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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Montana. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 119 law enforcement agencies employing 3,229 [ 1 ] sworn police officers, about 201 for each 100,000 residents.
The Montana Department of Corrections is a state agency of Montana that operates state prisons and manages community-corrections programs.
The following counties do not have jails: Alpine County: [125] jail services are contracted to El Dorado County and Calaveras County.; Sierra County: [126] this county does not have an official jail tracked by the Board of State and Community Corrections, but the Sheriff's website says that "as of March 17, 2015 the Sierra County Jail began operating as a Temporary Housing Facility".
This story was originally published by Montana Free Press at montanafreepress.org. Three inmates have died in custody at the Cascade County Detention Center since June 29. Leon Laverdure, 51, died ...
Correctional Officers and Parole Agents are sworn Peace Officers per California Penal code sections 830.5, as their primary duties are to provide public safety and correctional services in and outside of state prison grounds, state-operated medical facilities, and camps while engaged in the performance of their duties.
The Montana State Prison is a men's correctional facility of the Montana Department of Corrections in unincorporated Powell County, Montana, [2] about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Deer Lodge. [3] The current facility was constructed between 1974 and 1979 in response to the continued degeneration of the original facility located in downtown Deer ...
Two Montana inmates were charged with attempted murder Tuesday after allegedly using makeshift weapons to attack corrections officers in a county jail, sending one of the officers to the hospital ...
The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is the state education agency of Montana. Elsie Arntzen currently serves as the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction. The agency is headquartered in Helena. The people of Montana have elected a Superintendent of Public Instruction as one of the five members of the executive branch since 1889.