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SEPTEMBER 11, 2000

South Dakota State Representative Bill Napoli wants tribes in the state to pay for the cost of housing tribal members who are inmates in prisons off the reservation.

Napoli's policy would be voluntary. But he said tribes need to share the costs other governments pay.

A lawyer for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe said his proposal is like asking one state to pay for the jailing costs of another.

Get the Story:
Legislator suggests tribes pay for jailings (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 9/11)

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Opening of jail delayed (Tribal Law 9/7)
New study focuses on jails (Tribal Law 07/10)

Relevant Links:
Jails in Indian Country 1998 and 1999, Bureau of Justice Statistics - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/jic99.htm
The Bureau of Justice Statistics - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs