SDCL § 24-11-39: Municipality, county, or jail compact authorized to construct, lease, operate, purchase, maintain, or manage correctional facilities--Contract with private entity.

Any municipality, county, or jail compact established pursuant to § 24-11-4.1, may construct, lease, operate, purchase, maintain, or manage a jail, correctional facility, detention center, work camp, or related facility, either for its own inmate or prisoner needs or for the inmate or prisoner needs of the Department of Corrections or any other municipality, county, state, or federal agency, whether within the State of South Dakota or outside the State of South Dakota. Any such facility may be operated by a private entity under contract with the compact, municipality, or county. In addition, the authority granted to counties in §§ 7-25-19 and 7-25-20 applies to this section and §§ 24-11-40 to 24-11-44, inclusive.