Search Pennington County, SD Inmate Records

Pennington County, SD jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Pennington County holds 4 jails with a total of 69,414 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Pennington County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Pennington County Quick Facts

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Pennington County Population Total
30,778 / 195 / 6
Female Population, Rate & Count
31,416 / 863 / 271
Male Population, Rate & Count
$50,833
Median Income
10,278.4
Arrest Rate
547.8
Local Jail Rate
380
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
518
Population Total Confined
634
Pretrial Rate
17,641
Admit Rate
12,238
Admit Count
69,414
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Pennington County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 38.16% of all the crimes committed in the county - 382 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.10% out of all the crimes in Pennington County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

11.79 %
Violent Crime
0.10 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.19 %
Revised Rape
0.50 %
Robbery
5.99 %
Aggravated Assault
38.16 %
Property Crime
7.79 %
Burglary
27.97 %
Larceny Theft
2.40 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.10 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total754759105608544636375120
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter10010210001
Revised Rape00000000262547
Legacy Rape4431245630252220000
Robbery10420000254
Aggravated Assault2916314630582143354568
Property Crime Total633385432360328396383408346375403
Burglary13711195104591051081161089687
Larceny Theft469259320245257278259271225257289
Motor Vehicle Theft2715171112131621132227
Arson20245326120

Pennington County Jail Demographics

The county has 108,561 people confined with a jail population density of 25 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 34,097 women and 35,317 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 93,099
2006 94,394
2007 95,895
2008 98,128
2009 99,845
2010 101,279
2011 102,426
2012 104,552
2013 106,372
2014 108,242
2015 108,561

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 31,416 30,778
2006 31,673 31,145
2007 32,070 31,545
2008 32,571 32,153
2009 33,258 32,487
2010 33,668 32,997
2011 34,101 33,202
2012 34,657 33,642
2013 35,039 34,048
2014 35,437 34,373
2015 35,317 34,097

A Timeline of Pennington County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 863 195
2006 1,023 225
2007 1,101 235
2008 1,010 249
2009 1,215 206
2010 1,236 258
2011 1,114 268
2012 1,154 297
2013 1,065 273
2014 1,129 332
2015 1,164 381

Pennington County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

53.24 %
White
1.04 %
Black
2.62 %
Latino
6.03 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 10,278 and a local jail rate of 548 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 634 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 17,641, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 19,031 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

17,641
Admit Rate
548
Local Jail Rate
634
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Pennington is 380 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 268 imprisonments a day.

Pennington County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 431
2006 476
2007 514
2008 558
2009 548
2010 593
2011 547
2012 570
2013 644
2014 622
2015 548

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 19,031 314
2006 17,099 408
2007 20,656 346
2008 17,240 340
2009 15,545 371
2010 15,565 330
2011 14,255 357
2012 14,811 344
2013 15,006 505
2014 19,794 499
2015 17,641 634

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 268
2006 299
2007 327
2008 361
2009 360
2010 395
2011 368
2012 389
2013 445
2014 434
2015 380