South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation’s oldest prisons, a lockup that predates the state itself.

In the South Dakota Capitol on the morning of September 23, the state’s lieutenant governor, Tony Venhuizen, will make the ...

The Rhoden administration has negotiated an incentive plan with the contractors to encourage savings on the proposed new ...

Monday, Gov. Larry Rhoden released a full plan for the new men's prison to be constructed at Benson Road in Sioux Falls.

Lieutenant Governor, Tony Venhuizen, has been instrumental in the effort to win approval of the prison plan. He chaired the ...

South Dakota lawmakers are expected to decide whether to build a new men’s prison in Sioux Falls during a special session ...

Lawmakers then voted twice on a new prison in the last session, ultimately rejecting an $825 million facility in Lincoln ...

As legislators anticipate next week’s special session to possibly approve the new penitentiary project, Governor Larry Rhoden ...

South Dakota taxpayers lost $21 million when their leaders abandoned plans for a men’s prison in southern Lincoln County.

And while there may be some that say, “lock em up and throw away the key,” we all realize that nearly all of them are going to be released back into society. Unless an offender is serving a life ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — With a special session on a proposed new men’s prison with a total price of $650 million about two weeks away, a member of the state’s Freedom Caucus said Wednesday its ...