Montana’s prisons have held murderers, rioters, and even folk heroes. Meet the inmates whose stories became part of state ...

Governor Greg Gianforte has appointed Eric Strauss to head the Montana Department of Corrections. Strauss currently serves as deputy director of the department.

Gov. Greg Gianforte has appointed Eric Strauss as the new director of the Montana Department of Corrections. Strauss will ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte appointed Eric Strauss, who currently serves as Montana Department of Corrections’ deputy director, to ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A heating system at the Montana State Prison is now working after it malfunctioned late last week. While it was broken, staff gave inmates extra blankets, clothing and space heaters.

Wielding ceremonial shovels against a bare patch of dirt inside the fence at Montana State Prison, state officials broke ground on a long-anticipated construction project to expand the facility’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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Department of Corrections said Monday that the warden responsible for the state ...

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 plans to expand and renovate the Riverside Correctional ...