# Prisons and Jails in South Dakota: All 34 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> South Dakota has 34 prisons and jails (0.7% of the US), #40 by count and #8 per person. From HIFLD Prison Boundaries. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Prisons and Jails in South Dakota

South Dakota has **34 prisons and jails**: 0.7% of the US total of 4,960\. That ranks **#40 by count** and **#8 per person** (3.68 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* South Dakota has 34 prisons and jails, 0.7% of the US total of 4,960.
* That ranks #40 of 51 by count and #8 per person (3.68 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 449.
* By type: 7 state prisons, 26 county jails, 1 federal.
* Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025.

#8

national rank (per capita)

34

prisons and jails

3.68

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025\. Each facility at the centre of its boundary, with its type (federal, state, county, local) and city. The Prison Policy Initiative counts 5,077 facilities (2026); counts differ by which kinds of facility are included.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[South Dakota: 34 rows (CSV)](/downloads/prisons-jails/south-dakota.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/prisons-jails/us.csv)

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## All 34 prisons and jails in South Dakota

| #  | Name                                       | Details              |
| -- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------- |
| 1  | Beadle County Regional Correctional Center | County · Huron       |
| 2  | Bon Homme County Jail                      | County · Tyndall     |
| 3  | Brookings County Detention Center          | County · Brookings   |
| 4  | Brule County Jail                          | County · Chamberlain |
| 5  | Charles Mix County Jail                    | County · Lake Andes  |
| 6  | Clay County Jail                           | County · Vermillion  |
| 7  | Codington County Regional Detention Center | County · Watertown   |
| 8  | Davison County Jail                        | County · Mitchell    |
| 9  | Day County Jail / Detention Center         | County · Webster     |
| 10 | Edmunds County Jail                        | County · Ipswich     |
| 11 | Fall River County Jail                     | County · Hot Springs |
| 12 | Faulk County Jail                          | County · Faulkton    |
| 13 | FPC Yankton                                | Federal · Yankton    |
| 14 | G Norton Jameson Annex                     | State · Sioux Falls  |
| 15 | Grant County Jail                          | County · Milbank     |
| 16 | Lake County Jail                           | County · Madison     |
| 17 | Lawrence County Jail                       | County · Deadwood    |
| 18 | Marshall County Jail                       | County · Britton     |
| 19 | Meade County Jail / Sheriff                | County · Sturgis     |
| 20 | Mellette County Jail                       | County · White River |
| 21 | Mike Durfee State Prison                   | State · Springfield  |
| 22 | Minnehaha County Corrections Center        | County · Sioux Falls |
| 23 | Minnehaha County Jail                      | County · Sioux Falls |
| 24 | Pennington County Friendship House         | County · Rapid City  |
| 25 | Pennington County Jail                     | County · Rapid City  |
| 26 | Perkins County Jail                        | County · Bison       |
| 27 | Rapid City Community Work Center           | State · Rapid City   |
| 28 | South Dakota State Penitentiary            | State · Sioux Falls  |
| 29 | South Dakota Women's Prison                | State · Pierre       |
| 30 | Union County Jail                          | County · Elk Point   |
| 31 | Walworth County Jail                       | County · Selby       |
| 32 | Women's State Prison - Unit E              | State · Pierre       |
| 33 | Yankton Community Work Center              | State · Yankton      |
| 34 | Yankton County Sheriff                     | County · Yankton     |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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