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• At the meeting, Department of Corrections staff announced that South Dakota has signed an agreement with Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribal officials for a pilot program to allow Native American parolees to serve their parole on tribal land, where the state does not have jurisdiction. State and tribal law enforcement will work together to ensure supervision of the parolees.
• In the past, corrections officials have said some Native Americans have gone back to reservations rather than serve their full parole time in other communities. At Monday's meeting officials added that serving parole on the reservation encourages social integration.
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Ex-day care provider sentenced for neglect charges
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A former day care provider in Sioux Falls who admitted to lying to police and leaving children in the care of teenagers has been sentenced to 10 days in jail.
• Fifty-three-year-old Constance Edwards was sentenced Monday. She was also barred from ever operating a day care.
• Edwards was the owner of an in-home day care where a 4-month-old baby died in 2011. She was charged after the baby's accidental death, and she took a plea deal in March.
• The baby was one of 15 children Edwards left under the responsibility of two teenagers while she took others to a waterpark.
• The woman lied to police about the number of children she had in her care, which was more than the allowed by the city. The teenagers weren't registered as caregivers.
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South Dakota official welcomes court prayer ruling
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley welcomed a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Monday that says prayers that open town council meetings don't violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity.
• Jackley last year joined 23 states in a "friend of the court" brief filed with the court saying that the U.S. Constitution allows for prayer during governmental meetings and legislative sessions. The court said in its 5-4 decision that the content of the prayers is not critical as long as officials make a good-faith effort at inclusion.
• "The framers of our South Dakota Constitution opened their sessions with a prayer in 1883, and our highest court has held today that this practice may continue with our legislature and other governmental bodies," Jackley said in a written state (Continued on page 24)
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