Inmate With Hughes, Sully County Child Sex Crime Convictions Dies In Prison

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections says another prison inmate in prison with a central South Dakota county conviction has died. In a release Sunday morning inmate 44 year old Shane Osterkamp passed away in a comfort care setting on Friday, November 14th. Osterkamp was being held at the State Prison in Springfield on charges from Hughes and Sully County when he passed away. Osterkamp pleaded Guilty, but Mentally Ill in a Sully County child sexual assault case in April of 2022. Rape and Aggravated Incest charges were dismissed in that case. In Hughes County, Osterkamp also pleaded Guilty, but Mentally Ill to the same Sexual Contact with a Child Under 16 Years Old charge. Osterkamp’s death comes on the heels of the inmate death of 33 year-old Travis Long Fox, who passed away two weeks ago. Long Fox was in prison on among other charges Grand Theft in Hughes County and Burglary in Stanley County. His death is being investigated by the South Dakota Department of Criminal Investigation. Osterkamp’s death is the 19th by an inmate this calendar year.