ABERDEEN, S.D. (NSU) – Students in Northern State University’s Prisons and Penology course recently participated in an educational tour of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
The trip was organized by Dr. Lucas Z. Wiscons, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences, with support from Dr. Elizabeth Haller, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English. Fifteen students took part in the tour, including six enrolled in the online section of the course.
Prison officials led the group on a three-hour tour that included both the historic “Hill” facility—originally constructed in 1881—and the modern maximum-security Jameson Annex. According to penitentiary officials, this was the largest tour and the only university group to visit since the COVID-19 pandemic…