NEWS
News From the Department of Corrections
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2012
December
12-14 'Scoop It' snow removal program assists elderly, disabled homeowners
12-26 State prison inmate back in custody
12-28 Penitentiary Warden Weber announces retirement plans
12-28 State juvenile corrections programs shine in PbS program
12-29 Search under way for missing state prison inmate
November
October
10-5 State prison inmate in custody
10-8 Search under way for missing state prison inmate
10-12 Execution date, time set for Inmate Eric Robert
10-15 Statement of Secretary of Corrections on execution
10-26 State prison inmate dies
10-27 Execution date, time set for Inmate Donald Moeller
10-30 Statement of Secretary of Corrections on execution
10-31 Clarification made for execution final statement
September
9-9 Missing juvenile back in custody
9-11 Additional offenders earn GED
9-22 Search under way for state prison inmate
9-22 State prison inmate back in custody
9-30 Search under way for missing state prison inmate Photo
August
8-18 Search under way for missing state prison inmate
8-19 State prison inmate back in custody
8-21 Search under way for missing Community Transition Program parolee
8-31 Search under way for juvenile missing from STAR Academy
July
7-1 Search underway for missing state prison inmate
7-1 State prison inmate back in custody
7-9 Search underway for missing state prison inmate
7-9 State prison inmate back in custody
7-12 Court Service Officers, Parole and Juvenile Corrections Agents honored
7-13 Search underway for missing state prison inmate
7-16 State prison inmate back in custody
7-16 Search underway for missing state prison inmate Photo
7-17 STAR Academy programs voluntarily relocated as a precaution due to fire threat
7-18 STAR Academy Youth Return to East Campus
7-24 State prison inmate to be released Photo
7-31 Search underway for missing state prison inmate
7-31 State prison inmate back in custody
June
6-22 SDSP Correctional Officer Treated and Released
May
5-4 Correctional Employees Week is May 6-12
5-11 Open House event set for Black Hills Correctional Transition Center
5-14 A search is underway for a missing inmate
5-25 A search is underway for a missing inmate
5-25 Inmate in Custody
5-25 Youth runs away from STAR Academy
5-27 Search underway for missing state prison inmate Photo
5-31 STAR Academy runaway back in custody
April
4-2 Penitentiary Training Academy to be named for Ron 'RJ' Johnson
4-2 State prison inmates on front line of Mountain Pine Beetle fight
4-4 State juvenile program at West Farm to close
4-11 State prison inmates assisting with roadside cleanup projects
4-17 State prison inmate to be released Photo
4-26 State prison inmate to be released Photo
March
3-9 Search underway for missing CTP participant Photo
February
2-21 State prison inmate to be released Photo
January
1-19 Dave Nelson reelected as Chairman of Board of Pardons and Paroles
1-27 Search underway for missing Community Transition Program Participant