A deputy director for Iowa's state correctional department will oversee South Dakota's prison system come November.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced in an Oct. 20 press release that Nick Lamb, who currently serves as the deputy director of institutional operations in the Iowa Department of Corrections , will take over as secretary of the South Dakota Department of Corrections.

Since November 2023, Lamb has worked as a deputy director within Iowa's correctional department, which oversees nine facilities, 2,500 employees and approximately 8,500 inmates, according to his LinkedIn profile . He served a short stint as warden of Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa between February and November 2023, and he worked a similar role as warden of northern Iowa's Fort Dodge Correctional Fa

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