After new prison vote, Corrections leader says penitentiary should ‘never have another inmate in it’

SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko said July 9 she’s buoyed by a vote from the state’s prison task force endorsing a $650 million, 1,500-bed men’s prison in Sioux Falls.

Whatever happens with a new prison, she said, the 144-year-old penitentiary it’s meant to replace should “never have another inmate in it.”

Speaking after a penitentiary tour for members of t…