StatusNot in use — DOCR's Sep 11, 2025 inspection "determined [it] not to be in use and had held no persons in the past year"
• Rated capacity2
• GradeGrade 4 (court holding; no overnight stays permitted)
• Inspection findingInspectors could not complete a full assessment because they were unable to view the holding area or review the fire inspection report; the report states "a facility inspection must be completed prior to holding anyone"
• Where McIntosh County's prisoners are actually heldBurleigh Morton Detention Center and Stutsman County Correctional Center, per those facilities' own DOCR inspection reports

Source: ND DOCR inspection report — McIntosh County Court Holding (Sep 11, 2025) · checked 2026-08-25

The Building

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

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds2 (rated capacity of the grade four court holding room, not in use)

The Sheriff

Sheriff Steve Delzer

• Runs a jailCounty has no operating jail — the grade four court holding room in Ashley was found by DOCR to be "not in use" and to have "held no persons in the past year"
• Where prisoners goBurleigh Morton Detention Center and Stutsman County Correctional Center

Source: ND DOCR inspection report — McIntosh County Court Holding (Sep 11, 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 →