South Dakota Asked to Make Prison Programs Relevant to Native Americans

August 14, 2003

Source: Black Hills Pioneer

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On August 14, 2003 the Black Hills Pioneer reported that the Council on Crime and Justice was urging the South Dakota state legislature to adopt prison reform programs geared toward Native American culture and administered by Native Americans in an attempt to reduce the state's high percentage of Native inmates.