Former corrections officer, four others indicted for smuggling drugs into prison

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A former Department of Corrections officer is among five people who have been indicted by a grand jury for smuggling drugs and other contraband into the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Thursday.

The announcement follows several drug overdose deaths at the prison earlier this year.

“It’s always begged the question, where are the drugs coming from?” Jackley said at a press conference in Sioux Falls. “How are they getting into the prison? And today we’re able to answer that. After a thorough investigation by DCI with cooperation from the Department of Corrections, we’ve uncovered a criminal conspiracy to distribute drugs in the penitentiary.”