Major problems with prisons and adjacent facilities were pointed out to members of the South Dakota Legislatures Government Operations and Audit Committee this week.

Corrections Department Secretary Kellie Wasko says she has been at every facility in the system…..

Wasko says the women’s prison in Pierre is especially alarming….

Wasko says the women’s prison is one of two critical situations right now….

A consultant group has recommended that state start on a six hundred million dollar plan to replace and upgrade most of the prisons in the state system.