South Dakota State Training School (Plankinton, S.D.)

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This series contains audit reports for state agencies, counties, municipalities, and water development districts from 1984-1985.

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This series contains one microfilm roll of board minutes from the State Training School. The minutes date from May 28, 1955 to September 9, 1978 and contain information pertaining to the management of and educational programs offered by the State Training School.

Scope and Contents This series consists of requests for release of juveniles from Aftercare supervision and discharge from the State Training School. Includes the names of the juveniles, agents, date of report, institution number, birth date, county of commitment, crime, date of sentence, sentence, date of parole, termination date, present location, employer, date taken into custody, supervision contacts, current residence, employment/school attitudes, attitude/adjustment and comments....

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This series consists of correspondence, reports, studies, and minutes relating to the physical facilities, operations, personnel, and population of the institutions governed by the Board. Institutions include the State Penitentiary, Custer State Hospital, Redfield State Hospital, State Veterans’ Home, State Training School, Yankton State Hospital/Human Services Center, Youth Forestry Camp, and Women’s Correctional Facility.

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This series consists of tract books for educational and charitable lands in South Dakota. Volumes give the legal description of the land, the total acreage, the land sale number, the patent number, the lease number and the lease expiration date. Notations about appraised value, easements, right of ways, covenants and history may be found.

Scope and Contents This series contains six ledgers of records created by a joint legislative committee organized in February 1901 to investigate Governor Andrew E. Lee's charges "against the former management of the Hospital for the Insane in Yankton, the Penitentiary at Sioux Falls, and the Reform School at Plankinton." The governor's annual message to the legislature had alleged "theft, embezzlement, and robbery, etc." on the heads of those institutions. The committee gathered documents and heard testimony...

Scope and Contents This series consists of travel requests for agents, requests for release from aftercare, and discharge reports for juveniles. Includes the names of the juveniles, agents, date of report, institution number, county of commitment, crime, date of sentence, sentence, court file number, termination date, present location, employer, date taken into custody, supervision contacts, legal financial obligations, current residence, employment/school attitudes, attitude/adjustment and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence files created and maintained by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections from 1983 to 1991. Files contain information about the State Training School, Youth Forestry Camp in Rapid City, and the Redfield Work Therapy Program. Records include correspondence, requests for release of youth, population reports, policies and procedures, budget information, meeting minutes and reports. Several files in this series related to juvenile...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains records created and maintained by the Board of Charities and Corrections and the institutions it governed. Records include: correspondence, reports, parole lists, commitment and incarceration records, meeting minutes, architectural drawings, financial records, employee training audio tapes, and construction project manuals.