Nine female inmates escaped from the South Dakota Women’s Prison minimum-security unit in Pierre last night, March 23. The women bolted from the Pierre... Inmates Escape from South Dakota Women’s Prison

Nine female inmates escaped from the South Dakota Women’s Prison minimum-security unit in Pierre last night, March 23. The women bolted from the Pierre Community Work Center after South Dakota Secretary of Health announced a fellow inmate had tested positive for the coronavirus.

 
The inmates left by an exterior door at 8:43 p.m. Prison staff alerted local law enforcement and began following prison escape procedures. The South Dakota Highway Patrol’s aviation unit was called in to aid in the ground search.
 
One inmate was returned to custody at a local jail at 2:07 a.m. this morning.  She was charged with second-degree escape. Second degree escape by a prisoner is a Class Five felony which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
The Department of Corrections released this list of the missing inmates and their description, but updates this afternoon included locating Wakeman, Miller, and Flute in custody on the Crow Creek Reservation in central South Dakota. A tweet by the DOC says the State of South Dakota is working with the reservation to have the three inmates returned to state custody.
The inmates include:
First Name
Last Name
Age
Race
Height
Weight
Philomene
Boneshirt
25
Nat. American
5’8″
140lbs
Jordan
Wakeman
27
White
5’5″
130lbs.
Sylvia
Red Leaf
25
Nat. American
5’5″
160lbs.
Alice
Richards
32
Nat. American
5’5″
160lbs.
Kayla
Lamont
28
Nat. American
5’2″
160lbs.
Carly
Schoneman
23
White
5’2″
145lbs.
Pamela
Miller
28
Nat. American
5’6″
165lbs.
Kelsey
Flute
30
Nat. American
5’6″
220lbs.

*Boneshirt is serving a 7-month, 15-day sentence for 3rd-degree simple assault and a consecutive 1-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance. Both convictions are from Minnehaha County.
*Wakeman is serving a 6-year, 7-month, 5-day sentence, a consecutive 5-year sentence with 5-years suspended and an additional consecutive sentence of 2 years. All of the convictions are for possession of a controlled substance from Minnehaha County.
*Red Leaf is serving two 3-year, 9-month, 15-day sentences for possession of a controlled substance and a 1-year, 9-month, 15-day sentence for eluding. All of the
convictions are from Pennington County.
*Richards is serving three 5-year sentences with 3-years suspended on each. All of the convictions are for possession of a controlled substance and are from Pennington County.
*Lamont is serving two sentences of 2-years, 7-months and 20-days for possession of a controlled substance and a 2-year, 7-month and 20-day for second-degree robbery. All of her convictions are from Pennington County.
*Schoneman is serving a 2-year, 8-month, 20-day sentence with 1-year suspended for possession of a controlled substance from Minnehaha County.
*Miller is serving a 1-year, 11-month, 10-day sentence for failure to appear and a 4-year, 11-month, 10-day sentence for possession of a controlled substance from Davison County and a 4-year, 11-month sentence from for forgery from Yankton County.
*Flute is serving two 1-year, 11-month, 20-day sentences for third offense DWI. One conviction is from Charles Mix County and the other from Yankton County.

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