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 ...

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

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 ...

South Dakota's treatment courts show a 73% success rate in preventing new felony offenses within five years. The program ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

PIERRE — After 144 years, South Dakota lawmakers decided Tuesday it’s time for “the Hill” to retire. The required two-thirds of each legislative chamber voted to endorse a 1,500-bed, $650 million ...

South Dakota is seeing an increase in prison overdoses, with drugs cited in the deaths of eight inmates.