Kristi Noem Used Prison Labor to Build a Gun-Holding $9,000 Desk--Then Got a Discount
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem seems to have found the perfect use of state prison labor: building a $9,000 black walnut wood desk—and then getting a discount.
That’s the claim at the center of a Dakota News Now investigation, one that finds Noem’s support of the South Dakota State Penitentiary at odds with the work asked of Pheasantland Industries, the prison’s workshop.
After an initial inquiry last year, Noem commissioned an 80-inch long, 3-foot wide Black Walnut desk in April from Pheasantland, which allows inmates to learn a trade for 50 cents an hour. The order, which came from the governor’s office, asked for basic desk cutouts.
Then Noem wanted changes, according to unnamed corrections sources cited by Dakota News Now. She ordered an expansion from 80 inches to more than 100 to accommodate another person, forcing the desk to be redesigned. She later asked for other features, such as brass embossing, a state map on the top, a footrest, and a gun holder.
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A return to the days of slave labor, where they can keep all those "beneath" them busy doing their special projects. 
It's South Dakota. 
Because one Dakota just couldn't contain all the crazy fuckers, they had to split it into two Dakotas and gain two more Senators. 
I think we should have North California and South California, North New York and South New York etc. Split solidly Democratic states into two states, and regain the Senatorial edge we lose because of split red states.
