Report: Pine Ridge’s jail overcrowded

This story was filed on December 27, 2012

The Oglala Sioux Tribal Offenders Facility in Pine Ridge operated at 432 percent of its rated capacity in June 2011, making it the most overcrowded American Indian correctional facility in the country. Talk about this topic read more

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