Programs

Yankton Minimum Unit Garden

Inmates at the Yankton Minimum Unit and Mike Durfee State Prison provide tons of fresh vegetables to community organizations in the Yankton and Springfield areas each year.

Inmates in the horticulture program at the Durfee State Prison start growing tomatoes and peppers, which are then transferred to a 150' x 350' garden at the Yankton Minimum Unit. The rest of the vegetables are grown from seed at the Yankton facility.

The inmates tend, plant, weed and irrigate the garden by hand in their spare time after they complete their other jobs.

The produce is then donated to community groups in the area such as the Yankton Senior Citizens Center, Yankton Area Adjustment Training Center, Yankton Banquet, Springfield Senior Citizens Center. Produce is also provided to the Human Services Center, Yankton County Jail, Yankton Minimum Unit and Durfee State Prison.

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