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PIERRE (AP) — An inmate missing from a minimum-security prison in Yankton has been arrested in Pierre. KCCR radio reports that 28-year-old Jonathan Archambeau turned himself in to police on Wednesday. Archambeau had been placed on escape status Sunday night when he failed...

YANKTON (AP) — A state prison inmate has died after what state corrections officials say was a lengthy illness. Seventy-three-year-old Ronald Rodden died Wednesday at a Yankton hospital. Rodden was serving three consecutive 15-year sentences for second-degree rape in Pennington...

YANKTON (AP) — An inmate missing from a minimum-security prison in Yankton has been placed on escape status. Corrections officials say 28-year-old Jonathan Archambeau failed to return from his work-release job on Sunday night. Archambeau is serving a four-year sentence for...

Several guards at San Francisco's main county jail orchestrated "gladiator-style" fights between inmates, placed bets on the outcomes and threatened those who disobeyed, the city's public defender said on Thursday. The report released by San Francisco's elected public defender,...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A 56-year-old state prison inmate has died in Sioux Falls following a 'lengthy illness.' The South Dakota Department of Corrections says Curtis Dosch passed away Thursday in a local hospital. Dosch was sentenced to a suspended prison term of 28 years in...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Authorities in southeast South Dakota say an inmate at a county jail died at a hospital Wednesday after he was found hanging in his cell. Minnehaha County Chief Deputy Sheriff Michelle Boyd says inmate Phillip Sean Bland was found hanging from his bedsheets...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A South Dakota prison inmate serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree rape has died of natural causes following a lengthy illness. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says 60-year-old Harold Kusick died Monday in Sioux Falls. Kusick was sentenced...

A 24-year-old inmate attempted to hang himself using a bedsheet in his cell Friday at the Davison County Jail in Mitchell Don Radel, the jail's administrator, told The Daily Republic that the inmate was not seriously hurt, but was still examined by paramedics and taken to Avera Queen...

RAPID CITY (AP) -- Authorities say an inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison in Rapid City more than two months ago is back behind bars. State corrections officials say Jeremy Phelps was arrested Sunday in Rapid City. He is being held in the Pennington County jail. Phelps...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- South Dakota corrections officials say the death of an inmate at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls is an apparent suicide. Authorities say the state Division of Criminal Investigation is still looking into the death of 22-year-old Corey Rhodes. An autopsy...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- An inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls died over the weekend. Corrections officials say an autopsy is being done as standard procedure on the body of 58-year-old Louis Cunningham, who died late Saturday or early Sunday. Cunningham had...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- A South Dakota prison inmate has been apprehended after leaving the State Penitentiary without authorization. The state Corrections Department reports that Gregory Lewandowski left the minimum-security unit in Sioux Falls, but was caught later Saturday while...

YANKTON (AP) -- Authorities in South Dakota are searching for a state prison inmate who left his work release job in Yankton without permission. Corrections officials say 45-year-old Myron Rainbow Sr. went missing Monday night. He was serving a five-year sentence for a fourth-offense...

RAPID CITY (AP) -- A missing state prison inmate is back in custody in South Dakota. Corrections officials say 30-year-old Justin Davis returned to the minimum-security unit of the Black Hills Correctional Transition Center in Rapid City on Monday night. He had failed to return on...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- A work release inmate is back in custody after failing to return on time to a minimum-security unit of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Corrections officials say 35-year-old Jason Lucas returned to the facility Sunday afternoon. He had left...