SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is boosting pay for correctional officers at state prisons that have struggled with staffing shortages in recent months.
The Republican governor has attempted for over a year to address complaints among Department of Corrections employees.
She is also looking to overhaul the state’s aging prison facilities.
The Legislature had already boosted pay for state corrections officers by 6%, but those wages still lagged behind what corrections officers can make working at some counties’ jail facilities.
