Prison vs. parole

A comparison of the cost of parole vs. prison.

The average daily cost of a parolee in South Dakota is $4.28.

The average cost per inmate per day in South Dakota prisons:

• S.D. Women’s Prison, $69.36.

• S.D. State Penitentiary, $57.50.

• Rapid City Minimum Security Unit, $50.35.

• Mike Durfee State Prison, $40.55.

• S.D. Women’s Prison Unit H, $30.29.

• S.D. Women’s Prison Minimum Security Unit E, $26.06.

• Yankton Minimum Security Unit, $19.37.

• Jameson Unit C, $16.45.

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