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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Detention facilities

Ward County Detention Center

Address
204 Front Street SE
Minot, ND 58701
Phone
(701) 857-6535
Field office
St. Paul Field Office
Operator
USMS agreement
Immigration court
Not settled from public lists. Check the hearing notice, or the jurisdiction map.
ICE page
ice.gov listing

Visiting

Go to InmateCanteen.com to start the process of visiting with a detainee. Unaccompanied visitors must be at least 18 years of age. - Persons under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. - Proof of the parent/guardian relationship will be required (proof may be a birth certificate or court ordered guardianship). - Each detainee will receive one (1) twenty-minute visit every 72 hours.

Legal visits

Legal representatives are authorized to visit their clients during the following hours: G-28s filed on behalf of detained aliens at this facility can now be accepted through the online platform ERO eFile.

An attorney needs a signed G-28 on file to be recognised. See finding and helping a detained person.

Mail and money

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee's A-number, plus the sender's name and address. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense. Before sending packages to detainees:

On the map

Also in ND

Check before you go. Hours, rules and even the facility's use change without notice. The phone number above and the ICE listing are the authority; this page was compiled 2026-09-05.