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AG Jackley plans charges in South Dakota inmate death and overdose cases
Criminal charges in multiple investigations involving inmates at South Dakota state prison facilities are pending.
South Dakota inmate mortality highest in years as state announces latest offender death
The latest inmate to die marks a somber figure for South Dakota's death toll within state prisons. The South Dakota ...
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Inmate training program shelved while prison construction talks continue
Programs that train inmates outside prison walls have had success, though. Twelve minimum custody inmates graduated with ...
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South Dakota hires New Mexico-based warden of for-profit detention center to run state penitentiary
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Corrections has replaced the penitentiary ...
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Amid national outbreak, South Dakota reports its first measles case of the year
The South Dakota measles case comes amid the most severe U.S. measles outbreak in decades. According to the CDC, there had ...
State health worker uses job to forge medical marijuana card, SD prosecutors say
Now, the 24-year-old former state health employee is facing criminal charges, the South Dakota State's Attorney's Office said ...
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South Dakota Searchlight
HAYTI, S.D. — “Are we actually in space?” This story also appeared in South Dakota Searchlight The kindergartners of South Dakota’s Hamlin County are, in fact, in space. To be specific, they are on ...