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The Jail System

South Dakota has 26 jails in 66 counties. The jail population in 2017 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of South Dakota correctional authorities was 3,924 located in 6 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 789 employees and budget of $108,955,469.

As of December 31, 2017, the South Dakota prison population was 3,810 located in 6 prisons, with a staff of 789 employees and budget of $107.6 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2017, South Dakota's community corrections population was 5,773 under probation and 2,931 under parole.

Methodology

The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page.

The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data comes from state departments of corrections (DOCs), other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that information.

The data on prison population and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoner in 2017 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That report includes the count of prisoners in the unified systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Violent and property crime rates are provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau.

Current jail population by state is unavailable. The most recent census was conducted by BJS in 2014.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
453
Violent Crime Rate
3,771
Property Crime Rate
16,317
Probationers
877
Parolees
445

Populations

Prison Population
3,924
Parole Population
2,931
Probation Population
5,773

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
6 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
26

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 19,465
Employee Positions
789
Prison Budget
$107,600,000