South Dakota Has The Fourth Highest Rate For Women Incarceration In The U.S.

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Rapid City Journal

In The Moment ... October 17. 2018 Show 443 Hour 2

Incarcerating people struggling with addiction is not only expensive, it's proving to be ineffective. It's a situation certain to become worse as the meth and opioid epidemics sweep the nation.

South Dakota News Watch journalist Bart Pfankuch has written about the dramatic growth of female inmate numbers. He joined In The Moment to talk about his investigation.

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Chris is a producer for In the Moment.