The Montana Department of Corrections on Monday moved 50 inmates housed at the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings to the Riverside Special Needs Unit in Boulder as part of the effort to clear up beds ...

The Montana Department of Corrections on Monday moved 50 inmates form the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings to the former Riverside Special Needs Unit in Boulder, according to a press release from ...

In the visitation room of the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings on Monday morning, the voices of nine women lifted the spirits of inmates with songs of Christmas. “My heart is just beating out of my ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte visited Billings Wednesday to talk with law enforcement and criminal justice officials about his plans to boost spending on public safety across the state during the next two years ...

BILLINGS, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte visited Montana Women’s Prison today as it reopened to visitors and volunteers. “The Department of Corrections took numerous, necessary precautions during the ...

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 ...

A state agency has determined that the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings likely discriminated against an inmate on the basis of her religious beliefs. The preliminary findings by the Montana Human ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Corrections said Tuesday that it is considering three localities — Hardin, Butte and the greater Boulder area — as it determines where to site a new women’s ...

Too many of the women sent to the Montana Women’s Prison return. In recent years, between a quarter and a third of all inmates released, came back — most of them for violating conditions of their ...