South Dakota incarcerates women at a higher rate than other states

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South Dakota has a higher rate of female incarceration than any other U.S. state, according to a new report.

The state's female incarceration rate is higher than other states and many other countries.

While most states have seen a decline, South Dakota's female incarceration rate has increased.

South Dakota incarcerates women at a higher rate than other U.S. states — and countries — according to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative.

The incarceration-reform nonprofit released the report Tuesday, Sept. 23, the same day South Dakota lawmakers approved the construction of a men’s prison in northeast Sioux Falls.

According to the study’s authors, South Dakota women are imprisoned at a rate of 338 per 100,000. That’s a higher rate than Montana or Idah