FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 17, 2026

Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878 

Attorney General Jackley Announces State Penitentiary Inmate

Sentenced to Additional 40 Years in Prison

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison after earlier being convicted of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery.

Jeremiah Hart, 36, was sentenced Thursday in Minnehaha County Circuit Court. He had been convicted in March by a Minnehaha County jury of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery.

“Violence will never be tolerated within our prisons,” said Attorney General Jackley. “Prison staff and inmates deserve to work and live in a safe environment.”

On April 23, 2024, Hart stabbed another inmate with a dangerous weapon and robbed him. The victim later recovered from his injuries.

The case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Department of Corrections’ Office of Inspector General. The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted.

Hart is currently serving a 20-year sentence out of Davison County after pleading guilty in 2013 to Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer.

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