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South Dakota correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Beadle County Regional Corrections Center 24 Local 12/31/2013
Bon Homme Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Brookings Co. Det. Ctr. 20 Local 12/31/2013
Brown Co. Jail 37 Local 12/31/2013
Brule Co. Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Charles Mix Co. Jail 42 Local 12/31/2013
Cheyenne River Sioux Adult Detention Center 10 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Cheyenne River Sioux Juvenile Detention Center 2 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Clay Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Codington Co. Det. Ctr. 58 Local 12/31/2013
Community Alternatives of Black Hills 50 Private 5025 Highway 79 South Rapid City 57709 Pennington 6/30/2012
Dakota Counseling Institute - Stepping Stones 43 Private 910 West Havens Avenue Sd 57301 Davison 6/30/2012
Davison Co. Jail 41 Local 12/31/2013
Day Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Dewey Co. Jail N/A Local 12/31/2013
Edmunds Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Fall River Co. Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Faulk Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Glory House of Sioux Falls 55 Private 4000 S West Avenue Sioux Falls 57109 Minnehaha 6/30/2012
Glory House Sands Freedom Center 16 Private 3930 S. West Sioux Falls 57109 Minnehaha 6/30/2012
Grant Co. - Milbank Det. Ctr. 6 Local 12/31/2013
Hughes County Jail 124 Local 12/31/2013
Jameson Annex 796 State 1600 North Drive Sioux Falls 57117 6/30/2012
Ki Yuksa O'tipi Reintegration Center/F N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Lake Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Lawrence Co. Jail 29 Local 12/31/2013
Lower Brule Justice Center-Adult Detention 45 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Marshall Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Meade Co. Jail 65 Local 12/31/2013
Medicine Root Detention Center/F N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Mike Durfee State Prison 1,227 State 1412 Wood Street Springfield 57062 Bon Homme 6/30/2012
Minnehaha Co. Jail 545 Local 12/31/2013
Oglala Sioux Tribal offenders Facility/F N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Pennington Co. Jail 525 Local 12/31/2013
Rapid City Minimum Unit 191 State 2725 Creek Drive Rapid City 57703 Pennington 6/30/2012
Roberts Co. Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Rosebud Sioux Tribal Police Department And Adult Detention 88 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Rosebud Sioux Wanbli Wiconi Tipi Juvenile Detention 14 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Sisseton-Wahpeton Law Enforcement Adult Detention Center 15 Indian Country 6/30/2016
South Dakota State Penitentiary 683 State 1600 North Drive Sioux Falls 57117 6/30/2012
South Dakota Women's Prison 359 State 3200 E Hwy 34 Pierre 57501 Hughes 6/30/2012
Union Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Walworth Co. Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Winner City Jail 94 Local 12/31/2013
Yankton County Jail 70 Local 12/31/2013
Yankton FPC 853 Federal 1016 Douglas Avenue Yankton 57078 Yankton 6/30/2012
Yankton FPC 484 Federal 1016 Douglas Avenue Yankton 57078 Yankton 4/2/2020
Yankton Minimum Unit 273 State 178 Mickelson Drive Yankton 57078 Yankton 6/30/2012

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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