PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakotans now have a clearer picture of what “Project Prison Reset” will look like.
After a legislative effort to appropriate money to build a new men’s prison in Lincoln County failed this year , South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced the new path on Feb. 27 . The effort will see a group of lawmakers and other officials examining three questions, as Rhoden outlined in February.
“Number one, do we need a prison,” Rhoden said Feb. 27. “And I think the answer is a clear yes, and this group should agree. Number two, how big should the new prison be, and number three, where should that prison be built. We will hire a consultant to make sure that we’re all working from the same set of facts.”…