The South Dakota Department of Corrections runs the search for people in South Dakota state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- South Dakota Department of Corrections
- Official search
- Offender Lookup
How to search the South Dakota DOC inmate list
The South Dakota Department of Corrections runs its own search: Offender Lookup. Search by the person's full legal name. If you have their department ID number, use it: it finds one person, even when the name is common.
South Dakota state prisons we list
We do not copy the South Dakota prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our South Dakota directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Abbott House State prison in Mitchell
- Aurora Plains Academy State prison in Plankinton
- Canyon Hills State prison in Spearfish
- G Norton Jameson Annex State prison in Sioux Falls
- McCrossan Boy's Ranch State prison in Sioux Falls
- Mike Durfee State Prison State prison in Springfield
- New Beginnings Center State prison in Aberdeen
- Our Home - Parkston State prison in Parkston
- Rapid City Community Work Center State prison in Rapid City
- Sequel Transition Academy State prison in Sioux Falls
- South Dakota State Penitentiary State prison in Sioux Falls
- South Dakota Women's Prison State prison in Pierre
- Summit Oaks State prison in Sioux Falls
- Women's State Prison - Unit E State prison in Pierre
- Yankton Community Work Center State prison in Yankton
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The South Dakota Department of Corrections holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our South Dakota page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in South Dakota. Will they be in the South Dakota DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the South Dakota Department of Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the South Dakota Department of Corrections or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Offender Lookup, South Dakota Department of Corrections. The department's own search.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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