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Ghosts of abandoned college haunt South Dakota prison town

Bon Homme County community worries history could repeat as state looks at corrections overhaul

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Joe Sneve
May 02, 2025
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Springfield Mayor Scott Kostal addresses the Project Prison Reset Task Force during a meeting on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in the Springfield Community Center. (Joe Sneve / The Dakota Scout)

SPRINGFIELD – “Don’t let them poach it,” a passerby told Bob Dooley Tuesday, as the former Mike Durfee State Prison warden stepped outside the Springfield Community Center for a smoke.

The retired state official had just finished speaking to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s Project Prison Reset Task Force — the panel of legislators, prosecutors and law enforcement leaders tasked with charting the future of corrections in South Dakota.

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