Eventually, a new men’s prison will go up in Sioux Falls. But conversations about how better days can follow a sentence will ...

A state ad hoc committee centered on finding rehabilitative solutions in South Dakota's correctional system is set to meet in ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — In the South Dakota Capitol on the morning of September 23, the state’s lieutenant governor, Tony Venhuizen, will make the short walk up the carpeted steps to reach the rostrum ...

Tony Venhuizen, who chaired the summer task force. A truth-in-sentencing bill that requires some violent offenders to serve the full length of their sentences before parole has contributed to South ...

PIERRE — After 144 years, South Dakota lawmakers decided Tuesday it’s time for “the Hill” to retire. The required two-thirds of each legislative chamber voted to endorse a 1,500-bed, $650 million ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — For the better part of 90 minutes on Thursday night, eight of South Dakota state government’s top officials explained how the judicial, legislative and executive branches serve ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Lawmakers in South Dakota’s House and Senate on Sept. 23 will consider a bill that would put a new 1,500-bed men’s prison in east Sioux Falls. Thursday, Gov. Larry Rhoden ...

When the South Dakota Legislature convenes for a special session Tuesday at the Capitol in Pierre, lawmakers will again be asked to answer a question that’s swirled for decades: Is it time to close ...