A Manderson, South Dakota, man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography and ...

The South Dakota Women’s Prison is part of the Solem Public Safety Center located on the east side of Pierre. It houses the prison, DOC Administration offices, and state, county and city government ...

A prison seminary program is one of the first priorities for the new head of the state’s corrections system. South Dakota ...

Nick Lamb is South Dakota’s new secretary of corrections. He began in November and is in charge of the state’s prison ...

VERMILLION, S.D. (USD) — A slow start for the Coyotes didn’t derail their plans, as South Dakota women’s basketball defeated North Dakota 62-39 Wednesday night inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The state Department of Corrections, which has struggled to maintain workers in the past, must hire 133 staff members for the new women's prison here as it takes a new approach to ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

Story By Molly Wetsch, South Dakota News Watch. RAPID CITY, S.D. – The state Department of Corrections, which has struggled to maintain workers in the past, must hire 133 staff members for the new ...

Arizona controlled the game from the opening tip, never trailing en route to a convincing 28-point victory. The Wildcats built an early lead and carried that advantage through a strong second half, ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The number of preventable prison deaths in South Dakota should spark serious responses, candidates for the state’s top elected post say. Eight people have died of suspected ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - Paul Cooper remembers when the crank radios showed up in Leavenworth. By then, he’d done time in South Dakota’s state prisons, where inmates used electrical outlets to ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - No state that borders South Dakota has publicly confirmed a lethal overdose in a state prison in 2025. South Dakota has reported eight. Most of the suspected or confirmed ...