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 ...

Carrie Ann Collins of New Effington is alleged to have shot a co-worker in the face with a pistol on January 15th at the Avantara Nursing Home in Milbank. After she was charged, a judge set her bond ...

Eight inmates fled the minimum-security unit of the women's prison in Pierre, S.D. on Monday night after a fellow detainee tested positive for the coronavirus. The women left the Community Work Center ...

A new scientific poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch finds that a majority of registered voters approve of the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota ranks third in the percentage growth of inmate population of all U.S. states. The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

In 1971 and 1972, Bill Walsh co-chaired a prison reform committee, which was established by former Gov. Richard Kneip. At the time, Walsh was an active Catholic priest and chaplain at the state ...

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline. A new prison population report from the federal Bureau of Justice ...