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South Dakota Is on Track to Spend $2 Billion on Prisons in the Next Decade
- Sweden announced on June 4, 2025, a government agreement to relocate up to 600 inmates to Estonia's Tartu Prison to ease overcrowding.
- The plan follows Sweden's increasing inmate population caused by heightened gang violence and tougher sentencing laws implemented recently.
- Estonia will lease 400 cells across two wings of Tartu Prison, providing space for 600 inmates under Estonian law, with mostly Estonian staff and Swedish oversight.
- The monthly cost per inmate will be €8,500, lower than Sweden’s €11,500, and Swedish inmates must return one month before sentence completion to Sweden.
- The deal aims to relieve Sweden’s strained prisons and generate at least €30 million for Estonia, but Estonian officials warn about potential security risks from foreign inmates.
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South Dakota faces $2B price tag for tough-on-crime prison needs
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 require up to $2 billion to build new prisons…
South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decade
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 require up to $2 billion to build new prisons in the next decade.That’s a lot of money for a state with one of the lowest populations in the U.S., but a consultant said it’s needed to keep pace with an anticipated 34% surge of new inmates in the next decade as a resul…
Sweden is plagued by gang crime and prison places in the country are scarce. Hundreds of prisoners are now to serve their sentences abroad soon: prison tenant Estonia hopes for millions of dollars.
Inside KELOLAND: Task force members highlight $600 million prison cap
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- After meeting for more than eight hours in Pierre this past week, members of South Dakota’s Project Prison Reset task force have narrowed the focus of where a new men’s prison should be built and how big it should be. Huron company added to prison discussion On Tuesday, task force members unanimously supported building a facility, or multiple, at existing Department of Corrections spots or at proposed sites in …
Estonia and Sweden plan to accommodate Swedish prisoners in two-thirds of Tartu prison.
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