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Montana Department of Corrections | |
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Abbreviation | MTDOC |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1871 |
Employees | 11,000 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Montana, USA |
Map of Montana Department of Corrections's jurisdiction | |
Size | 147,040 square miles (380,800 km2) |
Population | 1,062,305 (2018 est.) |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 5 S. Last Chance Gulch Helena, MT |
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Agency executives |
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Parent agency | State of Montana |
Facilities | |
Community Corrections Secure facilities | 11 5 |
Website | |
Montana DOC Website |
The Montana Department of Corrections is a state agency of Montana that operates state prisons and manages community-corrections programs. The agency has its headquarters in Helena. [1]
Operated by the state, county government or private nonprofits under contract with the state.
The Youth Services Division operates juvenile correctional facilities. [4] Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility in unincorporated Custer County, near Miles City, serves delinquent boys. [5] Riverside Youth Correctional Facility, a 20-bed facility for girls, [6] is located in Boulder. [7]
The Youth Community Corrections Bureau forms the youth parole network. [8]
Montana is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west; North Dakota and South Dakota to the east; Wyoming to the south; and by the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the fourth-largest state by area, the eighth-least populous state, and the third-least densely populated state. Its state capital is Helena. The western half of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state. In all, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains.
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