Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more ...

The Montana's Department of Corrections is working to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.Officials have transported 120 ...

Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and ...

Montana this week sent another 120 inmates to a private prison in Arizona, bringing the total to 360. Tuesday's transfer marked the second time the state has expanded its original arrangement with ...

A nearly $1 million grant will be awarded to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry to support workforce reentry for ...

CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, announced last week the state would be sending an additional 240 inmates to its Mississippi facility, meaning about 600 Montana inmates are being held at ...

The governor is asking for money to expand the prison this legislative session. Hundreds of Montanans are incarcerated out of state because there isn’t room at the state prison.

The new agreement includes a plan to send 240 Montana inmates to the company's private prison in Tutwiler, Mississippi.

In the meantime, hundreds of Montana inmates are being transferred to private prisons in Arizona and Mississippi as a stop gap for a prison population growing faster than the state can manage.

Initially, 240 inmates are expected ... commitment to quality service in corrections. CoreCivic has been awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana, indicating strong ongoing ...

For each of the past two years, Montana’s Department of Corrections has ... another deal with the State of Montana, this time to house an additional 240 inmates at its Tutwiler, Mississippi ...