A massive plumbing failure at Montana's state prison revealed serious faults in the facility’s infrastructure. Despite recent ...

A valve key is used to reach six feet down to turn on and repressurize the water system at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. (Provided by the Montana Department of Corrections) The Department of ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. – The Montana State Prison suffered a water leak that disrupted water services for inmates. Temporary amenities were put in place for inmates while the Montana Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Frederick Maw VI was 14 months old when his father, Freddie J, received a 20-year sentence to Montana State Prison in 2018. Caterina Maw, Little Freddie’s grandmother, remembers driving alongside a ...

Gervonta "Tank" Davis is no longer a boxing world champion. In the wake of the Justice Department opening a criminal ...

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 ...

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