Task Force Reacts to Inmate Assault Reports

Prison drug smuggling ring busted, state corrections officials say

Following a protest in response to a string of violence and deaths at state prisons and amid continuing talks about potential prison construction, South Dakota officials say they’ve busted a ring of drug smuggling in prison facilities and imposed a…

Task force reacts to inmate assault reports

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into reports of several assaults on the South Dakota State Penitentiary's campus this week. This latest incident concerns Project Prison Reset task force members for a number of reasons. "Where we're at today, that opportunity for those inmates to injure a correctional officer exists, and we need to eliminate that," South Dakota Republican Representative Greg Jamison sa…

SD Prison Drug Smuggling Ring Busted, State Corrections Officials Say

Following a protest in response to a string of violence and deaths at state prisons and amid continuing talks about potential prison construction, South Dakota officials say they’ve busted a ring of drug smuggling in prison facilities and imposed a…