"Today, 410 inmates are in county jails and population forecasts show prison populations will continue to trend upward," ...

Similarly, medically needy inmates serving long sentences at the Montana State Prison or other correctional facilities may become eligible for medical parole. Finding a place for them to go ...

A policy review concluded there was no justification for posting photos, aligning with Montana state law. Brian West ... The ...

Katie Weston has been hired as warden at the Montana Department of Corrections’ Montana Women’s Prison in Billings.

A Helena man was sentenced in Lewis and Clark County District Court Oct. 31 for felony strangulation of a partner or family ...

Montana’s state prison system has long been on the brink of buckling ... to take the pressure off prisons and the state ...

HELENA, Mont.-A partnership between the Department of Corrections and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has been helping contain wildfires in the Treasure State since 2002. ...

A captain for the Department of Corrections’ Billings Probation and Parole has been hired as warden at the Montana Women’s ...

Billings probation and parole captain Katie Weston has been tapped as the new warden of the Montana Women's Prison, the state corrections department announced on Tuesday. "We’re excited to ...

GREAT FALLS — An 81-year-old Montana man ... secretary of state's office. District Judge Kathleen McGarry Ellenwood has ordered that steps be taken to ensure former inmates eligible to vote ...

According to the Montana State Legislature ... detailed the dilemma many inmates faced in needing mental healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2021 Prison Journalism Project ...

Washington State Department of Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange led the state agency when it updated policies for ...