(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - In some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, Secretary Nick Lamb told an oversight commission Wednesday that ...

Editor's note: This story involves graphic elements. Reader discretion is advised. This story has been updated to address inaccurate information. The circumstances behind the death of an inmate who ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – One of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s biggest concerns is overdose deaths at the State Penitentiary. A total of eight overdose deaths at the South Dakota ...

A new state prison committee, centered on finding rehabilitative solutions for South Dakota's correctional system, is set to meet in Sioux Falls. The Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force, an ad hoc ...

A grand jury has indicted two people, a prison employee and an inmate, on nine combined felony charges in connection with the Nov. 7, drug overdose death of South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) -Jacob Gale spent a year as a correctional officer for the South Dakota Department of Corrections, working mostly at the Jameson Annex in Sioux Falls, a ...