South Dakota governor pledges parole reform days after Sioux Falls officer is shot

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 1,414

Last Updated: 2 days, 9 hours ago

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South Dakota will hire more parole officers, expand monitoring to nights and weekends, and make it easier to send people on parole back to prison, Gov. Larry Rhoden announced this week.

Five parole officers will be assigned to an enhanced compliance unit, Rhoden announced in a Thursday news release, and five new officers will be hired to backfill those positions.

The Department of Corrections will also “enhance the severity of sanctions” for people on …

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