Prison rehabilitation, recidivism ‘quickly forgotten’ by lawmakers this session, legislator says

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 646

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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SIOUX FALLS — Last year, lawmakers coalesced around the need to improve rehabilitation programming and reduce recidivism rates as part of a broader investment in South Dakota’s prison system. Those two issues were sticking points in an ultimately successful effort to approve construction of a men’s prison.

Yet during the 2026 legislative session that wrapped up earlier this month, few bills were brought forward to address inmate rehabilitation needs, lawmakers on a Downtown Sioux …

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