South Dakota’s outsized prison death count extends beyond overdoses, and more than half the deaths have been preventable.

The medium-security facility, located on North Creek Drive near Feeding South Dakota, will have space for 288 beds to assist ...

Current and former incarcerated people allege that ever-present drug issues are exacerbated by policies, dearth of treatment ...

South Dakota incarcerates women at a higher rate than other U.S. states — and countries — according to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative. The incarceration-reform nonprofit released the ...

South Dakota 2026 governor candidates say eight inmate overdoses linked to K2 signal urgent need for tougher drug detection, ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - The state of South Dakota must do a better job of keeping prisoners from reoffending and ending up back behind bars, South Dakota lawmakers said this week in ...

A 23-year-old Rapid City woman was sentenced to 7 1½2 years in prison for attempted aggravated child abuse after a toddler ...

South Dakota’s recidivism rate has climbed to 50%, meaning half of the people released from state prisons return within three years — the highest level recorded in at least eight years, according to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 30 men and women of various backgrounds will soon gather for the first time as South Dakota’s Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force: a group organized to help pave the way ...

The U.S. prison population increased for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing a decade-long decline. The female prison population is growing at a faster rate than the male population, rising ...

Eight inmates fled the minimum-security unit of the women's prison in Pierre, S.D. on Monday night after a fellow detainee tested positive for the coronavirus. The women left the Community Work Center ...

South Dakota lawmakers approved a $650 million plan to build a new 1,500-bed men's state penitentiary. The new prison will replace the 144-year-old facility known as "the Hill" and will be located in ...