SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional inmates could ...

The Project Prison Reset group meets on April 3, 2025, at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota will need a third more prison space than it ...

For decades, the state has offered limited avenues for rehabilitation and shorter sentences. It’s time lawmakers fix it.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves took another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation modeled ...

In an X post, Bukele challenged the view that imprisonment fails to curb crime. “A strong police force and a tough, well-managed prison system are the necessary first steps in transforming a hellscape ...