The Deuel County Jail is situated in Clear Lake, South Dakota. The Deuel County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining and operating the Deuel County Jail on a day to day basis.

The Deuel County Jail is a medium- security detention center. The facility will only house both adult male and adult female inmates. This facility does not house any juvenile inmates. The juvenile inmates are housed in a different facility.

The Deuel County Jail typically holds inmates who are waiting for their trial to start, inmates who are going through their trial, and inmates who are waiting to be sentenced.  However, there are a handful of inmates who have already been sentenced. These inmates who have already been sentenced will carry a sentence of two years or less. Inmates who are sentenced to more than two years will be transferred to state prison.

The Deuel County Jail accepts incoming inmates on a daily basis. The facility is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The facility will take inmates from other law enforcement agencies on a local, state, and even federal level. The Deuel County Jail frequently takes in the people arrested by the Clear Lake Police Department, as they do not have their own lockup area.

Deuel County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Deuel County Jail
400 4th Street West PO Box 217, Clear Lake, SD, 57226-0217

Deuel County Jail Prison Information