A decision on what will replace the South Dakota State Penitentiary may not happen in July during a special session as Gov.

South Dakota lawmakers will not convene to make the call on a new prison site on July 22, according to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s ...

Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen has sought and received a delay for when lawmakers at a special legislative session can learn about Project Prison Reset’s ...

Lawmakers had put back more than $600 million for prison construction before the 2025 legislative session, and the fund had swelled larger than that with interest by winter.

South Dakota is on a path to invest $2 billion into its corrections facilities in the next decade as a result of its ...

Tony Venhuizen. “There are people who want to talk about policies in the prisons or the administration or the criminal justice system more broadly, and that would be a much larger project than ...

The GRIT task force as it’s called will develop policy recommendations, assess risks and vulnerabilities, and support long-term planning and investments in critical infrastructure systems.

The task force ultimately narrowed down its focus to the Mitchell and Worthing locations and any property owned by the Department of Corrections (DOC).

South Dakota lawmakers will not convene to make the call on a new prison site on July 22, according to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s office.