Rep. Mike Derby, a Republican from Rapid City who co-chairs the Joint Committee on Appropriations, told News Watch that ...

The prison's Level III security status requires continuously controlled perimeters and a wall or double perimeter fencing ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections still needs to hire about 133 employees for the Level III secure facility, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state Department of Corrections, which has struggled to maintain workers in the past, must hire 133 staff members for the ...