Concern over DOC prison cost leaves funding bill without committee recommendation
Lawmakers advanced a bill that would appropriate the last round of one-time funding needed to pay for a new men's prison.
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House State Affairs sends prison funding bill to appropriators
While House Bill 1025 now goes to the House Committee on Appropriations in Pierre, the House State Affairs committee gave no ...
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20-year-old state inmate dies
State prison offender Anthony Richards has died. According to the Department of Corrections, Richards died at the Jameson ...
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Behind the walls of the SD State Penitentiary: Part I
KELOLAND News hadn’t had the chance to bring a camera behind the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in recent years ...
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Hughes County man dies at state prison in Sioux Falls
Richards passed away at the Jameson Annex to the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on February 6, 2025. Richards ...
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Penitentiary plan advances – without extra money to pay for it
Plans to build a new men’s penitentiary between Harrisburg and Canton advanced in Pierre Wednesday, without all of the money ...
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An inside look at the State Penitentiary
Governor Larry Rhoden calls it “gothic” and studies have shown it’s outdated and unsafe. Photos show a view of the current ...
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Sioux Falls Police Chief John Thum believes new prison would help the state
Sioux Falls Police chief John Thum believes that a modern facility would benefit the state. In the late 1980’s Chief Thum’s ...
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Inmate convicted of first-degree rape charges dies while serving sentence, DOC says
An inmate at the Sioux Falls State Penitentiary has died, according to a press release from the South Dakota Department of Corrections. Tajhon Cayou, 22, died in a Sioux Falls hospital Jan. 27 ...