Prison program that puts moms and babies together shows promise, officials say

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 8, 2026

Words: 2,337

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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PIERRE — For the past five years, conversations about prisons and how to manage them have played out as one tumultuous bout of realignment and soul-searching after another for South Dakota’s leaders.

Wardens were expelled. Structural deficiencies were exposed. New wardens and corrections secretaries came and went. Lawmakers fought bitterly over how to spend money they set aside for prisons.

Assaults and overdoses spiked. When the dust …

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