Prison art program finds successes despite obstacles

By Roger Whittle - June 14, 2026 in Arts, Featured, News Reading Time: 4 minutes

Artwork by inmates is on display during the annual South Dakota Carceral Art Exhibit in Aberdeen. A film highlighting the exhibit was shown during Arts Night at the Pub on Thursday, June 11. Photo by Roger Whittle, The Watertown Current.

Lawrence Diggs of Roslyn doesn’t get paid for running art programs for inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. He does it out of a sense of re...

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Roger Whittle

Roger Whittle has over 40 years of daily newspaper experience at a dozen papers across the country including the Omaha World Herald. He returned to his hometown of Watertown in 2012 as editor of the local paper. He has been recognized with dozens of journalism awards for writing, photography and page design.

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