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Bill would expand construction training, broaden allowed projects at Montana Correctional Enterprises
Summary
House Bill 572 would clarify Montana Correctional Enterprises'mission to include inmate construction training, raise project value caps, confine inmate labor to Montana State Prison and encourage pre-apprenticeship development with organized labor; proponents said the program could reduce recidivism by easing reentry into the trades.
Representative John Fitzpatrick told the committee House Bill 572 makes several changes to the Montana Correctional Enterprises program at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. The measure clarifies that inmate education, including construction training, is a program purpose, raises the per-project value cap from $200,000 to $600,000, restricts inmate labor to inside the prison,…
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