SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- It’s a great location and a great plan that fills an important need…but the wrong leadership.

That’s at the heart of a letter from 19 South Dakota legislators on a plan to build a new men’s penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

They signed on to an Op-Ed published by the Dakota Scout, saying they don’t trust Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko to carry out the plan.

Representative Tim Reisch is among those lawmakers…he’s also a former Corrections Secretary.

A special prison task force unanimously endorsed the plan to build a 15-hundred bed prison in northeast Sioux Falls at a cost of 650-thousand dollars.

The Governor has called a special legislative session for September 23rd to consider the proposal.

It requires a two-thirds vote to approve the plan.

On Tuesday, DOC Secretary Kellie Wasko announced she will resign from the post effective October 20th.  Governor Rhode has established a search to find a replacement for her.