South Dakota Opens New Women’s Prison in Rapid City

Incarcerated women to move into new Rapid City prison to alleviate overcrowding

South Dakota officials say prison will include vocational training, mother-infant housing and drug treatment

South Dakota Opens New Women’s Prison in Rapid City

On July 10, South Dakota officials marked the completion of the state’s new women’s correctional facility in Rapid City, a project intended to expand treatment, programming and reentry capacity for women in custody while consolidating operations now based in Pierre.