SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota’s repeat offense rate for people who leave prison can return to the low point it saw a a dozen ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – One of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s biggest concerns is overdose deaths at the State Penitentiary. A total of eight overdose deaths at the South Dakota ...

A new state prison committee, centered on finding rehabilitative solutions for South Dakota's correctional system, is set to meet in Sioux Falls. The Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force, an ad hoc ...

The two remaining Republican candidates for governor of South Dakota clashed over prison policy Friday night in what might ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) -Jacob Gale spent a year as a correctional officer for the South Dakota Department of Corrections, working mostly at the Jameson Annex in Sioux Falls, a ...

SIOUX FALLS — A prosecutor apologized this week for the state’s failure to preserve evidence in a case involving an overdose death in a state prison. The state of South Dakota wants to convict the ...

No state that borders South Dakota has publicly confirmed a lethal overdose in a state prison in 2025. South Dakota has reported eight. Most of the suspected or confirmed overdose deaths are thought ...