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26-06-2025
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Overdose deaths, gang violence draw charges in some — not all — recent prison incidents
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley speaks at a press conference on prison violence on June 24, 2025, in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX FALLS — Attorney General Marty Jackley announced a flurry of criminal charges Tuesday in a series of incidents that have played out since February on the grounds of the South Dakota State Penitentiary. Two people stand accused of providing the drugs that killed two of the four inmates who've overdosed this year in South Dakota prisons. The charges in the overdose deaths of 20-year-old Anthony Richards and 39-year-old Jason Garreau were unsealed Tuesday. Legislative group studies SD's high incarceration rate, overrepresentation of Indigenous prisoners An inmate allegedly supplied the synthetic marijuana that killed Richards in February at the penitentiary's Jameson Annex. The methamphetamine and cocaine that killed Garreau in the penitentiary in May was allegedly delivered hand-to-hand by an on-site visitor who lives in Sioux Falls. There are two other suspected prison overdose deaths under investigation, Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday at the Law Enforcement Center in Sioux Falls. Charges may come soon in those cases, which involved the May 18 death of 24-year-old Joshua Arrow and the June 10 death of 42-year-old Nicholas Skorka. Jackley said the state's still awaiting toxicology results in those cases. Also unsealed Tuesday were felony assault and rioting indictments for 24 inmates reportedly involved in a 40-man gang skirmish at the Jameson Annex on May 27 that injured 14 and sent four to the hospital. There were nine gangs involved in that fight, Jackley said. The violence was 'coordinated' by the gangs, he said, but he declined to say if any of the eight inmate victims who are named in the indictments were targeted specifically. Two of the people whose names are listed as assault victims were themselves charged for felony rioting, defined under South Dakota law as an incident in which three or more people break things or hurt others on purpose. 'I'm going to suggest to you that of the 24 indicted, they might all be taking the position that they're victims,' Jackley said, noting that the Division of Criminal Investigation concluded that only eight of those involved could legally be classified as such. The number of gangs involved – nine – is 'probably more than I'm normally involved with in a particular investigation,' Jackley said. But he also said he recognizes that 'there is gang prevalence at the penitentiary.' The charges relate to some, but not all, of the recent high-profile prison grounds incidents. An inmate broke the nose of a female correctional officer in late March at the penitentiary. Another, unrelated bout of violence at the Jameson Annex between inmates came hours later. On May 7, a male correctional officer was injured by an inmate at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. None of those incidents has drawn charges. Fight breaks out at penitentiary one month after similar violence that injured officer Several investigations have commenced this year into situations like those, Jackley said, as well as into a prison drug ring the Department of Corrections announced it had broken up. A late May press release on that investigation said criminal charges would follow 'if warranted.' The attorney general declined to say Tuesday if more charges were imminent in any of those situations. 'Like all investigations, you may reach a point where you're prepared because there's probable cause and a reasonable likelihood that a jury would convict, where you move forward, but those investigations are not at that charging decision stage,' Jackley said. He did suggest that autopsy results in the overdose deaths of Arrow and Skorka would be necessary to make the call in those specific cases. After Tuesday's press conference, Jackley spokesman Tony Mangan told South Dakota Searchlight that the state is waiting for final reports in the officer assault cases. The Department of Corrections, meanwhile, suspended in-person visits in Sioux Falls in response to the drug ring investigation. That decision has led to some consternation among inmate families, some of whom planned to hold the latest in a series of protests against the DOC Tuesday evening. The charges and investigations this year have taken place as state officials consider sites for a new men's prison to replace the oldest parts of the penitentiary. The first meeting of the Project Prison Reset task force came days after the late March assaults. Penitentiary and Jameson Annex inmates were on a security lockdown when the task force members toured the grounds for that April 2 meeting. The officer in Durfee was attacked a week and a day after the group met in Springfield. The next task force meeting is scheduled for July 8 in Sioux Falls. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
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13-06-2025
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Drugs inside prison; Shooting arrest; Storm chance
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Here are this morning's top stories with KELOLAND On the Go. The South Dakota Department of Corrections has confirmed three inmate deaths tied to drug overdoses in 2025 in Sioux Falls: one at the state penitentiary and two at the Jameson Annex next door. Jackley: Meth, fentanyl, cocaine behind SD prison walls A man was arrested in connection with a shooting six days ago. Two men and a woman were in an alleyway on 2nd Street on June 4 when an argument broke out around 9:30 a.m. The man shot the other man in the leg. The victim, 39, was taken to the hospital for his injuries. 1 arrested in connection with last week's shooting Even though flowers may not be the most popular gift for Father's Day, there are still plenty of gardening supplies for Dad. It's been said that most men don't receive flowers until their funeral. But with options, like this one complete with a fishing pole – florist Stacy Schapp hopes to change that. Flowers for Fathers Day Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms have moved across KELOLAND the past 24 hours. It looks like another warm day for Sioux Falls with highs in the lower to middle 80s. There is a 20% chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. More scattered storms ahead this weekend in KELOLAND Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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28-05-2025
- Business
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Jackley targets $525 million for prison spending
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota's top law enforcement officer, who sits on a task force examining where to recommend putting a new men's prison, is sharing the kind of price tag he wants to see: a cost that's notably different from a previous guaranteed maximum price as well as a fraction of what a recent consultant report recommends. Oglala Sioux Tribe sends measles alert after case in border county In February, South Dakota lawmakers voted down House Bill 1025, which would have appropriated money to build a new 1,512 men's prison in Lincoln County with a guaranteed maximum price of $825 million. The failure paved the way for Project Prison Reset and the consultant report which includes a recommendation to build a 1,728-bed replacement for the current penitentiary. The report also recommends building an additional prison or prisons and adding beds to the Sioux Falls Minimum Center. Per the report, this could all cost up to $2.1 billion. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, who sits on the task force, is targeting a price that's notably lower. 'I think there are several proposals out there,' Jackley said Tuesday. 'The ones that I'm more interested in fall in that $525 million range, 'cause again, for me this is about protecting not just the public, but the taxpayers.' That cost, Jackley says, would still pay for 1,500 beds. At the task force's most recent meeting, the group unanimously voiced approval to replace the current penitentiary. Still on Gov. Larry Rhoden's to-do list for the group is figuring out how big this facility should be and where it should go. 'We've got two meetings left before a special session,' Minnehaha County State's Attorney Daniel Haggar said Tuesday. 'I think it's important for us to address those questions that the governor has tasked us with. There's going to be a lot of conversation, and we've seen things can move slowly. They can also move quickly.' Haggar is also on the task force. As of Tuesday, he hasn't landed on a specific location. 'I'm not quite there yet,' Haggar said. 'I haven't ruled anything out.' As for Jackley, he says locations already within the Department of Corrections' orbit are possible. 'It could be utilizing existing facilities, and when I say utilizing existing facilities, that's Jameson, that's the Hill, that's Springfield,' Jackley said. 'It's areas that already exist so you don't have some of the community pushback.' The task force's next meeting is June 3 in Pierre. Eventually, the plan is for a special session of the state legislature to learn on July 22 about the group's recommendations. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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23-05-2025
- Politics
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South Dakota Attorney General clarifies scope of immigration enforcement agreements with feds
Attorney General Marty Jackley listens to testimony at a Project Prison Reset meeting on April 29, 2025, in Springfield. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley shared Friday that the new immigration enforcement agreement he aims to enter into with federal authorities is the same type Gov. Larry Rhoden aims for, but said his agents will only use that authority in limited circumstances. The agreements let officials trained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ask people about their immigration status and make warrantless arrests for suspected violations. Jackley's requested agreement between ICE and the state Division of Criminal Investigation is limited in scope, however, he said in a Friday press release. 'To be clear, I am restricting the use of this federal authority to violent criminals and drug dealers,' Jackley said. Governor, attorney general visit the border and seek a bigger immigration enforcement role Jackley first announced his intent to pursue the agreement during a news conference this week with Republican attorneys general at the U.S.-Mexico border. At the time, the type of agreement was not specified. The news came via the release of Jackley's proposed agreement, which operates under Jackley's direction. ICE had not yet signed the shared agreement signed stateside byDCI Director Dan Satterlee. ICE offers three types of agreements under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. One, the Jail Enforcement Model, lets trained jailers ask those in their custody about their immigration status, and lets those jailers search ICE databases and issue immigration detention orders. Another trains local jail staff as ICE Warrant Service Officers, allowing them to serve immigration warrants obtained from a judge by ICE officers to inmates already in local custody. Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead and Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan both made those types of agreements earlier this spring. The third type of agreement offers the broadest scope of authority to local officers. The Task Force Model trains locals who work outside detention centers to act as limited immigration agents, enabling them to ask those they encounter in the normal course of police business about their immigration status, and to arrest them if they're suspected of violating immigration law. The Obama administration discontinued the type in 2012 due to concerns about racial profiling and civil rights violations. They were revived by the Trump administration earlier this year. Jackley and Rhoden, both Republicans and potential 2026 gubernatorial candidates, have characterized their support for the agreements as moves showing them to be in lockstep with President Trump's immigration policies. While Jackley said in a press release that his agents would use their immigration enforcement authority in limited situations, Rhoden spokeswoman Josie Harms would not expand upon the scenarios under which state troopers would use their authority once an agreement is in place for the highway patrol. Taneeza Islam, CEO of South Dakota Voices for Peace, said the general message will make victims of labor and sex trafficking less likely to come forward, and lets perpetrators threaten to turn their victims in for deportation if they attempt to flee. 'You have legal protections if you come forward, but victims don't know that,' Islam said. ICE has authority and supervision over all immigration-related activities, according to Jackley's agreement. Authorities must undergo ICE-led training and pass federal exams. ICE covers training-related travel costs and provides instructors and materials. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Church fire; DOC deaths; Cold tonight and rain
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Here are this morning's top stories with KELOLAND On the Go. A Watertown church is trying to figure out what's next after a fire broke out Monday afternoon. The Watertown Fire Rescue assistant chief told KELOLAND News Tuesday, the cause wasn't confirmed yet, but there's a high probability lightning is to blame. Pastors describe support after Watertown church fire South Dakota's top law enforcement officer says it doesn't look like the state's latest Department of Corrections inmate deaths were from natural causes. Jackley: Recent DOC inmate deaths 'likely' overdoses Temperatures will warm the most in Rapid City, mainly due to more sunshine. Temperatures will once again bottom out into the 30s tonight with some clearing. Another cool day ahead; Shower chances coming this weekend Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
