In July, Governor Kristi Noem started purging prison staff and dug into one-time money to temporarily offer retention bonuses and raise pay in hopes of addressing a…
Tag: Department of Corrections
Governor Kristi Noem appointed Mike Leidholt to run the Department of Corrections at the very start of her administration. So obviously he (and she) couldn’t be…
Hey, did you notice that one of the Corrections officials Governor Noem fired in response to an anonymous complaint about sexual harassment is complaining that…
Following her meeting with State Penitentiary staff about their complaints about long overtime hours, low pay, and poor working conditions, Governor Kristi Noem took questions…
Governor Kristi Noem’s purge of the Department of Corrections has expanded. After suspending Corrections Secretary Mike Leidholt and State Pentitiary Warden Darin Young Tuesday evening,…
So the state fails to give State Penitentiary guards enough pay and support, and the Governor suspends the Warden and the Corrections Secretary? An anonymous…
Hmm… so Tuesday’s headlines featured nine women headed to court for charges related to a drug bust at the South Dakota Women’s Prison in Pierre: Nine women face…