Dept. of Corrections to Relocate 50 Incarcerated Women from Boulder to Miles City

The Montana Department of Corrections intends to relocate women currently incarcerated at Boulder’s Riverside prison, which holds about 50 of the state’s 370 female prisoners, to Pine Hills Correctional Facility in Miles City, according to agency spokesperson Carolynn Stocker.

A press release shared by Stocker on Thursday, July 9th, announced that the agency planned “to explore options for the use of the 144-bed Pine Hills Correctional Facility in Miles City to potentially house adult females.” Later, in response to questions about the Montana Free Press press release, Stocker clarified that i...