S.D. State Penitentiary. Photo by Mayor Paul TenHaken.
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — With one week down of the 2024 South Dakota Legislative session, two major items haven’t received any mention – pipelines and prisons. Landowners are fighting against carbon capture pipelines…and the proposed location of a men’s penitentiary near Harrisburg. Former State House Speaker Steve Haugard says there’s something missing in the prison discussion, a point that’s mentioned in the preface of the prison site study report.
Haugard says something that’s needed before building a new penitentiary is the consideration of prison reform. He says high security facilities are needed for the extremely dangerous members of the prison population, but not for all inmates.
Haugard says there’s room to build any needed facilities at the current penitentiary location in Sioux Falls.
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