Prison News | South Dakota

• Education & Rehabilitation
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• Gangs in Prison
• Health & Medical Treatment
• Prison Classification, Placement, and Release
• Prison Conditions & Corruption
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• Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
• Suicides in Prison
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Education & Rehabilitation

• At a glance: A look at how South Dakota handles electronic monitoring of offenders
  
  THE OFFENDERS: Electronic monitoring in South Dakota is used primarily to track high-risk sex offenders, according to the state Department of Corrections. On very rare occasions, non-sex offenders will be tracked by electronic ankle ...... [ more ]
  Associated Press, Sunday, July 28, 2013
  
  

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

• Date, time announced for execution of inmate Charles Rhines
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Department of Corrections has announced the date and time for the execution of inmate Charles Rhines. Charles Rhines is scheduled to be executed at Monday, November 4, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.... [ more ]
  ksfy.com, Friday, November 1, 2019
  
  
• South Dakota Death Row Inmate Scheduled to Be Executed in November
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota death row inmate is officially scheduled to be executed later this year.... [ more ]
  KDLT, Tuesday, June 25, 2019
  
  
• Thomas County judge hearing appeal for death row inmate
  
  THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WCTV) -- This week, a Thomas County judge is hearing the appeal of a death row inmate.... [ more ]
  WCTV - News, Monday, June 24, 2019
  
  

Gangs in Prison

Health & Medical Treatment

Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

Prison Conditions & Corruption

Prison Life & Culture

Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

• Inmate Drives Away From Work Site in State-Owned Pickup
  
  YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a South Dakota inmate who drove away from a work site Friday in a state-owned pickup.... [ more ]
  US News, Friday, January 3, 2020
  
  
• Inmate missing in Rapid City
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO.com) – Authorities in Rapid City are looking for an inmate that failed to report to or return from his work-release job site.... [ more ]
  kelo.com, Sunday, July 21, 2019
  
  

Suicides in Prison

Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News