Department of Corrections Director Brian Gootkin said Thursday no jobs will be eliminated in the restructuring, while new posts, including a chief financial officer, were repurposed from existing vacancies.
Law enforcement agencies swapped 65 state inmates from Great Falls Regional Prison to the private prison near Shelby this week.
Montana is on track to ink a new contract with the private prison near Shelby by the end of the month, a deal that's come together under an different landscape than previous negotiations.
A 50-year-old inmate at the Montana Women's Prison died Tuesday, according to the Montana Department of Corrections. Billings police and the Yellowstone County coroner are investigating the death.
"This is a good start to criminal justice reform in the sense of meaningful and uniform sentencing," Rep. Jimmy Patelis, R-Billings, said.
The Montana State Prison saw its most recent COVID-19 cases in March.
To date, 487 inmates at Montana State Prison and 182 employees have contracted the virus. Six have died after testing positive for COVID-19.
A legislative budget panel Friday voted against funding for new district court judges in Gallatin and Flathead counties.
On a unanimous vote, the state Senate on Thursday approved Brian Gootkin to run the state Department of Corrections.
"There's been kind of a lack of communication," Rep. Ryan Lynch, D-Butte, told the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
State agency directors nominated by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte will receive more pay than their predecessors who worked under Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.
Gootkin has been with the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office for 27 years and been sheriff since 2012.
Beginning Friday, Montanans can legally posses up to one ounce of marijuana, grow up to four marijuana plants at their homes and transport it freely within the state.
Beginning Friday, Montanans can legally posses up to one ounce of marijuana, grow up to four marijuana plants at their homes and transport it freely within the state.
The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office received a report of the shooting incident Saturday at 4:27 p.m.
"It's what we do as a result that matters," Missoula Police Chief Jaeson White said of law enforcement's response to the killing of George Floyd a week ago in Minneapolis.
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