Dominik Dausch

3 weeks ago | argusleader.com | Dominik Dausch

A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing. The task force rejected the original proposed site in Lincoln County, despite $51 million already invested in development. The committee recommended a budget of $600 million for the new prison, significantly lower than the Department of Corrections' initial $825 million proposal.

3 weeks ago | thepublicopinion.com | Dominik Dausch

A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing. The task force rejected the original proposed site in Lincoln County, despite $51 million already invested in development. The committee recommended a budget of $600 million for the new prison, significantly lower than the Department of Corrections' initial $825 million proposal.

4 weeks ago | argusleader.com | Dominik Dausch

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is claiming victory over an alleged drug smuggling ring operating in its state prisons, but certain details about the bust remain limited. DOC Secretary Kellie Wasko announced in a May 29 press release that state authorities busted an apparent "ring of drug smuggling coming into state prison facilities through an internal investigation.""We are stopping the flow of drugs into our prison facilities.

4 weeks ago | argusleader.com | Dominik Dausch

Multiple inmates at South Dakota State Penitentiary's maximum security facility were injured following an outbreak of alleged attacks, according to a state official. The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into multiple inmate-on-inmate assaults reported at about 1 p.m. CDT May 27 at the penitentiary's Jameson Annex, according to a May 29 press release from Attorney General Marty Jackley, who oversees the investigatory agency.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Dominik Dausch

A second expected entrant to South Dakota's distant gubernatorial race has filed with the state. Aberdeen businessman and conservative activist Toby Doeden filed a statement of organization for "Toby Doeden for South Dakota," a statewide gubernatorial candidate committee established on May 22, according to the South Dakota Secretary of State's website. Doeden has scheduled an event at 5 p.m. CDT, May 28, at Wylie Park Pavilion in Aberdeen.