The South Dakota Legislature faces a packed agenda Wednesday (Feb. 12, 2025). The House State Affairs Committee meets to consider the Department of Corrections Lincoln County prison construction bill.

A former employee of the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield was sentenced to prison Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 after pleading ...

A bill that sought to "prohibit the use of a diversity, equity, or inclusion program in a law enforcement agency" in South ...

Matthew Lee Mierkey, 59, pleaded guilty to multiple habitual offender charges on Jan. 23. A sentencing hearing is not set in the case.

Canton, seeks to halt all spending on the South Dakota Correctional Facility until a new task force can make recommendations.

Two inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary were sentenced to additional time in prison after assaulting two correctional officers in 2023, according to a press release from the South ...

Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

and the South Dakota Department of Corrections Special Investigations Unit. The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.

The 36-year-old woman, a former employee of the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, was sentenced Tuesday.