As of October 2022, the South Dakota Department of Corrections lists 154 individuals serving murder sentences in either Sioux Falls or Pierre. Male inmates (150) serving life sentences are housed in Sioux Falls while female inmates (4) are in Pierre. According to Death Row U.S.A. Spring 202...
According to Dakota News Now, the vacancy rate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls is 46 percent. That means almost half of the staff that would normally be working there does not exist right now. In September of 2021, the vacancy rate was only 25 percent. With that man...
Tyrane E. Phyle, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Walter Leapley, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary;mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, State of Southdakota, Defendants-appellees, 66 F.3d 154 (8th Cir. 1995) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for th