Poll: Majority of voters support new South Dakota prison

Poll: Majority of voters support new South Dakota prison

PIERRE, S.D. — A new scientific poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch finds that a majority of registered voters approve of the construction of a new prison. Through the years-long debate over whether and where to build a new prison, opponents and supporters generally agreed recidivism needed to be addressed. With the new prison authorized, new disagreements over prison programs come to the forefront. According to the poll, which was co-s…