United States · SD · Sioux Falls
South Dakota State Penitentiary
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1881
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
South Dakota Department of Corrections
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1881
Region
SD
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
38%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.