Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that two South Dakota State Penitentiary inmates had been sentenced to additional prison time after being found guilty of assaulting two correctional officers in 2023.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says his office is currently involved in two investigations of potential public corruption.

As the session begins in earnest, lawmakers have already submitted bills that could potentially alter the way crime and public safety topics are approached in South Dakota, including topics such as the new men’s prison set for construction in Lincoln County and a bill that would require age verification to adult websites.

Marty Jackley supported the Louisiana law in court, but his spokesman Tony Mangan said he hasn't read the South Dakota bill yet.

In what turned out to be a contentious day in court, a Judge sentenced two South Dakota Prison inmates for the violent beating of a correctional officer. Lester

SD Attorney General Marty Jackley submitted bills focused on “government accountability, whistleblower protections, human trafficking and corrections."

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 24 students who graduate today from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course in Pierre.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 17 other Attorneys General in supporting the state of Louisiana law that requires all K-12 schools and state-funded universities to

South Dakota’s state government has a troubling history of fraud incidents. However, 2024 marked a new low. Investigations last year implicated state employees in schemes that mismanaged or outright stole millions in public funds.

Renville also pointed to South Dakota's unique place in the U.S. political sphere, with Noem set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Sen. John Thune taking over the Republican Senate leader spot and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson working within a divided House of Representatives.

Attorney General Marty Jackley hopes to prevent and catch future criminal conduct by state employees with new reporting requirements, protections for whistleblowers and a bigger role for the

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday he supports a Louisiana law that’s similar to a proposed South Dakota bill to require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten ...