A debate over private prisons in Montana came to a head this week after Governor Steve Bullock ended negotiations with Core Civic, which runs a private prison in Shelby.
A 2017 Montana Corrections report revealed that seven out of 10 women, compared to three out of 10 men, are locked up for nonviolent crimes. Since 2008, the number of women in prison has grown 34 percent. The rate of incarceration for men has increased 8 percent...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A sentencing date has been set for a man who pleaded no contest for stabbing two sisters to death in January 2012 in their apartment.
Andrew Denning is expected to face Judge Mary Jane McCalla Knisely on Aug. 19...
The 2013 Montana Legislature passed House Bill 68, which created the interim Reentry Task Force to investigate ways to lower the recidivism rate of Montana prisoners.
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A former clerk for the Belgrade School District has been sentenced to two years with the Department of Corrections and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling nearly $49,000 over the district over a period of about 18 months.
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — An Idaho man who stole a truck in western Montana and led officers on a 30-mile chase to the slopes of a ski hill has been sentenced to 20 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with 15 suspended.
A judge has sentenced former University of Montana football player Beau Donaldson to 30 years in prison with 20 years suspended for raping a female friend in his apartment.