LOS ANGELES (South Dakota Searchlight) – Federal law enforcement officials forcibly removed and handcuffed U.S. Sen. Alex ...

Lawmakers had put back more than $600 million for prison construction before the 2025 legislative session, and the fund had swelled larger than that with interest by winter.

The latest inmate to die marks a somber figure for South Dakota's death toll within state prisons. The South Dakota ...

Criminal charges in multiple investigations involving inmates at South Dakota state prison facilities are pending.

Programs that train inmates outside prison walls have had success, though. Twelve minimum custody inmates graduated with ...

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 ...

Now, the 24-year-old former state health employee is facing criminal charges, the South Dakota State's Attorney's Office said ...