The cost of keeping Montana’s prison system from rupturing is moving into prime time at the Montana Legislature, with a price tag nearing half a billion dollars. Today, Montana has 600 — or roughly 20 ...

The Montana Department of Corrections announced on Monday that Director Brian Gootkin will serve a second term in the position.Initially selected by Gov. Gianfo ...

A Deer Lodge man who pleaded guilty to felony rape will serve time in the Montana State Prison after being sentenced March 31 in Lincoln County District Court. Mark Douglas Brickey, 58, entered his ...

Correction: This story has been corrected to remove an erroneous reference to the constitutional referenda process at the Montana Legislature. Seaborn Larson has worked for the Montana State News ...

About 600 inmates are being held in private, out-of-state prisons – in Arizona like Binkley’s husband, and, most recently, Mississippi. But still, Montana’s correctional facilities are crowded.

A bill in front of lawmakers could increase film and TV productions in Montana, providing work for the prop masters, wranglers, transportation coordinators and sound mixers who live here.

WASHINGTON – New documents obtained by the ACLU this week reveal further details about Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) plans to expand ICE detention facilities in 10 states across the ...

A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a Montana law that restricts transgender people's use of bathrooms in public buildings. The measure, which Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into effect ...

America and countries abroad have mastered the art of taming wild animals-training the most vicious killers, honing killer ...

was denied entry to the prison in El Salvador where Kilmar Abrego ... charged in connection with the Capitol riot. In the red state of Montana yesterday, a crowd swelled for two political ...

KALISPELL, Mont. - In an April 1 Flathead County Board of Adjustments meeting, the Board agreed to settle with the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) in a 3-0 vote with one abstention. The ...