Sioux Falls may be moving closer to hosting a proposed new men’s prison as other communities reject the idea in their areas.

The three City Councilors reached some of the same conclusions as the Mayor, but saw some positives in the way things might ...

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 ...

William Lasalle was scheduled to be released on Feb. 18, 2024, but less than a month before, he stabbed a cellmate.

The correctional officer in the attempted homicide incident was Correctional Officer Gregory Oettinger, who is not in a ...

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

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

Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in June 2022.

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating a death at the Lee Correctional Institution. Authorities say Leo Jermaine Cheeks, an inmate at Lee Correctional ...

The penitentiary has some supporters. 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.