Juveniles Could Be Monitored By Ankle Bracelet

SIOUX FALLS, SD - Troubled teens in Minnehaha County could soon be monitored without stepping foot in a jail cell. The county is in the process of using the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative aimed at reducing jail stays. Some of the policies have already done that, but the county is going further and adding an ankle bracelet to the mix.

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Juveniles Could Be Monitored By Ankle Bracelet
Juveniles Could Be Monitored By Ankle Bracelet

SIOUX FALLS, SD - Troubled teens in Minnehaha County could soon be monitored without stepping foot in a jail cell. The county is in the process of using the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative aimed at reducing jail stays.



Rodney Berget switches to guilty plea in killing of guard
Rodney Berget switches to guilty plea in killing of guard

Rodney Berget is escorted into a Minnehaha County courtroom Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. / Elisha Page - Argus Leader/Elisha Page / Argus Le Prison inmate Rodney Berget pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering corrections officer Ronald “RJ” Johnson this past



Prison fight, death investigation, delay Rapid City man's release
Prison fight, death investigation, delay Rapid City man's release

Lashley was sentenced to two consecutive 10-year terms in February 2010 in Minnehaha County for fifth-offense driving under the influence; five years of the sentence were suspended. The incident is the first violent inmate death at the Springfield



South Dakota prison officials say fight started over TV remote
South Dakota prison officials say fight started over TV remote

Lashley was serving 10 years in prison on a fifth-offense drunken driving conviction in Minnehaha County. Osteen had been scheduled to be released Tuesday after serving five years on a fourth-offense drunken driving conviction in Pennington County.



No Charges Filed In Prison Death

SPRINGFIELD — No charges will be filed against a Mike Durfee State Prison inmate involved in last week's altercation just hours before he was to be released. Attorney General Marty Jackley and Bon Homme County States Attorney Lisa




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The Jail, Managing the Underclass in American Society

The Jail, Managing the Underclass in American Society

Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail.

The inmates are running the asylum

The inmates are running the asylum


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Jail

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Go directly to jail, the criminalization of almost everything

Go directly to jail, the criminalization of almost everything

Go Directly to Jail examines these alarming trends and proposes reforms that could rein in a criminal justice apparatus at war with fairness and common sense.

Ford County: Stories

Ford County: Stories

The best-selling author returns to Ford County, Mississippi--the setting of his immensely popular first novel, A Time to Kill--in a surprising collection of ...