Inmate Dies After Fight with Another Inmate

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Corrections officials say
an inmate has died after a fight with another prisoner at the Mike
Durfee State Prison in Springfield.
     Officials say 62-year-old Dennis Lashley was found unresponsive
in his room after an altercation Tuesday morning with 49-year-old
Kendall Osteen and taken by ambulance to a hospital in Tyndall,
where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is planned.
     Authorities say it does not appear any weapons were involved in
the fight. They are continuing to investigate.
     Lashley was serving 10 years in prison on a fifth-offense
drunken driving conviction in Minnehaha County. Osteen was to be
released Tuesday after serving five years on a fourth-offense
drunken driving conviction in Pennington County.
     Many inmate work programs and treatment programs are based at
the Springfield prison.