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.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — During a meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission, DOC Secretary Kellie Wasko shared some details on the September 15 lockdown at the state prison in Sioux ...

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 ...

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.