Inmates moving to new Rapid City women’s prison, but dilapidated unit in Pierre remains in use

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: October 4, 2026

Words: 639

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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South Dakota’s recently opened women’s prison in Rapid City held 79 women at the end of September, the first month the state began to move them there from the women’s prison campus in Pierre.

Overcrowding in the buildings at the older women’s prison spurred the construction of the $87 million Rapid City complex. For years, the state has paid Hughes County to house some female state prison inmates at …

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