The Haakon County Jail is situated in Philip, South Dakota. The Haakon County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining the day to day operations of the Haakon County Jail.

The Haakon County Jail is a medium-security facility. The facility operates on a 24 hours a day basis. The Haakon County Jail accepts inmates from other law enforcement agencies on a local, state, and even federal level.  The Haakon County Jail frequently takes in inmates from the Philip Police Department as they do not have their own lockup.

The majority of the inmates housed in the Haakon County Jail are waiting for their trial to start, going through their trial, and inmates who are waiting to be sentenced. There is a handful of inmates that have already been sentenced. The Haakon County Jail will only keep inmates if they have a sentence shorter than two years. If an inmate is a sentence to a sentence longer than two years, they will be transferred to a state prison in Philip.

The Haakon County Jail offers its inmates a variety of services and programs. These services and programs are here to help inmates improve upon themselves, so they will likely to not re-offend in the future. These programs and services include the following:

• Medical Care
• Commissary
• Visitation
• Mail
• Substance Abuse Programs
• Re-Entry Programs
• Educational Programs
• Rehabilitative Programs

Haakon County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Haakon County Jail
140 South Howard PO Box 249, Philip, SD, 57567-0249

Haakon County Jail Prison Information