State Closer to Pitching New Prison in Sioux Falls After Nixing Mitchell, Worthing Sites
DAVISON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, JUL 8 – Mitchell was removed due to public opposition and workforce concerns, leaving Sioux Falls options including a $637 million Level V facility with 1,188 cells under review.
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Mitchell eliminated as potential prison site by state task force
MITCHELL — The South Dakota Prison Project Reset Task Force voted Tuesday morning to officially remove Mitchell from consideration as the site of the state’s next men's prison, leaving only Sioux Falls-area locations under review. The decision came early in the meeting after a motion by Senator Joy John, seconded by Representative Erin Healy, citing clear public opposition and workforce concerns. “The survey results clearly showed that the publi…
Super Simplified Stories: July 9, 2025
Task force recommends new prison in Sioux Falls. After months of debate on where the new men's prison should be located, a Prison Reset Task Force on Tuesday recommended to locate a new, $650 million prison in Sioux Falls. This comes after the state already invested into a proposed Lincoln County site, but neighbors were not pleased (to say the least). The Dakota Scout has the details on the task force discussion.City closer to passing along cre…
$650M deal reached that keeps South Dakota men's prison in Sioux Falls
Legislators serving on the Project Prison Reset Task Force discuss their positions offline at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls before reconvening from an afternoon lunch break. (Joe Sneve / The Dakota Scout)Sioux Falls should be home to South Dakota’s next correctional facility.That’s the long-anticipated recommendation of Gov. Larry Rhoden’s Project Prison Reset Task Force, which on Tuesday reached consensus on where the Department…
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