The South Dakota State Penitentiary, pictured on March 27, 2024. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
In some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, Secretary Nick Lamb told an oversight commission Wednesday that the state “has a long way to go” to address challenges in its prison system.
Gov. Larry Rhoden appointed Lamb in late October, days after the departure of former Secretary Kellie Wasko, who announced her resignation weeks before the state Legislature voted to endorse the construction of a $650 million men’s prison in Sioux Falls…