August 4, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

State prison inmate Jordan Ward dies

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- A state prison inmate has died.

Jordan Ward, age 30, was found unresponsive in his cell at the South Dakota State Penitentiary overnight. 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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