78-Year-Old South Dakota Inmate Dies at Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls

S.D. State Penitentiary. Photo by Mayor Paul TenHaken.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – Authorities say state prison offender Lee Smith has died.

Smith, age 78, passed away November 5th while in the infirmary at the Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls.

Smith was serving a five-year sentence for aggravated assault against law enforcement out of Pennington County at the time of his death.