Incarcerated women to move into new Rapid City prison to alleviate overcrowding

Incarcerated women to move into new Rapid City prison to alleviate overcrowding

A housing unit at the new women's prison in Rapid City, SD. Women will begin moving into the facility in August. (courtesy South Dakota Department of Corrections)Incarcerated women will start moving into a new $87 million prison in Rapid City next month, a South Dakota Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed this week. The medium-security prison will be the state’s second for women. The South Dakota Women’s Prison in Pierre has operated…