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A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing.

The task force rejected the original proposed site in Lincoln County, despite $51 million already invested in development.

The committee recommended a budget of $600 million for the new prison, significantly lower than the Department of Corrections' initial $825 million proposal.

A final recommendation on the prison project will be made by the task force on July 8th.

A South Dakota committee, responsible for crafting a proposal for a new prison in the state, took major steps in fine-tuning its recommendation.

The Project Prison Reset Task Force, a group of state lawmakers and governmental officials, met June 3 in Pierre to discu

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