Montana State Prison

Bullock Rejects CoreCivic
Bullock Rejects CoreCivic
Bullock Rejects CoreCivic
Gov. Steve Bullock rejected an offer from CoreCivic to extend its contract to manage Montana’s only private prison, because the company asked for a 15 percent increase in payments. Bullock told MTN News that “It doesn’t make sense for Montanans...
Judge Throws Out Plea Deal
Judge Throws Out Plea Deal
Judge Throws Out Plea Deal
A Billings man’s plea agreement was supposed to keep him out of jail, but Judge Mary Jane Knisely sent him away anyway. 64-year-old Jose Cobos admitted to fatally shooting his friend in 2015, in exchange for a plea agreement which spared him from prison, but at his Thursday sentencing, the Yellowstone County District Court judge sentenced him to 20 years in the Montana State Prison with 10 years s
Stalker Sentenced to Eight Years in State Prison
Stalker Sentenced to Eight Years in State Prison
Stalker Sentenced to Eight Years in State Prison
39-year-old Joseph Keith was sentenced Thursday to eight years at the Montana State Prison with five years probation, after repeated violations of court orders.  Keith threatened his ex-wife and her girlfriend with a gun.  Both women testified at Keith’s sentencing that on May 9, 2016, they were at the downtown Albertsons on North 27th St, when Keith ran toward them brandishing a rifle... Read Mor
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Contraband
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Contraband
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Contraband
A Montana State Prison guard pleaded guilty Wednesday to smuggling contraband to inmates, telling a judge that he sneaked marijuana and cigarettes into the Deer Lodge prison 20 times over the course of about a year.  In return, associates of the inmates sent 25-year-old Martin Reap payments through the mail or by wire transfer to Walmart...

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