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

South Dakota is taking steps to better equip inmates for life after incarceration. A task force – with members ranging from lawmakers to law enforcement – met today in Sioux Falls. Wednesday, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation’s oldest prisons, a lockup that predates the state itself. Legislators narrowly passed a bill Tuesday night in ...