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Judicial branch seeks pretrial funding, two judges for Yellowstone County amid overcrowded jail
Summary
The judicial branch asked Subcommittee D to restore a pretrial services program and funded two additional district judgeships for Yellowstone County; judges and administrators warned that removing pretrial support would increase jail populations and constrain law enforcement.
Chief Justice Corey Swanson and Supreme Court staff told the House Appropriations Subcommittee D the Judicial Branch requested funding to continue a multi‑county pretrial services program and to add judges for Yellowstone County.
Dave McAlpin, court administrator, described the pretrial program as two parts: a Helena‑based assessment team that compiles risk and background information for judges and county-level monitoring that supplies supervision and testing…
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