Former inmates and officials say synthetic drugs like K2, frequent lockdowns and limited addiction treatment fuel overdose ...

South Dakota reported eight fatal inmate overdoses in 2025, primarily linked to synthetic K2, outpacing neighboring states with no confirmed prison overdose deaths.

SIOUX FALLS (SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - A prosecutor apologized this week for the state’s failure to preserve evidence in a case involving an overdose death in a state prison. The state of South ...

A former employee with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection pleaded guilty last month to providing a drug-laced paper to a federal prison inmate at FMC Devens, according to the U.S ...

Three people were arrested for sending books containing drug-laced sheets of paper to at least 20 inmates in 14 South Carolina prisons, according to the South Carolina Department of ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - In some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, Secretary Nick Lamb told an oversight commission Wednesday that ...

South Dakota's top law enforcement officer wants greater deterrents for smuggling drugs into the state's prisons.