Governor Kristi Noem said Monday that we all should implement social distancing measures. O.K., said nine Pierre inmates: The breakout at the Pierre Community Work…
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Who’s solving problems in Pierre? Democrats. Economist and Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) offers Senate Bill 96, which would lift South Dakota’s ban on Temporary…
In the spirit of Governor Kristi Noem’s call to identify with the downtrodden, I consider renaming my series of letters from the South Dakota State…
A poem from the South Dakota State Penitentiary:
South Dakota is the only state where ingestion of a controlled substance draws felony punishment. Ryan Redler received one such felony conviction for taking meth…
Quiet and constant social reformer Lawrence Diggs told the Green Aberdeen Chautauqua yesterday about his work with South Dakota’s prisoners. Among other projects, he spoke…
In good news, fewer people are in jail! According to the Legislative Research Council’s latest prison population report, South Dakota had 209 fewer people behind…
Remember that March interview Senator Lynne DiSanto did with the biological mother of the little girl whose February disappearance DiSanto has been exploiting for publicity?…
In today’s local slice of South Dakota’s incarceration crisis, the Brown County Jail has been running at nearly double its capacity: Sheriff Mark Milbrandt said…
While Governor Kristi Noem feels the need to lock herself up behind a fence, the state is locking fewer people up in its prisons. The…