South Dakota Inmate Finder

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is the agency responsible for keeping an updated database on those individuals who are serving their time behind bars in South Dakota state prisons. The database is online and available to the public. It can be found on the official South Dakota Department of Corrections website. The databases include those in prison, on parole, and those that completed their time and no longer under the South Dakota Department of Corrections supervision.

You can search the database by their DOC number or their first and last name. The state of South Dakota database does not include South Dakota city or county jails. Those jails keep their own records separate from the state.

When an inmate is serving out their time in a state prison, they are property of that states Department of Corrections. Every states department of corrections has their very own database that is for the public to use. You will need to do the following to find an inmate in a state prison.

• Locate the state department of correction website.
• Search the database by their inmate number, gender, first and last name, and date of birth in the appropriate fields.

Once you enter that information on the next page, you will see all the inmates matching the criteria you put in.