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Yes, in Sioux Falls and Yankton.
Edit: The Sioux Falls and Yankton camps were branch POW camps of the main POW camp in Algona Iowa. The POW camp in Algona had a total of 34 branch camps in IA, MN, SD and ND.
There was also main POW camp in Igloo SD that administered six branch POW camps in western SD, including POW camps at Ft Meade (near Sturgis) and Belle Fourche. POW's did much of the stone work on the grounds of the Ft. Meade VA hospital and they were used for farm labor in the wheat and beet fields in the area.
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