The questions have had South Dakota taxpayers’ attention for some time: where might a new prison go and what might the ...

"The intent is to come up with draft legislation to present before the entire legislative body when session starts in January 2026." ...

Republican former Gov. Dennis Daugaard made an endorsement Monday in next year’s race for governor, but not for the ticket ...

The price estimate for the northeastern Sioux Falls prison complex is $725 million. That’s $100 million less than a 1,500-bed ...

South Dakota is on a path to invest $2 billion into its corrections facilities in the next decade as a result of its stringent crime laws.

Project Prison Reset’s task force is set to focus on 14 options for new prison facilities in South Dakota. The group is ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Project Prison Reset Task Force held its final meeting on Tuesday in Sioux Falls.

The Project Prison Reset Task Force held its final meeting Tuesday, eliminating Mitchell and Worthing from consideration and narrowing the search for South Dakota’s new state prison to two sites in ...

South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decadeProtestors gather outside the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Friday, May 23, 2025 to protest about recent prison ...

South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decadeProtestors gather outside the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Friday, May 23, 2025 to protest about recent prison ...

South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decadeProtestors gather outside the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Friday, May 23, 2025 to protest about recent prison ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional ...