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

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

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

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

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

KELOLAND News hadn’t had the chance to bring a camera behind the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in recent years ...

A bill that would “have “prohibit the use of a diversity, equity, or inclusion program in a law enforcement agency” in South Dakota died in a ...

This behavior is unacceptable and reflects poorly on the vast majority of good employees who work in our correctional facilities,” said Attorney General Jackley.

South Dakota Corrections spokesperson Michael Winder said that the department already remits the trust-land disbursements to the state general fund. A spokesperson for the Wyoming Department of ...

A fight over so-called "truth in sentencing" legislation between Drew Wrigley and state prison officials has gotten ugly, and ...

Jason Edward Parrin pled no contest to one count of aggravated assault and one count of simple assault for the 2022 assault of two women.

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.