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- April 10, 2026 at 3:15 am #11842
  
  Kris Marker
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  Loaded on March 1, 2026
  
  by Chuck Sharman
  
  published in Prison Legal News
  March, 2026, page 11
  
  Filed under:
  
  Settlements,
  
  Class Certification,
  
  Fourteenth Amendment, rights,
  
  Unlawful Detention,
  
  Ability to Pay.
  
  Location:
  
  South Dakota.
  
  by Chuck Sharman
  
  The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota granted preliminary approval on December 3, 2025, to a settlement resolving a putative class-action challenge to Pennington County’s policy of diverting defendants to its 24-7 Sobriety Program and then jailing them when they can’t afford …
  
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