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Teleconferencing court hearings could save jails money

The Legislative Task Force on the Incarceration Construction Fund determines whether the legislature can take action to implement solutions.

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Prison population crisis drives new construction

According to the Secretary of Corrections, the solution for overcrowded prisons lies in more and better prisons, and solutions need a lot of money.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Can Kellie Wasko, new head of embattled South Dakota corrections department, make her mark?

Kellie Wasko, who formerly served as the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was brought on to lead South Dakota's prisons in March. Since then, she's instituted raises for officers and impressed several onlookers. She aims to turn the department around for good.

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Task force members weigh competing visions for $600M investment in state's prison system

The Legislative Task Force on the Incarceration Construction Fund, charged with making recommendations to the Legislature for improving the state's correctional infrastructure, met for the first time on July 27. The meeting featured two differing visions on the roadmap to improvement, one from architecture firm DLR Group and the other from Kellie Wasko, the state's new secretary of corrections.

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