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Montana House approves $250 million package to expand women’s prison capacity
Summary
The Montana House passed House Bill 833, authorizing up to $250 million to address statewide correctional capacity needs with a focus on a new women’s facility and interim housing options.
The Montana House on second reading approved House Bill 833, a proposal that would appropriate $250 million to expand correctional capacity with priority on new space for women inmates.
Representative Jay Fitzpatrick, the bill sponsor, told the chamber the state faces "a lack of capacity in our mental health system and a lack of capacity in our correctional system," and said the bill would set money aside to build a new women's prison and provide transition and interim options. "This bill asks that we appropriate $250,000,000 for a new woman's prison," he said.
The bill outlines three funding pots:…
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