SD DOC – South Dakota Women’s Prison

SD DOC – South Dakota Women’s Prison basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 605-773-6636

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at SD Women’s Prison located at 3200 SD-34 in Pierre, SD are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

South Dakota Women's Prison is a multi-custody facility that houses about 350 female inmates of maximum, medium and minimum security located in the state capital Pierre. The facility is comprised of multiple law enforcement buildings and is part of the Solem Public Safety Center. E-Unit is a minimum-security unit located just outside of the perimeter fence. An additional minimum security unit provides intensive treatment for women with methamphetamine addictions. Inmates here can participate in the correctional industries program providing data entry to various government agencies.

The prison offers mental health and substance abuse treatment as well as sex offender treatment for inmate's who committed sex offenses. This facility also offers a Mother-Infant program which allows mothers of newborns to keep their child for 30 days during their incarceration. This period of time allows bonding between mother and child and allows permanent placement options to be evaluated and decided.

Participation in the Mother-Infant program requires completion of parenting classes. The mother and infant are housed in an area separate from the general population. Additional parenting programs like the P.A.C.T. program allows eligible offenders to have two of their children at a time stay with them for one weekend each month. Inmates must apply for this program through the PACT co-ordinator or their counselor.

In 1995, legislation was introduced that authorized the construction of a new women's prison in Pierre. After the passage of the bill, the idea was pursued of joining resources with local governments to best utilize the new facility.

The Women's Prison portion of the facility constitutes the majority of the 78,000 square foot building. The Pierre Community Work Center houses minimum-security inmates on work release and community service status, as well as parolees in the Community Transition Program. The Pierre Community Work Center and the Intensive Methamphetamine Treatment Unit are located in the former DCI Training Building.

• Prison Industries at the Women's Prison includes data entry for government agencies.
• Inmates can take classes for literacy, Adult Basic Education and GED as well as receive treatment for chemical dependency and for sex offenses.
• The state Department of Health provides medical, dental and optometric services for the adult corrections system. Correctional Health
• The state Department of Social Services provides mental health and chemical dependency services. Correctional Behavioral Health

visitation Info

Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE

Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved. 

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.