US EditionLawmakers Discuss How No Changed to Yes on New Prison
The $650 million project will replace the 145-year-old penitentiary and includes expanded vocational space to improve inmate rehabilitation, state officials said.
- On Tuesday, the South Dakota Legislature approved and Gov. Larry Rhoden signed SB 2 to fully fund construction of the South Dakota Correctional Facility, a 1,500-bed men's prison in Sioux Falls.
- After an $825 million plan failed this year, Gov. Larry Rhoden created the Project Prison Reset Task Force to redesign the replacement for the 144-year-old South Dakota State Penitentiary.
- Following House approval, the legislative committee approved the bill 13-2 and the South Dakota Senate passed it 24-11 before forwarding it to Gov. Larry Rhoden.
- Moving the site to Sioux Falls saved roughly $175 million compared with Lincoln County, though Rhoden's office said the state lost about $21 million and added more than 27,000 square feet for inmate vocational spaces.
- With a four-year build estimate, legislators expect ground breaking in spring 2026 and inmates likely arriving by spring or summer 2030, according to the South Dakota Department of Corrections.
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Lawmakers discuss how no changed to yes on new prison
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A bunch of names written in red in February on the vote tally board in the South Dakota House turned green on Tuesday. The state House passed a $650 million prison bill in a 51-18 vote. The bill means a new 1,500-bed prison will be built near Benson Road in northeastern Sioux Falls. The prison will replace the 144-year-old prison called the Hill in Sioux Falls. The plan is for about 1,200 multi-custody beds and 300 do…
Temple Daily Telegram
South Dakota to replace one of the country's oldest prisons
The South Dakota Legislature voted in special session Tuesday to approve a new state prison to replace an overcrowded 140-year-old facility in Sioux Falls. The new $650 million facility, also in Sioux Falls, will have 1,500 beds and is scheduled…
Rhoden, Venhuizen Victorious: Legislature Passes $650M Prison Over Right-Wing Distractions
Governor Larry Rhoden and Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen, who led the Governor’s prison refit study committee, scored a big policy and political victory yesterday as the Legislature approved their plan to replace South Dakota’s 144-year-old penitentiary with a new $650 million prison built two miles down the Big Sioux River on Benson Road in Sioux Falls. The votes on Special Session Senate Bill 2 authorizing the prison project were 24–11 in …
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