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The Weekend File – The SD Prison System

The Weekend File – The SD Prison System

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Welcome to the Weekend File… a public affairs presentation of WNAX News..

The South Dakota prison system has been facing problems for years, including overcrowding and lack of staff.

Corrections Department Secretary Kellie Wasko, who has been on the job since March, appeared in front of the Government Operations & Audit Committee this week to detail a consultants report on the prison system…https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/kellie-wasko-goac-edit-521?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The troubled South Dakota Prison system, on the Weekend File, a public affairs presentation of WNAX News…..

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