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South Dakota Department of Corrections
Agency overview
FormedJuly 1989
Preceding agency
  • Board of Charities and Corrections, 1890–1989
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
HeadquartersPierre, South Dakota
Annual budget$106,982,478 (2011)
Agency executive
  • Kellie Wasko, Secretary of Corrections
Parent agencyState of South Dakota
Websitehttp://doc.sd.gov/
South Dakota State Penitentiary

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is the agency that operates state prisons in the US state of South Dakota. It has its headquarters in Pierre.[1]

Adult prisons

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Juvenile corrections

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The South Dakota corrections system includes the Juvenile Corrections System, its network of juvenile facilities.[3]

The State Treatment and Rehabilitation Academy (STAR Academy) is located in unincorporated Custer County, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Custer on U.S. Highway 385. STAR Evergreen High School serves as the middle and high school for delinquent youth. The STAR campus includes several units.[4] The STAR Admissions Unit processes new arrivals.[5] The Youth Challenge Center and the Patrick H. Brady Academy serve young men.[6][7] The QUEST and Excel programs serve young women.[8][9]

The West Farm in unincorporated Minnehaha County, near Sioux Falls, serves as the juvenile transitional care facility for boys who are about to go back into their communities.[10] STAR Academy and Patrick H Brady Academy closed in April 2016. All juveniles are housed in private placements supervised by Juvenile Community Corrections staff.

Prison gang activity

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Over the ten years leading to 2010, prison staff identified approximately 150 different gangs in South Dakota's state prisons. Of those, eight are currently[when?] active at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Most have racial allegiances, like the Gangster Disciples, an African American street gang; and the Sureños, a Hispanic street gang. Warden Doug Weber told KSFY-TV that two gangs actually formed at the South Dakota State Penitentiary: the Family Brotherhood is an Aryan gang and the Red Brotherhood is a Native American gang.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Contact Us." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 3, 2010.
  2. ^ "State prison population hits record high". 22 March 2012.
  3. ^ "JUVENILE CORRECTIONS." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "STAR Academy For youth Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "STAR Admissions Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  6. ^ "Youth Challenge Center Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  7. ^ "Patrick H. Brady Academy Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  8. ^ "QUEST Program Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  9. ^ "EXCEL Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  10. ^ "West Farm Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  11. ^ Drew Sandholm. "Inside Prison Gangs" Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, ABC News affiliate KSFY-TV. January 14, 2009. Accessed 12 February 2010.
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