Fights and injuries spiked in South Dakota prisons in 2025

The warden’s office building at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)

Fights and serious injuries spiked higher in South Dakota’s state prisons last year than at any point since at least 2018, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Department of Corrections.

The 2025 Annual Statistical Report covers state fiscal year 2025, which ended on June 30…

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