DOC announces prison offender death

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced that a state Prison offender passed away on Wednesday, March 18.

Perfecto Bernal, age 69, passed away on March 18 in the infirmary at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.

Bernal was serving a sentence from Pennington County for possession of a controlled substance at the time of his death.