State prison project draws strong views, harsh criticism

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HARRISBURG, S.D. – South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of farmland in Lincoln County between Harrisburg and Canton, with a price tag of $825 million.

That’s when the drama really began.

Landowners near the Lincoln

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