A Custer man has been sentenced to the South Dakota State Penitentiary for Attempted Disarming of a Law Enforcement Officer, ...

The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced they will conduct sobriety checkpoints in 16 counties in. In a news release ...

A state-spanning sting operation in June drew indictments for the owners of five smoke shops in South Dakota this week, ...

Law enforcement associations in South Dakota have given their support for the Governor's plan for a new prison. Governor Larry Rhoden has introduced draft legislation to replace the state's 140 year ...

Scenes from the AQHA regionals on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the Central States Fairgrounds in Rapid City. The complex on East Watertown Street has been the site of a string of violent crimes, including ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Pennington County Jail has been at capacity for inmates since 2014, but the jail hasn’t historically been fully staffed with correctional officers. After a recent hiring ...

Following years of staffing issues, correctional officers at the Pennington County jail will soon be enjoying better pay and better hours. For the first time in ...

THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - What started as one inmate wanting to be baptized soon turned into 45 inmates being baptized at the Thomas County Jail. According to Chaplain Dr. Kevin Lamb and Thomas ...

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is facing a class action lawsuit after a former jail commander was charged with watching strip search videos of female inmates for self-gratification. One former ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The U.S. Constitution guarantees people accused of crimes the right to a speedy trial, but dozens of Charleston and Berkeley County inmates are spending years behind bars ...

MADISON (WKOW) — A proposed communications contract could save Dane County Jail inmates and their families over $100 per month. That's according to Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, who explained ...