SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There have been 22 state prison inmate deaths this year.
That includes two deaths in the last four days.
On Monday, 46-year-old Timothy Tyree was found unresponsive in his cell at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. His death is currently under investigation by the South Dakota DCI as a suspected drug overdose.
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“It’s inexcusable. There’ll be natural deaths that do occur, but when we have suspected drug overdoses again, we’ve just got to figure this out and put it put an end to it,” Smith said…