A $200,000 grant will restore the historic theater inside the old Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. Restoration starts this ...

Former Montana Department of Corrections Director and Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin has been confirmed as U.S.

Two Montana communities have expressed substantial interest in becoming the location for a new state women’s prison facility following a Department of Corrections request for information. Two more ...

HELENA, Mont. — Last November, the Montana Department Of Corrections moved 120 inmates to a facility in Arizona to help relieve overcrowding. On Tuesday, the DOC gave an update on the challenges they ...

HELENA — Citing an unprecedented surge in state inmates, Montana lawmakers convening on corrections issues Tuesday committed to addressing a 500-prison-bed shortage during the 2025 Legislature.

MISSOULA, MT — The Montana State Prison celebrated a new technology training program available for incarcerated people with a ribbon cutting ceremony and classroom visit this week The Last Mile's Web ...

Nearly a week after leaks cut off water for about 1,500 inmates at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, inmate Bryce Baltezar said things at the facility are dystopian. “As soon as you hit the door ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Department of Corrections last week issued a request for communities across the state ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. DEER LODGE — If the catastrophic water system failure at Montana State Prison had occurred much ...