Cost savings and improved outcomes emphasized at men’s prison groundbreaking

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 849

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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SIOUX FALLS — State and local leaders broke ground on the costliest state-funded capital project in South Dakota history on Wednesday, with a prediction to bring it in under budget and pledges to double down on rehabilitation efforts for state prison inmates.

Gov. Larry Rhoden, moments before donning a plastic construction-site-grade cowboy hat for a series of ceremonial groundbreaking photos, spoke to an assembled crowd at the Bahnson Avenue site in northeast Sioux Falls. To …

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