PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A Northwestern College faculty member briefed the South Dakota Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force on Wednesday about establishing a prison seminary program at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
Sociology professor Chris Hausmann said Prison Seminaries Foundation would raise funds to pay for program. The college would bill the foundation for the program’s cost, he said.
Northwestern College is a Christian-based four-year campus in Orange City, Iowa.
State breaks ground on new men’s prison
During the task force meeting in Sioux Falls, governor’s senior aide Ryan Brunner said an agreement between the foundation and the South Dakota Department of Corrections would be part of the arrangements for the new program. The foundation chooses who provides the program, according to Brunner…