S.D. legislative interim appropriations committee to look at corrections program, upgrades

Inside the Sioux Falls State Penitentiary. Photo from the S.D. Dept. of Corrections.

YANKTON, S.D. (KELO.com) — The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota Legislature will hold its first meeting of the interim next week.

Co-Chair, Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, says they will get updates from several ongoing programs.

Hunhoff says those letters help them follow the progress of authorized and funded programs.

She says the Department of Corrections will also get a lot of attention.

A facilities study has recommended over a half-billion dollars of upgrades that are needed in the correctional system.

(Jerry Oster, WNAX, contributed this report.)