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Gov. Kristi Noem fires South Dakota prison wardens as scrutiny of corrections staff grows The South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources continues to lead an investigation into low morale among corrections employees following an anonymous complaint about low pay, shoddy equipment and sexual harassment. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × The South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is pictured here in a Google Maps screenshot from September 2019. (Submitted / Google) PIERRE, S.D. — Two top wardens overseeing the Sioux Falls prison have been ...

  Secretary of Corrections Mike Leidholt and State Penitentiary Warden Darin Young are on leave following a human resources investigation into an anonymous complaint. Governor Kristi Noem made the move on Tuesday.     “My top priority as governor is keeping South Dakotans safe, and that includes the men and women who work at the State Penitentiary and those who are confined there,” said Governor Noem in a release.      “There have been many instances where [Officers In Charge] have taken advantage of their position by attempting to persuade employees sexually,” the co...

SDPB Secretary of Corrections Mike Leidholt and State Penitentiary Warden Darin Young are on leave following a human resources investigation into an anonymous complaint. Governor Kristi Noem made the move on Tuesday.   This and more in today’s SDPB News Podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today. Listen

1:40 Parts of Siouxland under a tornado watch until 9 tonight, including Woodbury, Monona, Ida, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Clay, Emmet, and Pocahontas. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several counties across central Iowa, including Calhoun and Carroll just outside of Siouxland. A judge has agreed to delay the sentencing of the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after his lawyers said they need time to investigate new information implicating other people. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without the po...

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-07-14 So the state fails to give State Penitentiary guards enough pay and support, and the Governor suspends the Warden and the Corrections Secretary? An anonymous complaint circulated among correctional officers in May prompted Governor Kristi Noem to announce last night that she is putting State Penitentiary Warden Darin Young and Secretary of Corrections Mike Leidholt on administrative leave: At approximately 7:00 pm Central time tonight, Governor Noem was briefed on a summary of an internal review conducted by the South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources ...