Rep. Mike Derby, a Republican from Rapid City who co-chairs the Joint Committee on Appropriations, told News Watch that salary increases for correctional staff has “been on the radar” of lawmakers for ...

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

No other place in the world incarcerates women at a higher rate than South Dakota, according to research by a prison-focused nonprofit, and the construction of a second women’s prison in the state ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections still needs to hire about 133 employees for the Level III secure facility, which is designed to house up to 288 women.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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