• Tasks should not drive the purpose, the purpose should drive the task.

     

  • Thinking drives behaviors.  

  • We Are Dedicated to Achieving Justice and Enhancing Community Safety

  • Establishing an effective working alliance with each individual under a term of supervision assists in guiding them toward lawful self-management and promoting changes in their values and beliefs. 

  • We provide accurate, thorough, and objective information, with our best judgment to the Court for individualized, fair, and equitable court orders.

Mission Statement

The District of South Dakota’s Mission Statement: 

We are dedicated to Achieving Justice and Enhancing Community Safety by:

  • Providing accurate, thorough, and objective information and our best judgment to the Court for the issuance of individualized, fair, and equitable court orders; 
  • Holding offenders accountable for their criminal actions, facilitating victim reparation, and requiring compliance with court mandates; 
  • Establishing an effective working alliance with each offender to guide them toward lawful self-management, promoting changes in offenders’ values and beliefs, improving their competencies and skills, and addressing the factors that are driving their criminal behaviors;
  •  Assessing individual risk of re-offending, developing the most cost-effective strategies and interventions, and utilizing the best evidence to make decisions; 
  • Engaging families and communities in our mission and establishing collaboration among justice system partners.