The South Dakota Women’s Prison is part of the Solem Public Safety Center located on the east side of Pierre. It houses the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...