South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko speaks to reporters on July 9, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko said Wednesday she’s buoyed by a vote from the state’s prison task force endorsing a $650 million, 1,500-bed men’s prison in Sioux Falls.
Whatever happens with a new prison, she said, the 144-year-old penitentiary it’s meant to replace should “never have another inmate in it.”…