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The Senate Judiciary Committee rejects a bill that would have offered educational and behavioral programs for inmates in the DOC system.
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Gov. Kristi Noem wants to avoid issuing bonds to pay down the last remaining cost for the two proposed prisons in the state. The Republican governor wants to put $250 million toward the projects to get them started.
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Legislative leaders are echoing calls by Gov. Kristi Noem to continue paying down two prison projects in the state. Officials are hoping to avoid issuing bonds they say would cost the state the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The U.S. Department of Justice awards over $3.7 billion nationwide to support judicial systems. State groups received over $16.3 million.
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Lincoln County commissioners are signaling support for a local landowner group in their lawsuit against the state for a proposed new men’s prison. The prison will replace the state penitentiary in nearby Sioux Falls, which the state said is no longer usable.
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Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion met with elected officials in Canton Thursday night. The group wants answers about how a new planned men’s prison came to be in their community. Representatives from the Department of Corrections did not attend the meeting.
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Lincoln county commissioners decided against discussing the Department of Corrections’ response letter on a proposed new men’s state prison.
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Officials say the new facility will relieve prison overcrowding pressures in the state.
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Residents say they felt caught off guard over the state's announcement on plans to build a new penitentiary in the area.
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The South Dakota Department of Corrections has selected a site for a new state penitentiary.