The future of a new men’s prison in South Dakota is up in the air. House Bill 1025 in Pierre originally appropriated ...

Lawmakers voted 34 to 35 to reject a House bill that would have moved about $148 million from the state's general fund to an ...

PIERRE — A bill that would have authorized construction on the South Dakota Correctional Facility in Lincoln County has been ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs ...

A group of Lincoln County landowners has fought the state’s effort and sued to prevent the project from moving forward.

South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

Senator Kevin Jensen represents District 16, which includes the prison site in Lincoln County. He's created two pieces of ...

The South Dakota House tied 35-35 in its vote, forcing the bill to fail. In its original form, the bill gave clearance to the ...

Going by "Lincoln County Correctional Facility," per the South Dakota Department of Corrections, the proposed prison campus would contain 750 cells with two beds each. As a "Level V" facility ...

Another committee hearing, and the prison funding bill is still alive. The Legislature’s Joint Appropriations committee heard another hour of testimony this morning on a proposal to build an ...