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Details and further information have been added throughout. PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The price that South Dakota state government will pay for construction of a new men’s prison south of Sioux Falls hasn’t yet been determined, according to state Department of Corrections officials. Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko and her department’s finance director Brittni Skipper met […]
Bills involving certain aspects of the criminal justice system are making their way through legislative committees as the first week of the 99th Legislative Session wraps up.
Lawmakers heard two bills on Friday that involve different aspects of the criminal justice system.
The South Dakota Department of Corrections plans to operate its own commissary for the state's prisoners.
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The president of the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association says a 33-page state law that the Legislature passed a decade ago is the root of many county governments’ current funding problems. That was part of the message Brookings County State’s Attorney Dan Nelson delivered Wednesday to a legislative interim committee. Nelson […]