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Updated on: March 18, 2024

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602 Adams Avenue PO Box 1040, Hettinger, ND, 58639-1040

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Adams County County can be found in the North Dakota area. Hettinger – is the county seat. Adams County has a total population of 2318 and was formed in 1885.

Adams County County has a total area of 987 square miles. The zip codes in Adams County County are 58639, 58649.

Adams County Sex Offender Registry

The Adams County County Department of Corrections, through the Sheriff of Adams County County, operates the Adams County Jail in Hettinger, Hettinger, North Dakota. Adams County Jail is one of the largest single-site county correctional facilities in the United States, holding up to 8,000 inmates daily and admitting up 81,000 pre-trial detainees each year. Adams County Jail sits on a 95-acre land with 8 divisions, 2 onsite Sheriff’s departments, a health services facility, 2 education departments, a dayroom, and privatized food service and Adams County Jail commissary. The Adams County Jail’s physical address is 602 Adams Avenue, , PO Box 1040, Hettinger, ND, 58639-1040.

Adams County Jail was constructed in 1888. By then, the Adams County Jail served less than 87 residents. Later in 1919, the population in Adams County County had grown, and so did crime rates.

By the 1952s, 61 of the inmates were county-sentenced individuals serving up to 7 years at the Adams County Jail.

Following criminal justice reforms, the Adams County County Department of Corrections merged county and city jails into one streamlined correctional facility. By 2015, the Adams County Jail could house up to 4,500 individuals.

Programs and Services

Adams County Jail serves as a central location where inmates undergo screening and classification before proceeding to North Dakota state prison. While Adams County Jail, they undertake various Adams County Jail inmate programs and services to facilitate their stay in Adams County Jail and incorporation back into their communities upon release:

Individual in Custody Services at the Adams County Jail

All inmates at the Adams County Jail have access to legal services, supplies for ongoing needs, and literacy advancement.

The Adams County County Sheriff’s Rehabilitative Programs

The Adams County County Sheriff’s Office runs inmate rehabilitation programs like Adams County Jail mental health transition, substance abuse control, religious and educational programs, Adams County Jail personal wellbeing enrichment programs, veteran services, and community support.

Complying with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Due to the high inmate capacity, families and friends of inmates at the Adams County Jail raise concerns about the safety of their loved ones while serving their sentences. In turn, Adams County Jail adheres to the PREA, a federal law with zero tolerance for sexual harassment or abuse of persons in locked-up facilities like city and county jails. The Adams County Jail works with the Rape Victim Advocates to provide discrete medical and legal assistance to any Adams County Jail inmate who is a victim of sexual abuse.