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 ...

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

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota can’t build the prison it needs at the price it wants without sacrificing quality and longevity.

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 agreed on not spending more than $650 million for a new 1,500-bed men's prison in Sioux ...

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

Dusty Johnson is rumored to be considering a run for governor, but if not, he could face a primary challenge from South Dakota's Marty Jackley.

A new poll from Guidant Polling and Strategy shows South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley as a frontrunner in the ...

An incarceration summer study committee will convene for its first of three meetings on June 23, to examine SD's prison ...

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.

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 ...

Concerns about South Dakota’s prisons first arose four years ago, when the state was flush with COVID-19 relief funds. Lawmakers wanted to replace the penitentiary, but they couldn't agree on ...