South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

There’s a machine in Pierre that only gets fired up every couple of years, but when it does it’s something to behold.

There is “a real possibility” that South Dakota lawmakers say no to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s request for the final $182 million needed to fund a new men’s ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of farmland in Lincoln County ...