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South Dakota Report
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 76 (35th) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977: 5
(34th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 399 (23rd) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 75 (13th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 18
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 290
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 1,511%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 13%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 53%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
At
year-end 2004, South Dakota prisons housed 3,088 inmates serving
sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates, 2,798 were
male and 290 were female. South Dakota ranked 13th in its
2004 female imprisonment rate with 75 female prisoners per
100,000 female residents, and 23rd in its 2004 overall imprisonment
rate with 399 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
In
1977, South Dakota prisons housed 18 female inmates; by 2004,
the female prison population had reached 290. South Dakota
female prison population was at its lowest with 15 female
prisoners in 1978 and 1980 and peaked at 290 female inmates
in 2004.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, South Dakota's female prison population grew
by 1,511% with an average annual percent change of 13.3% per
year.
Throughout
the period from 1977 to 2004, South Dakota's female imprisonment
rate tracked the average female imprisonment rate across the
states fairly closely. From 1977 through 1997, South Dakota's
female imprisonment rate was slightly below average. After
1997, its rate climbed above the average. With a female imprisonment
rate of 75 female prisoners per 100,000 female residents,
South Dakota ranked among the 13 most punitive states in 2004.
MALE
TO FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATIO
The
male to female imprisonment ratio indicates the number of
male inmates for every female inmate. Although both female
and male imprisonment rates have increased over the period
of study, a shrinking ratio suggests that the number of female
prisoners has increased at a faster pace. In 1977, across
the states, there were an average of 26 male prisoners for
every female prisoner; by 2004, this ratio had fallen to 13
male prisoners for every female prisoner. South Dakota's 1977
ratio was slightly higher than average with 27 male prisoners
for every female prisoner. In 2004, South Dakota's male to
female imprisonment ratio (10:1) was lower than the average
across states.
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
South Dakota has 34 correctional facilities. Of South Dakota's
34 correctional facilities, 29 house male prisoners only,
three house female prisoners only, and two house both male
and female prisoners.
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