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

No other place in the world incarcerates women at a higher rate than South Dakota, according to research by a prison-focused ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Corrections secretary Nick Lamb says female incarceration rates should “substantially decrease” with a newly created ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota is seeing an increase in prison overdoses, with drugs cited in the deaths of eight ...

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