Lock down Published April 9, 2015 By Senior Airman Stephanie Morris Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- The Minot Air Force Base confinement section offers detention and rehabilitation services for pre-trial and court-martialed prisoners. Confinement personnel work to ensure a secure and humane environment for prisoners and staff through a high level of discipline. The facility can hold a maximum of eight inmates and if the number is exceeded, Ward County houses the excess military inmates. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)