Man convicted of rape dies in South Dakota prison

Officials say an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary has died after being placed in a comfort care setting at the prison.

Charles Clinton Dammann, 65, died Sunday, the South Dakota Department of Corrections said in a statement. Officials did not specify why Dammann was in comfort care at the time of his death.

Dammann had been in prison since 2014 after being convicted of raping a 6-year-old girl in Codington County, according to the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry.

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