Pennington County, SD

Pennington County Jail

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Pennington County Jail
307 St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
605) 394-6116
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Male Work Release Visitation
703 Adams Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
(605)394-6485
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Mission Statement

To safely and securely detain both pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates.

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The Pennington County Jail's Commitment to the Community

The preservation of human rights and dignity of the inmate population as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States and laws of the State of South Dakota.
To encourage each inmate to take advantage of opportunities provided to promote health, education and personal self-improvement.
At a minimum no inmate shall be released in worse physical or mental condition than he or she was admitted

About the Pennington County Jail

Opened in 1989, the Pennington County Jail has the capacity to house 276 and 106 in the new jail annex that was opened in May of 2006. Currently the Pennington County Jail serves Pennington County, Custer County, Bureau of Prisons, United States Marshals and other counties housing requests.

The Pennington County Jail received accreditation by the American Correctional Association in 1993. Every three years the jail undergoes a re-accreditation audit. The most recent audit was in 2005. The audit indicated that the jail met 100% of the 76 mandatory standards and 97.5% of the 419 non mandatory standards. There are 3350 jails in the United States. The Pennington County Jail is one of 105 jails that have achieved accreditation by the ACA.

The Pennington County Jail operates a Work Release Center off site. The Work Release Center was opened in May 2002 and has space for 108 inmates. Inmates who go to Work Release from the jail must serve a minimum of 25% of their sentence as an in-house jail trustee before being considered for work release. The inmates prior record, current charges and behavior while in jail are reviewed before the inmate can be approved for work release. The Work Release Center also takes direct court commitments to work release. Each inmate is charged $18 per day in the center. Out of county and out of state inmates are charged $50 per day.

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