The State of Montana has contracted with six treatment providers to pilot an integrated, evidence-based program to expand the State's capacity to treat stimulant use disorders, such as methamphetamine use.

The Montana Department of Corrections announced Wednesday it will close by Oct. 9 the Riverside Recovery and Reentry Program, where a trauma-informed rehabilitation program is currently available to incarcerated women, and convert the Riverside Correctional Facility...

Just five years ago, the Montana Department of corrections had an average daily population of 8,375 offenders on probation or parole. Read the story here

Jordan Schmitt stood face-to-face on Tuesday with Scott DuPuis, who lost his brother to a DUI crash in 2009. Read the story here

A program that secures personal credit cards for criminal offenders in Billings recently passed its one-year mark, with those involved saying it paves the way for more successful re-entry. Read the story here

With temperatures in the mid-40s and little wind, Saturday's fundraiser for Montana Special Olympics might have been called the slightly-more-bearable Polar Plunge. Read the story here

Of the 40 trees set to be part of the 2017 Festival of Trees at the MetraPark Expo Center this weekend, one had its beginnings at the Passages correctional facility for women. Read the story here

If clothes help make the man, dozens of Billings job-seekers will stride confidently into their next interview after Thursday's Suited for Success event. Read the story here

The State of Montana is facing $40 million in cuts to the corrections budget.  This includes $16 million from "secure" facilities (Montana State Prison and Montana Women's Prison) and $14 million from community supervision (probation and parole).  If you are concerned...

From prisons to pre-release centers to probationary supervision, Montana has 15,000 criminal offenders on the books – an amount projected to grow in coming years, even though crime rates have been relatively stable or declining. Read the story here