Keith Hawk, 30, Inmate at Mike Durfee Prison on two charges: Possession of Prohibited Controlled Substance by an Inmate and ...

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Monday that 11 people, including seven inmates, three private citizens, and one ...

Drug overdoses are continuing to rise inside New York state prisons, with a recent cluster of incidents at Elmira Correctional Facility sending multiple inmates to the hospital. A new report says 10 ...

Cells at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. (Courtesy of South Dakota Department of Corrections) No state that borders South Dakota has publicly confirmed a lethal overdose in a state prison in 2025 ...

From left, the four candidates for the 2026 South Dakota Republican nomination for governor: U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, Gov. Larry Rhoden, Aberdeen businessman Toby Doeden, and state House Speaker Jon ...

Blair County coroner Ray Benton says an autopsy has confirmed the cause of death for a female inmate who was found in her cell earlier this month at the county ...

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 overdose deaths are thought ...

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 or confirmed overdose ...