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New SD policies adjust parolee’s time, management
By capjournal.com
Published: 04/18/2014

After tours of South Dakota correctional facilities, including juvenile homes and the penitentiary in Sioux Falls, an oversight committee heard updates Thursday on sweeping changes taking root in the state’s criminal justice system.

Corrections Department Deputy Secretary Laurie Feiler updated the Corrections Commission on the state’s progress in implementing a series of new policies aimed at reducing recidivism rates and the state’s prison population. The state is setting up pilot programs, staff trainings and assessments to comply with the changes under policies that took effect in July.

In 2012, several state officials — including those from the state Supreme Court, governor’s office, Legislature and Corrections Department — reviewed South Dakota’s criminal justice system and identified problems and ways to address them. The problems included high incarceration rates for parole violators and non-violent offenders. Feiler has been involved in the process from the beginning.

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