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 in Boulder to a “special-needs unit” that will serve 21 sick male state prison inmates currently housed in the Lewistown Infirmary.
Gazette opinion: Fixing Montana’s revolving prison door
Just five years ago, the Montana Department of corrections had an average daily population of 8,375 offenders on probation or parole.
Victims tell offenders how crimes have changed their lives: “The hurt’s never going to go away”
Jordan Schmitt stood face-to-face on Tuesday with Scott DuPuis, who lost his brother to a DUI crash in 2009.
Criminal offenders get credit cards, learn money management in Billings prerelease program
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.
Temperate day makes Polar Plunge a bit more bearable
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.
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