A federal court judge has denied Briley Wayne Piper's petition to to appeal his death sentence. The man remains on death row.

Here's a look at some of the major bills that made it to Gov. Larry Rhoden's desk — and those that didn't — this year.

The Republican governor’s announcement came after a proposed 1,500-bed men’s prison that was planned for Lincoln County south of Sioux Falls was unable to find sufficient support in the state ...

Brian Wright, 54, passed away at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, S.D. on March 24. He was serving a 48-year ...

Twenty-seven senators voted Monday to pass a bill segregating restrooms in public schools and state-owned facilities by sex ...

Nesbit was initially sentenced to life in prison, but that was later reduced to 20 years. When he escaped from the South Dakota State Penitentiary in September 1946, he had just three months left ...

Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum and Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead shared during a media police briefing on Friday a rising number of assaults happening on law enforcement in Sioux Falls.

State prison offender Brian Wright passed away on March 24 at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. At the time of his ...

Brian Wright, 54, died at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield on Monday while serving a 48-year sentence for sexual contact with a child under 16.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed a bill that will loosen his state’s felony ingestion statutes, which are among the ...

By 1955, the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls had been operational for 74-years. It is now 144-years-old. Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th President in 1955. That year, a 65-foot ...