Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars Sober Living Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars Sober Living is a recovery home in Watertown, South Dakota, serving Codington County. It is operated by a nonprofit working with people leaving the criminal justice system, and it is one of very few recovery housing options in the northeastern corner of the state.

How People Reach This Sober House

Referrals come through the county system. Residents have arrived after relapsing in Codington County's drug treatment court, sent by a probation officer who saw the alternative. That places the house inside the county's working response to substance use rather than at the margins of it, and it means case managers and court services officers know it by name.

What This Recovery Home Provides Alongside Housing

The organization supplies the unmet basics that decide whether the first months hold, and it employs peer support specialists who are in recovery themselves. A resident is met by someone who has been through it, which changes the first conversation.

Placement and the Address of This Recovery Residence

The house address is not published. Placement runs through the operator, generally with a case manager, court services officer or probation officer involved.

Codington County Recovery Housing and Watertown's Downtown

Watertown is the seat of Codington County and a city of about 25,000, serving as the hub for a wide rural region. The organization's headquarters sits on a main downtown street among coffee shops, boutiques and restaurants, next door to Codington Connects. Putting recovery work in the middle of ordinary commercial life is deliberate, and it removes some of the isolation that comes with being housed at the edge of town.

Why This Sober Living Home Matters in Northeastern South Dakota

People come to Watertown from Sisseton, the Lake Traverse Reservation and the surrounding counties because this is where the courthouse, the treatment court, the services and the jobs are. Nearly half of South Dakota saw more opioid overdoses than methamphetamine overdoses between 2020 and 2024 according to the state Department of Health, and options in this part of the state remain thin.

Certification for Recovery Homes in South Dakota

South Dakota has neither a NARR affiliate nor licensure for sober living, so no residence here is certified. This home is operated by a provider on the state Division of Behavioral Health's published list of participating recovery housing providers.