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News From the Department Of Corrections

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2007

December

12-26 STAR Academy Superintendent retires

12-20 State prison inmates make, donate winter clothing for needy

12-5 'Scoop It' snow removal program assists elderly and disabled homeowners

12-4 STAR runaway apprehended

November

11-30 State prison inmate back in custody

11-24 State prison inmate back in custody

11-24 State prison inmate fails to report to work release job

October

10-29 Inmate garden produces nearly fourteen tons of food

10-24 Search underway for state prison inmate

September

9-25 STAR Walkaways Back In Custody

9-24 State prison inmates on fire line

9-23 Search underway for STAR Academy walkaways

9-20 Bunkers honored by Corrections Association

9-20 Weber honored by Corrections Association

August

8-21 State prison inmates, staff assisting with Hermosa flooding clean-up

8-17 STAR Academy receives Performance based Standards award

8-13 State prison inmate back in custody

8-10 State prison inmates, staff deployed to Rapid Creek Ranch Fire

July

7-26 STAR Walkaways in custody

7-26 STAR Walkaways

7-26 State prison population drops in state fiscal year 2007

7-26 State prison inmate dies

7-17 State prison inmate dies

7-10 Portion of STAR Academy evacuated due to fire threat

7-9 Execution date, time set for Inmate Elijah Page

June

6-29 STAR Runaways in Custody

6-29 Search under way for STAR Runaways

6-26 State prison inmates, staff on fire line

6-19 STAR Runaways back in custody

6-19 State prison inmate back in custody

6-18 Youth run away from STAR Academy

6-18 State prison inmate dies

6-18 State prison inmate dies

6-12 State prison inmate dies

6-8 Search underway for state prison inmate

6-8 State prison inmate back in custody

6-4 State prison inmate walks away from Rapid City unit

May

5-28 State prison inmate back in custody

5-28 Search underway for missing work release inmate

5-27 Search underway for state prison inmate

5-18 Review of DOC Contractual Foster Care program underway

5-14 State prison inmates on fire lines in Black Hills

5-7 State prison inmate dies

5-4 Governor Rounds proclaims May 6-12 as Correctional Employees Week

5-2 State prison inmate dies

March

3-28 State prison inmates fail to return from work release jobs

3-14 Four appointed to South Dakota Corrections Commission

3-1 State prison inmate dies

February

2-13 State prison inmate back in custody

2-13 State prison inmate fails to return from work release job

january

1-25 Madison man elected chairman of Parole Board

1-20 State lauds opening of Intensive Residential Treatment program for juveniles

1-20 State addressing minority over-representation in juvenile justice system

1-18 Scoop It Program assists elderly, disabled homeowners in Sioux Falls