The mayor at a press conference on Friday said that there is no space and few resources in the current State Penitentiary to ...

Lawmakers advanced a bill that would appropriate the last round of one-time funding needed to pay for a new men's prison.

South Dakota Broadcasters Association The latest skirmish in South Dakota’s years long bid to build a new prison pitted ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 40-year-old Ryan Prince was sentenced at the end of January to 15 years in prison. He pleaded ...

Matthew Lee Mierkey, 59, pleaded guilty to multiple habitual offender charges on Jan. 23. A sentencing hearing is not set in ...

Sioux Falls Police chief John Thum believes that a modern facility would benefit the state. In the late 1980’s Chief Thum’s ...

Richards passed away at the Jameson Annex to the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on February 6, 2025. Richards ...

Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

KELOLAND News hadn’t had the chance to bring a camera behind the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in recent years ...

Governor Larry Rhoden calls it “gothic” and studies have shown it’s outdated and unsafe. Photos show a view of the current ...

The K-State women's tennis team continued their home stretch on Saturday (Feb. 1), falling short 6-1 against Wichita State at Body First Tennis Center. In doubles play, all three matches led to high ...

The following cases were among those heard Tuesday, Jan. 28, during a circuit court session at the Davison County Public Safety Center, with Judge Chris Giles presiding: * Allen Thomson, 32, of ...