About 338 of every 100,000 women are behind bars in the state. Officials say the new facility could finally curb the nation’s ...

South Dakota leads the nation in female incarceration. A new $87M women’s prison in Rapid City aims to expand rehabilitation ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Gov. Larry Rhoden on Thursday toured the nearly completed Rapid City women’s prison and used the visit to ...

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 ...

Eight inmates fled the minimum-security unit of the women's prison in Pierre, S.D. on Monday night after a fellow detainee tested positive for the coronavirus. The women left the Community Work Center ...

Governor Larry Rhoden stopped by the currently under-construction Women’s Prison in Rapid City earlier today to discuss the ...

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 ...

South Dakota corrections Secretary Nick Lamb says synthetic cannabinoids like K2 are fueling overdoses and challenges in ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota ranks third in the percentage growth of inmate population of all U.S. states. The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline. A new prison population report from the federal Bureau of Justice ...