Rep. Goodwin: Fall River County should partner with SD for West River Annex of new state pen

  • Photo by Beth Bogar Rep. Tim Goodwin suggests Fall River County as the future location for a West River annex of the new State Penitentiary being built in Sioux Falls —bringing not only permanent well-paid jobs to the County but potentially solving the issues related to the aging County jail next door to the Courthouse.
    Photo by Beth Bogar Rep. Tim Goodwin suggests Fall River County as the future location for a West River annex of the new State Penitentiary being built in Sioux Falls —bringing not only permanent well-paid jobs to the County but potentially solving the issues related to the aging County jail next door to the Courthouse.
    HOT SPRINGS — Another pressing issue for the County’s future that was discussed at the Oct. 16 commission meeting was whether to build a new jail. That topic got a new permutation when District 30 Rep. Tim Goodwin came to the meeting to detail the Legislature’s approval of “the biggest expenditure in South Dakota history”: $650 million for a new State penitentiary.The money cam...

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