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 that was prepared as part of an investigation following an anonymous complaint. A copy of the anonymous complaint can be found here.
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Senator claims Labor put her in hospital A senator has been accused of playing the victim after saying that the stress from the Brittany Higgins rape allegations put her in hospital.
Politics by Samantha Maiden and Finn McHugh 5th Jun 2021 5:12 AM Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has sensationally accused the Labor Party of hounding her to the point that she ended up in hospital over the Brittany Higgins rape allegations furore. Senator Reynolds, who was forced to apologise after she described Ms Higgins as a lying cow earlier this year made the extraordinary statement about her hospitalisation on Friday night at Senate estimates.
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The Liberal staffer who allegedly raped Brittany Higgins did not have his employment terminated until 10 days after leaving the office of then-Defence Industry Minister Linda Reynolds.
The official termination date has been revealed in answers to questions on notice provided by the Department of Finance in response to a Senate estimates hearing in March.
Ms Higgins alleges she was raped inside the ministerial office of Senator Reynolds on 23 March, 2019.
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Labor Senator Katy Gallagher had questioned officials about the termination date during a previous estimates hearing.
The answer to the question on notice responds: I can confirm the employment of the individual in question was terminated on 5 April 2019 on the grounds of serious misconduct.