A South Dakota state prisoner has died of apparent natural causes at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections said Sunday that 55-year-old inmate Joseph Schmitz died at the Mike Durfee State ...

Project Prison Reset’s task force is set to focus on 14 options for new prison facilities in South Dakota. The group is ...

An inmate who was at Mike Durfee State Prison after being convicted for child pornography in Yankton County has passed away.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections said a 73-year-old state prison offender has died after falling ill Saturday.

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 ...

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He told News Watch that the facility he’s concerned about is Mike Durfee State Prison on the former University of South Dakota-Springfield campus, 30 miles west of Yankton.

Mike Durfee State Prison wasn’t originally built to house inmates but rather college students. In 1984, the state closed the University of South Dakota Springfield campus, put up barbed wire and ...

SPRINGFIELD, South Dakota — Months of growing discontent at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield came to a head after multiple inmates were involved in an altercation Tuesday night. Multiple ...

In 2017, a Mike Durfee State Prison inmate sued the DOC, alleging that a lack of air conditioning and ventilation amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, the Argus Leader previously reported.