A corrections officer was hospitalized during Wednesday’s disturbance at the South Dakota Penitentiary.
Inmates could be heard chanting “We want phones” from outside the prison yesterday afternoon.
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s office is investigating…
At the heart of the disturbance…tablet-based phone, text and email services were suspended earlier this month.
Governor Kristi Noem says the Corrections Department is unsure if it can return the tablets to inmates…
So far, there’s no word on the condition of the injured officer.