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 ...

The Montana Department of Corrections said Monday that the warden responsible for the state prison in Deer Lodge is on leave ... be sending an additional 240 inmates to its Mississippi facility ...

Montana State Prison Warden Jim Salmonsen has been placed on leave, according to the Montana Department of Corrections.

The corrections department said 120 of those inmates arrived at the Tutwiler ... a 500-bed expansion at the Montana State Prison near Deer Lodge. "Until in-state capacity is at a level at ...

Montana DOC officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations as well as make necessary upgrades and additions to the main state-run facility in Deer Lodge.

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 ...