Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars

About Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars

Brothers and Sisters Behind Bars is a sober living operator in Watertown, South Dakota, providing recovery housing and support in Codington County for people leaving the criminal justice system. The nonprofit appears on the South Dakota Division of Behavioral Health's list of participating recovery housing providers.

What This Recovery Housing Provider Does

The organization runs a sober living house and supplies the unmet basic needs that determine whether early recovery holds: food, essentials, and the practical scaffolding of becoming self-sufficient again. It employs peer support specialists who are themselves in recovery, so the person at the front desk has usually been through the same doors as the person walking in.

How This Sober Living Operator Connects to Drug Court

Codington County's drug treatment court routes people here. Residents have arrived on a probation officer's insistence after a relapse, which means this house functions as part of the county's actual response to substance use rather than as a service running alongside it. That integration is worth understanding for anyone working a case in Codington County.

A Recovery Housing Provider at the Center of Town

The organization's headquarters sits on a main street in the heart of downtown Watertown, next to coffee shops, boutiques and restaurants, and directly beside the offices of Codington Connects. Placing recovery services in the middle of ordinary commercial life rather than at the edge of town is a deliberate choice and an unusual one.

Serving Watertown and Northeastern South Dakota

Watertown is the seat of Codington County and a city of around 25,000, making it the service center for the northeastern corner of the state. People come here from Sisseton, the Lake Traverse Reservation and the surrounding rural counties, because this is where the courthouse, the treatment court and the jobs are. The Division of Behavioral Health lists no other recovery housing provider in Watertown apart from Oxford House.

Certification for South Dakota Sober Homes

South Dakota has no NARR affiliate and no licensure requirement for recovery residences, so nothing in this state is certified. This organization is a participating provider on the Division of Behavioral Health's published recovery housing list.