The bill to fund the last portion of a new men’s prison in Lincoln County will advance to the House Appropriations Committee ...

Lawmakers in Pierre voted to send to appropriators a bill authorizing construction of the South Dakota Correctional Facility ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.