The South Dakota Women’s Prison is part of the Solem Public Safety Center located on the east side of Pierre. It houses the prison, DOC Administration offices, and state, county and city government ...

A partial view of a state women's prison under construction in Rapid City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota incarcerates women at a higher rate than other U.S.

No other place in the world incarcerates women at a higher rate than South Dakota, according to research by a prison-focused nonprofit, and the construction of a second women’s prison in the state ...

The U.S. prison population increased for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing a decade-long decline. The female prison population is growing at a faster rate than the male population, rising ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - The state of South Dakota must do a better job of keeping prisoners from reoffending and ending up back behind bars, South Dakota lawmakers said this week in ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 30 men and women of various backgrounds will soon gather for the first time as South Dakota’s Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force: a group organized to help pave the way ...

Nick Lamb is South Dakota’s new secretary of corrections. He began in November and is in charge of the state’s prison facilities in Sioux Falls, Springfield, Pierre, Rapid City and Yankton, as well as ...

South Dakota incarcerates women at a higher rate than other U.S. states — and countries — according to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative. The incarceration-reform nonprofit released the ...