By More than half of the proposed sites for a new South Dakota men’s prison to be reviewed this week by Gov. Larry Rhoden’s Project Prison Reset Task Force are located in the Sioux Falls area.
Two others are in or near Aberdeen.
The 22-member panel will review 13 proposals for potential locations at its second meeting Tuesday, April 29 in Springfield. Sites under consideration also include locations in Grant County, Huron and Mitchell.
The sites were submitted in response to a formal request for information opened by the task force earlier this month. The proposals aim to address the South Dakota Department of Corrections’ long-term incarceration and rehabilitation needs, offering alternatives to a previously stalled $825 million plan for a multi-security level prison about 20 miles south of the existing state penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
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The Project Prison Reset Task Force, established by Rhoden in February, is tasked with developing a new strategy for the state’s prison infrastructure. Among the alternative locations is the former Citibank campus on 60th Street North in northeast Sioux Falls, which has already been surveyed by members of the task force.
While the request for information indicates a preference for sites within 20 miles of Sioux Falls, it also allows for proposals from other areas of the state. A preferred site would encompass at least 100 acres, though smaller parcels may be considered if they can be combined to meet facility needs. The 10 proposals to be reviewed this week include sites ranging from 69 to 160 acres.
The Department of Corrections’ originally preferred site, where more than $50 million had already been spent, covers 320 acres and was intended to house a 1,500-bed, multi-security level men’s prison before construction was paused.
Aberdeen West
Address: 37939 132 St. near the Brown County Landfill.
Size of property: 156 acres
Sewer access: Developable
Electric access: Developable
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Developable
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: Negotiable
Road access: Paved
Aberdeen East
Address: 4407 Eighth Ave. N.E. near the softball complex and soybean crushing plant
Size of property: 106 acres
Sewer access: Developable
Electric access: Developable
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Developable
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: Negotiable
Road access: Paved
Huron
Location: Vantage Business Park, in the eastern portion of Huron off US 14.
Size of property: 127 acres
Sewer access: Yes
Electric access: Yes
Water access: Yes
Natural gas access: Yes
Fiber internet access: Yes
Price: Negotiable
Road access: Paved U.S. Highway 14
Grant County
Location: 14449 South Dakota Highway 109
Size of property: 158 acres with an existing building of 171,870 square feet
Sewer access: Development needed
Electric access: Developable
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Yes
Fiber internet access: Yes
Price: Not disclosed
Road access: Paved
Sioux Falls/CitiBank
Location: E. 60th Street north south of I-90 and east of the airport
Size of property: 69 acres with an existing building 300,000 square feet
Sewer access: Yes
Electric access: Yes
Water access: Yes
Natural gas access: Heat pumps
Fiber internet access: Yes
Price: $33.8 million ($80.73 square feet)
Road access: 60th Street North
Sioux Falls area/Worthing-SMG
Location: East of Interstate 29 on Highway 18
Size of property: 110 developable acres
Sewer access: 9.1 miles to Lennox
Electric access: Yes
Water access: Yes
Natural gas access: Yes
Fiber internet access: Yes
Price: $130,000 to $174,000 per acre ($14.3 million)
Road access: Highway 18
Sioux Falls area/Moen
Location: Corner of Highway 117 (Louise Ave or 472nd Ave) and 286th St.
Size of property: 140 acres
Sewer access: 14 miles to Lennox
Electric access: Researching
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Researching
Fiber internet access: Researching
Price: Negotiable
Road access: 472nd Avenue (paved)
Sioux Falls/Newman
Location: West of I-29 and north of I-90 on Marion Road, next to Amazon building.
Size of property: 150.76 acres
Sewer access: Developable
Electric access: Developable
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Developable
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: $35,000 per acre
Road access: Marion and 259th
Sioux Falls/I-29 and I-90
Location: Southwest corner of I-29 and I-90 intersection
Size of property: 120.50 acres
Sewer access: Developable
Electric access: Developable
Water access: Developable
Natural gas access: Developable
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: Negotiable
Road access: N. Annika Avenue
Sioux Falls/Kappenman
Location: South of I-90 in western Sioux Falls with Highway 38 to the north
Size of property: 160 and 116 acres
Sewer access: Partial
Electric access: Adjacent
Water access: Adjacent
Natural gas access: Researching
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: $30,000 per acre
Road access: 60th Street North
Rural Lincoln County (previously proposed site)
Size of property: 320 acres
Sewer access: 10.5 miles to Lennox
Electric access: Adjacent
Water access: $1.5 million
Natural gas access: Developable
Fiber internet access: Developable
Price: Already owned
Road access: Pave 1 to 4 miles
The task force announced two more potential sites late on Monday, April 28.
A new Canton proposal features 218 acres on the west side of the town bordering the south side of Highway 18. Since the site was a late addition, limited details have been released, but the property includes a stream on the south side, which cuts the land into three pieces.
A new Sioux Falls proposal is in Wayne Township and consists of 97 acres a half-mile north of Highway 42 (12th Street of Sioux Falls) west of the city and south of I-90.