The Mike Durfee State Prison (MDSP) is located on the campus of the former University of South Dakota at Springfield. The 1984 Legislature closed USD/S and authorized the Board of Charities and Corrections to establish the correctional facility. Springfield State Prison opened in December of 1984 when the female offenders from the Women's Correctional Facility in Yankton were transferred to the new institution. Male offenders began transferring to the institution in January 1985.

The institution remained co-ed with both males and females located on the same campus for several years. With the opening of the Herm Solem Public Safety Center in Pierre in November 1997, the women were transferred to the South Dakota Women's Prison within the Solem Public Safety Center, and the Springfield State Prison became an all-male institution for the first time.

On September 10, 1999, the prison was renamed in honor of Mike Durfee, former Deputy Director of the South Dakota Department of Corrections who was also a student, athlete and instructor at USD Springfield. 

MDSP is a Level III facility. Most offenders are classified as medium custody.

MDSP also supervises the Minimum Centers in Yankton and in Rapid City.

Offenders housed at MDSP may qualify to work on the Governor's House Program, which is part of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority, on the MDSP grounds.

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