Advocacy group forms for people in prison amid controversies in SD prisons

Recent problems in South Dakota prisons have concerned lawmakers, corrections commission members and family members of those incarcerated, who formed a new support group. South Dakotans Impacted by Incarceration was formed this year, after the state’s Department of Corrections in March suspended calls and messaging on tablets used by people in prison due to what it called an “investigation.” The services were eventually reinstated.

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