South Dakota Department of Corrections, SD

Our Mission

Support service with purpose in a culture of respect through integrity, humility, and character.

We support our agency through service with purpose that provides safe and secure facilities for our staff and offenders through modern correctional practices and facilitate opportunities for positive, permanent change and successful reentry and supervision in communities through evidence-based assessments and programming.  We accomplish our mission with a culture of respect that is demonstrated through integrity, humility and character.