Prison Seminary Program Eyed for '27 in Sioux Falls

Prison seminary program eyed for '27 in Sioux Falls

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- A Northwestern College faculty member briefed the South Dakota Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force on Wednesday about establishing a prison seminary program at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Sociology professor Chris Hausmann said Prison Seminaries Foundation would raise funds to pay for program. The college would bill the foundation for the [...]

Prison Consultants: Rehab Programming Reaching More Inmates, Lacking Some Key Offerings, Needs More Staff

The Governor and the Legislature didn’t talk about criminal rehabilitation during the 2026 Session, but the Governor’s Correction Rehabilitation Task Force will get a lot to talk about at its third meeting today in Sioux Falls. The Council of State Governments Justice Center, which has been cranking out information about South Dakota’s prison system since before the task force’s first meeting last fall, has teed up preliminary program assessment…

Prison reform group to hear public comment and plans for seminary program, drug treatment

SIOUX FALLS — Members of a Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force plan to talk through South Dakota’s options for a prison seminary program, learn more about behavioral health at a soon-to-open