The Department of Corrections reports most of the county jails are at full capacity as the population of inmates continues to ...

Defense attorney says Gary Ray Jones knows he has an alcohol problem and is remorseful for his abusive actions.

About 100 people a day are held in county detention centers throughout the state while they await transfer to a state ...

As Montana lawmakers consider how much to reimburse county jails for holding inmates waiting for a bed at the Montana State ...

A jury in September convicted Gordon Ballensky of sexual intercourse without consent and felony tampering with evidence.

Female legislators proposed a slate of bills aimed at prison reform, including offering survivors of sexual violence ...

A judge has temporarily blocked a Montana law that restricts transgender people’s use of bathrooms in public buildings ...

(AP) — A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a Montana ... jails, prisons, libraries and state-funded domestic violence shelters to provide separate spaces for men and women.

The law would require public buildings including the state Capitol, schools, jails, prisons ... women’s spaces from men who desire to invade them,” said Seekins-Crowe. Montana’s law allows ...

HELENA — Monday afternoon at the Montana State ... t be in a women’s restroom, shouldn’t be in a women’s shower room, and shouldn’t be housed in a women’s prison,” Gianforte said ...