Adult Corrections
South dakota state penitentiary
The South Dakota State Penitentiary is located in northern Sioux Falls, occupying approximately thirty acres. First constructed as a territorial prison in 1881, it became the South Dakota State Penitentiary when South Dakota was granted statehood in 1889. Though a large portion of the original buildings remain, numerous structural changes have occurred over the years.
The main Penitentiary facility contains three housing units. The Penitentiary is a Level IV facility.
The G. Norton Jameson Annex, adjacent to the Penitentiary, opened in February 1993.
Inmate employment within the Penitentiary falls into two basic categories; institutional support and prison industries. Institutional support includes those employed in food service, as clerks for various departments, as cell orderlies and those working in maintenance. Prison Industries consists of upholstery, printing, sign, decal, license plates, carpentry, book bindery, machine shop, Braille unit, garments and data entry. All but the garment and data entry work is done at the Penitentiary. Most of the work is done for government agencies.
| Address: | 1600 North Drive PO Box 5911 Sioux Falls, SD 57117 |
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| Phone: | (605) 367-5051 |
| Fax: | (605) 367-5038 |
Video visitation is now available, but must be scheduled in advance. Video visitation registration and scheduling
NOTICE: If you are experiencing microphone issues with your video visit, your current browser will no longer work for video visits. Please stop using Chrome/Edge/Internet Explorer and follow the instructions below:
1. Download and install Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/download/thanks/
2. Download and install Adobe Flash: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
3. Open Firefox, go to the visitation website for your facility and proceed with your visit as normal.
For further assistance, please contact GTL Customer Service at: 855-208-7349
Please be advised that visits may be delayed, suspended or cancelled because of security issues and some visitation schedules may be changed due to special activities. If you are traveling from out of town, you can call the facility control room to verify the visit schedules.
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