How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

Lawmakers advanced a bill that would appropriate the last round of one-time funding needed to pay for a new men's prison.

The bill to fund the last portion of a new men’s prison in Lincoln County will advance to the House Appropriations Committee ...

A former employee of the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield was sentenced to prison Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 after pleading ...

Plans to build a new men’s penitentiary between Harrisburg and Canton advanced in Pierre Wednesday, without all of the money ...

The groups vocalizing support for the project include the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association, the South Dakota ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

A former state prison guard who pleaded guilty to a sexual affair with an inmate has been sentenced to 90 days in the state ...

LAKE ANDES, S.D. (KFGO) – A 16-year-old boy from southern South Dakota will spend 20 years in prison for the stabbing death ...

The South Dakota Legislature faces a packed agenda Wednesday (Feb. 12, 2025). The House State Affairs Committee meets to consider the Department of Corrections Lincoln County prison construction bill.

The 36-year-old woman, a former employee of the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, was sentenced Tuesday in Bon Homme County Circuit Court, according to a release from the South Dakota ...