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2000

December

12-26 Charges Sought Following Escape Attempt at Pen

12-15 Inmate, Staff Injured In Fire At Durfee State Prison

12-14 DOC Youth Preparing for Holiday Events

November

11-28 Escaped Inmate Captured in Nebraska

11-27 DOC Youth, Staff Take Part in Christmas at the Capitol

October

10-19 State Prison Inmate Dies From Apparent Suicide

10-17 STS Escapee Caught

10-15 Search On for Escaped Teen from State Training School

10-4 Inmate Gardeners Provide 8 Tons of Food to Yankton Area Organizations

September

9-24 EXCEL staff assaulted

9-15 Department of Corrections Awarded Life Skills Grant for Inmates

9-14 Inmate Crew Continues Work to Help Reduce Forest Fire Risk

9-11 Runaways from Custer Youth Corrections Center Apprehended

9-4 Inmate Walks Away from Fire Crew

August

8-31 Search Underway for Runaways from Custer Youth Corrections Center

8-17 State Prison Inmate Dies Overnight

July

7-12 Plankinton Escapees Apprehended In Kansas

7-10 Three Juveniles Escape from State Training School

June

6-6 Janklow Directs State Agencies To Prepare For Black Hills Fires

May

5-15 Memorial Chapel Dedication Set for Saturday at CYCC

5-12 Emergency Response Exercise Deemed a Success

5-12 Inmates, Juvenile Offenders Assisting with Storm Cleanup

5-7 Janklow Honors Correctional Workers

5-4 Two Correctional Officers Hurt In Wednesday Incident

5-4 Governor Wants Public To See Plankinton Reports

April

4-21 Janklow Gives Emergency Light Systems To Fire Departments

4-19 Corrections Commission Meeting Cancelled

4-17 Janklow Offers Free Generators And Lights To Fire Departments

4-11 State Hires Veteran FBI Agent As Juvenile Corrections Monitor

4-11 Inmate Built Homes Featured in Corrections Publication

march

3-20 Janklow Appoints Reisch As Deputy Secretary Of Corrections

3-14 Inmate Walks Away From Custer Trusty Unit

3-10 State Supreme Court Upholds Split Parole System

3-9 DOC Fired Guard For Improper Contact With Juvenile

3-1 Fire Extinguished at Penitentiary, Jameson Annex

January

1-13 Plankinton Report, Governor's Speech Set For Tuesday

1-3 Deputy Secretary of Corrections Loses Battle With Cancer