South Dakota State Penitentiary

[Torch]

Originally Posted by Kistak514

Would you mind asking your friend about Corey Rhodes? He hung himself in prison Nov. 30th 2012. They said he hung himself with a sock from his bed. And that he was in the cell by himself. He was like 6 ft tall. I can't imagine how he could have done it from his bed. Also I heard they are not suppose to be in the cells by themselves. I don't understand how no one seen or heard anything. I feel like the prison is hiding something. They believe he was hanging 20 mins before they found him.

I will ask my friend in my next letter. I know for fact west hall has very tall ceilings in the cells. A guy hung himself two cells down from my cell in the 90's and no one heard or saw a thing. At certain times of day and during the night. ALL inmates are locked up. Only a couple guards on duty. About every 20 minutes they walk by each cell glancing in. When a guard walks by you know you should have at least 15 minutes to do whatever. Unless an inmate is on a suicide watch list. They can be in a cell by themselves.

[Kistak514]

Thank you.

[Pretty Polly]

Hi,
What is day to day life like for Maximum Security prisoners in SDSP? How about Medium-High?

[Sarianna]

Originally Posted by Pretty Polly

Hi,
What is day to day life like for Maximum Security prisoners in SDSP? How about Medium-High?

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[Pretty Polly]

[quote=Sarianna;7745975]Welcome to PTO - as your profile says you are a Researcher, please note the following

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Thanks for the info!
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[maytayah]

[quote=Pretty Polly;7746018][quote=Sarianna;7745975]Welcome to PTO - as your profile says you are a Researcher, please note the following

Thanks for the info!
I changed my profile to reflect that I am researching this for a potential fiction story, and am not affiliated with the media. I do not want to make anyone uncomfortable.

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[Pretty Polly]

[quote=maytayah;7746024][quote=Pretty Polly;7746018]

Originally Posted by Sarianna

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[Pretty Polly]

[quote=maytayah;7746024][quote=Pretty Polly;7746018]

Originally Posted by Sarianna

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You can ask your question, thats not a problem.

[Pretty Polly]

Originally Posted by maytayah

You can ask your question, thats not a problem.

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