South Dakota will be filing criminal charges tied to alleged drug overdoses resulting in the deaths of two inmates at Sioux ...

At least 16 inmates have died in a South Dakota correctional facility since the start of the state fiscal year 2025 on July 1, according to a review of DOC inmate death information by the Argus ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A Minnehaha County grand jury indicted 24 inmates following a May 27 disturbance at the South ...

Some South Dakota lawmakers are trying to find out why so many men and women are in the state’s overcrowded prisons. The ...

Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko and a corrections officer on a recent tour of the Jameson Annex, an extension built on ...

There are growing calls for the resignation of South Dakota Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko. The calls come from some ...

South Dakota's inmate mortality rate continues to climb as the state reports its fifth death in 30 days. The South Dakota Department of Corrections reported in a June 16 press release that Dennis ...

Michael is currently serving a life sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in McKean, Pennsylvania. After more than two decades, the Gianakos family remains adamant that Michael is not ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections reported Sunday evening state prison offender Philip Campling has died of apparent natural causes. The 73 year old Campling fell ill at the Mike Durfee State ...

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The overrepresentation of Native Americans in state prisons, a lack of rehabilitation programming, and a need for more ...