South Dakota State Penitentiary News

A Sioux Falls man who calls himself an ordained pastor was sentenced to five years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Wednesday for the 2005 rape of a 12-year-old girl.

A 25-year-old Altamont man was sentenced today to two years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for soliciting a minor.

Sholom Rubashkin, the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse convicted of financial fraud, is being held at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. A jury in Rubashkin's fraud trial returned guilty verdicts on 86 of 91 counts Thursday night.

Tiana Leamons' life ended in two minutes of speed and chaos that started with a late-night traffic stop.

Josh Tirrel, a financial representative with the Theobald Financial Group of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, recently was appointed a recruiting field director in the Sioux Falls area.

A Harrold man who has racked up eight drunk driving convictions has been sentenced to five years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

Officials are releasing few details about an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary found dead this week in an apparent suicide.

CONTACT: Michael Winder, SD DOC 773-3478 New warden named at South Dakota Women's Prison Pierre, S.D. A familiar face will take over the reigns of the South Dakota Women's Prison later this fall.

The owner of the Sioux Falls Storm faces up to a half million dollars in restitution for unpaid sales tax.

Lance Michael Smith of Omaha was sentenced Friday to 25 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for the 2008 robbery of a Hartford restaurant.

Lance Michael Smith of Omaha was sentenced Friday to 25 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for the 2008 robbery of a Hartford restaurant.

Lance Michael Smith of Omaha was sentenced Friday to 25 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for the 2008 robbery of a Hartford restaurant.

Michael McAfee walked away from the South Dakota State Penitentiary's West Farm work program 10 years ago when he was one year and four months from eligibility for parole.

Sioux City firefighters were called to help put out an engine fire on the Siouxland Blood Bank's Bloodmobile.

A San Diego man who escaped from the South Dakota State Penitentiary 10 years ago traveled and lived under several identities before his capture in Salt Lake City this week, federal agents say.

Michael Stean Vos, Jr., 18, of Holland was arraigned the morning of Thursday, July 16 at the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Minnehaha County Grand Jury charged Vos on June 4 with one felony charge of vehicular homicide and two misdemeanor counts of DWI following a one-vehicle crash that occurred on May 24 in Sioux Falls.

Have you seen 56-year-old Michael McAfee? Multimedia Watch The Video This fugitive is the latest target on Action News' Wheel of Justice.

When you think about serving time, you probably think of inmates alone behind bars.

A pair of dogs trained to find cellular phones and tobacco hidden inside the state's prisons were introduced Wednesday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

Law enforcement agencies have been using dogs to find drugs and guns, and now the South Dakota Corrections Department has a couple of canines to find cell phones and tobacco.