A state prison inmate has died.
The state Department of Corrections says Jordan Ward, age 30, was found unresponsive in his cell at the South Dakota State Penitentiary overnight (Aug. 4-5, 2022). Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
The death is currently under investigation.
Ward was serving sentences for 1st-degree burglary, accessory to a crime and possession of a controlled substance out of Brown County.
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