Legislative committee recommends expansion of Montana State Prison

On Sept. 17, the House Bill 5 Select Committee on Correctional System Capacity held its final meeting where it adopted its final report and recommendations. The report now goes to the Law and Justice Interim Committee and to the Governor for their consideration.

The Select Committee was created by the 2023 Legislature and directed to study capacity issues in the state’s Correctional System and provide recommendations to address problems.

Montana’s Correctional System is completely full with both state owned and contracted facilities operating at or above their designed capacity. To provide add...