RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The South Dakota Attorney General’s office announced that two inmates have been found guilty of assaulting two correctional inmates at the South Dakota Penitentiary in ...

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota corrections officials say they are investigating a pair of incidents at the state prison in Springfield that left six inmates injured.

A former inmate who testified Tuesday said he spent time there and at the Federal Correctional Institution of Leavenworth in Kansas, a prison of similar vintage.

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (KELO) — Robert Goulding, a 67-year-old inmate at Mike Durfee State Prison, died on Wednesday, according to the South Dakota Department of Corrections. Goulding, who was ...

The report forecasts South Dakota's male inmate population is expected to grow to 4,485 by 2036. South Dakota needs even more prison beds — and immediately — than initially suggested ...

The state prison system collected at least $1.25 million in fees from inmates and their families for phone and messaging services in the three years leading up to this month’s sudden shutdown of ...

An inmate at a South Dakota prison was caught within 10 minutes of attempting to escape. The man was caught two blocks away from a hospital where he was receiving treatment.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is boosting pay for correctional officers at state prisons that have struggled with staffing shortages in recent months, according to a press ...

SPRINGFIELD — South Dakota needs a new prison. How large it ought to be or where are open questions, but a work group appointed to “reset” discussions on a new men’s prison agreed on that ...