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LETTER: Author to discuss better parenting

A few years back, many of us were surprised to learn that Davison County was No. 4 in the state for juvenile drug abuse and juvenile arrest rate, and that commitments to the Department of Corrections had nearly tripled since 2000.

By Christopher Hart , April 07, 2013

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Minnehaha County detox center off probation

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The Minnehaha County Detoxification Center put on probation last year has re-earned state accreditation.

April 02, 2013

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Young named new Warden of SD State Penitentiary

Young will report to Mike Durfee State Prison Warden Bob Dooley, who will assume the Director of Prison Operations and Chief Warden duties upon Doug Weber's retirement.

April 02, 2013

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Corrections officials goofed in declaring Rapid City inmate missing

RAPID CITY (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who they believed went missing briefly Monday morning was actually never missing and was where he was supposed to be.

April 01, 2013

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OUR VIEW: SD DOC needs to move social media investigations out of ‘infancy’

OUR VIEW: SD DOC needs to move social media investigations out of ‘infancy’ If anybody with a computer and a Facebook account could learn so much about Davidson in so little time, there’s no reason the DOC shouldn’t be doing the same.

By Editorial board , March 27, 2013

Warden says he'll be hands-on in new role

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Mike Durfee State Prison Warden Bob Dooley says he'll take a hands-on approach with the added responsibilities of director of prison operations for the South Dakota Department of Corrections.

March 25, 2013

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Kids locked up at high rate in SD

Study says state leads nation in rate of juvenile incarceration.

By Chris Mueller , March 22, 2013

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List of SD absconders

Following is a list of parole absconders supplied earlier this week by the South Dakota Department of Corrections.

March 22, 2013

Man questioned in homicide hid in plain sight for five months

Man questioned in homicide hid in plain sight for five months Kent Davidson walked out of a correctional facility in October and into a homicide investigation in March. Despite being a wanted man, he continued posting to his Facebook page and even got engaged. Why wasn’t he caught?

By Anna Jauhola , March 22, 2013

New juvenile corrections program starting in Sioux Falls

The South Dakota Department of Corrections juvenile division has awarded a bid to Sequel Youth & Family Services to create a 32-bed group care program that will provide transitional services to DOC youth returning to the Sioux Falls area.

March 22, 2013

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Juvenile detention staffer in Sioux Falls sentenced to jail

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A former juvenile detention center employee in Sioux Falls known for being a star college football quarterback has been sentenced to about half a year in jail for having sex with a female inmate.

March 05, 2013

SD Corrections Department names new chief warden

PIERRE (AP) — Bob Dooley, the warden at the state prison in Springfield, will become South Dakota’s new director of prison operations in June.

March 02, 2013

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Debate over old barn as juvenile corrections campus improved

PIERRE — Legislators seem willing to let the state’s juvenile corrections division proceed with constructing a new maintenance building at the STAR campus on the grounds of the old Custer state hospital. But they don’t want the barn that would be demolished under the plan lost to history.

By Bob Mercer , February 24, 2013

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SD governor signs criminal justice reform measure

PIERRE (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a plan to cut the state's prison costs by treating more nonviolent offenders through intensive probation, parole and other programs outside prison walls.

February 06, 2013

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SD House OKs gov's justice reforms

Sweeping overhaul of state system headed to governor’s desk.

By Bob Mercer , February 01, 2013

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